Woodlice

wightgardener

I grow carrots in soil + compost in stacked tyres to prevent damage from carrot fly which works well, but increasingly I'm finding the soil the soil riddled with woodlice and they seem to be damaging the carrots towards the end of their growing season. I like to garden organically as much as possible, especially since there are bee hives nearby, but I'm getting a bit desperate! Can anyone suggest anything?

sotongeoff

Something else is damaging the carrots then the woodlice move in-there is nothing you can use chemically to get rid of them and nor should you-they are the gardeners friend- do little damage and just eat rubbish

But they like dark moist spots-so under the tryes is ideal

This is something you will just have to put up with by gardening in this way-but they are not guilty

Dovefromabove

I agree with Cod 

 

What sort of damage are you finding on your carrots?  Do you have any photos?

Zoomer44

I agree with cod too.

Always thought woodlice were good guys, happy to be wrong.

 

discodave

I agree with the above comments. Woodlice like sheltered dark spots to hide & live, they don't eat healthy plants, ony clean up dead and decaying material. There must be another culprit.

Zoomer44

Where did cod go

Dovefromabove

Got eaten on Friday 

chilli lover

 I agree - these temporary name changes confuse!

Zoomer44

sotongeoff

Just read in the paper-Carole Klein calls them the good guys as well-woodlice that is

nutcutlet

They are good guys and I think it's very kind of wightgardener to build them such a nice home. They love things to get under. Can't move anything here without a crowd tumbling out.