get rid of woodlice ...

squeaky

On a more sensible note:- I noticed that the woodlice stopped eating my garden seat after I'd given it a liberal coating of wood preserver/stain stuff.

robnye

Curry_Queen wrote:

Cook them


Nice recipe here

urrrghh..... yuk......

i wonder if they stay crunchy......? :eek:

On a more sensible note:- I noticed that the woodlice stopped eating my garden seat after I'd given it a liberal coating of wood preserver/stain stuff.

not sure the tomato/cucumber plants will grow if painted with wood preservative....... :rolleyes:

comicmankev

Well, I guess I'll have enough to open a restuarant!

As for waht they eat, it's not the wood I'm worried about, they stripped all the plants last year, including fruit and veg, not pleased

Debt_Free_Chick

robnye wrote:

i wonder if they stay crunchy......? :eek:

They do if you deep-fry them, especially tempura style in a light batter

Debt_Free_Chick

comicmankev wrote:

Well, I guess I'll have enough to open a restuarant!

As for waht they eat, it's not the wood I'm worried about, they stripped all the plants last year, including fruit and veg, not pleased

Are you sure it's the woodlice doing this? They will definitely damage seedlings, but once established, they would have a job destroying a healthy tom plant with a strong stem.

I wonder if Ant Killer would work? There's an organic solution here

http://www.greengardener.co.uk/softsoap.htm

Why not send them an email and see if they can recommend a product to help. But do consider whether there is some other beasty sharing the space in the GH!

squeaky

robnye wrote:

not sure the tomato/cucumber plants will grow if painted with wood preservative....... :rolleyes:

But if all various bits of wood around the place are done...?

comicmankev

It's the fruits they seemed to be eating. Of course, I can't say it was them doing the damage, but everytime I went in there was a nice new eaten fruit with lots of WL in it, nut the actual plant, just the fruits!

Debt_Free_Chick

comicmankev wrote:

It's the fruits they seemed to be eating. Of course, I can't say it was them doing the damage, but everytime I went in there was a nice new eaten fruit with lots of WL in it, nut the actual plant, just the fruits!

Wonder if you could net the entire plant with fleece, once the fruit have set ...?

Dunno, just an off the cuff suggestion

MrsMW

I'll lend you my dog, he loves playing with woodlice, ends up killing them and sometimes EATS them. And to think we buy him the most expensive food.

ET03

Fill a squirt bottle with plain old cheap white vinegar, and squirt it anyplace you've seen woodlice (kitchen counters, windowsills, etc) and let it dry.

works for ants too;)