Earwigs

Hi; the first thing to remember when combatting earwigs is:  NO MULCHING during grwoing
season.  They love the cool and damp conditions, and will live and breed under your
mulch.  I have even found them living in profusion under the blocks of an old patio - in
the compacted soil.  They also proliferate in the hollow stumps left behind after
deadheading rhubarb and other large plants, and anywhere there is old, damp wood (they
will 'follow' termites).  I cut my earwig problem in half by replacing damaged wood in
my garage.  Too bad there are so many other things they love to eat, which I happen to
grow.  I use shredded leaves as a winter mulch and have not found that it provides a
home for earwigs, as long as I get rid of it early enough in  the spring.
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