The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Fruit => Topic started by: plumseverywhere on June 12, 2012, 04:48:58 pm
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There is only one thing I have a real phobia about in life - woodlice. I went to pick some big red strawberries today only to find that dozens of the things have hollowed them out (and were still in one - eek!)
what can I use that isn't harmful to the children if they pick them to eat from the garden please?
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shotgun ;) .
maybe loads of straw? dunno, tricky this.
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It is, isn't it? I thought of straw as by now I should have put some down but we've just got back from holiday so I'm up to my neck in sandy washing ::) and its been raining! I think they'd laugh in the face of straw though wouldn't they? horrid wee beasties >:(
Love the shotgun idea, only way I could get within 5 metres of them. Neighbours must have thought I was being mugged when they heard the screams after I picked a berry full of wood lice earlier. Making me shudder even now.
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ive just got yet another lawrence d hills book, ill peruse....
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nothing specific in my books, but, he does recommend a dressing of woodash, carefully id reckon.
that ought to put the buggers off.
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Thank you DITW - I will dig some out and keep everything crossed. Its the first year I've tried really hard to get some nice strawberries - was going to make jam and everything :fc:
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Well that solves that problem - 2 of my ewe's let themselves out of the field and ate the entire strawberry patch ::)
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;D :innocent:
Sorry for your loss...
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:bouquet: oh no, that is bad luck
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ouch.
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They even had red lips so trying to act all innocent and blame the chickens was not going to wash with me. Little toads ::) wonder how many woodlice they ate same time? ;D