Hopefully it's given people something to chew over. I don't mean to have a go, goodness knows I've fallen myself for the notion that we can't garden without chemicals now and then. But last year was the last straw for me when I sprinkled some 'wildlife friendly' slug pellets around some young clematis. Our little terrier was off colour for a couple of days after this, it may have been coincidence but I doubt it because I know what he's like.
This may be off topic from woodlice but I made the decision I won't use poison in my garden at all. Just personal choice but based on what I see as the sensible thing to do.
Woodlice are benign, harmless creatures that do infinitely more good than harm and an important part of the ecosystem; it's hard to comprehend why anybody would want to kill them off, just because they MAY cause damage to plants
Slugs destroyed your potatoes. The woodlice like to live in the hollowed out potato because it's damp and they need to be kept damp to survive. This year damp places have been hard to find hence the 'infestations' people have found under plant pots that get watered regurlarly, in with seedling trays and in slug munched strawbs and potatoes. It looks bad on the poor woodlouse who seems to be found holding a smoking gun at the scene of the crime but in reality they were just an innocent bystander.
I'd agree totally with w. edges and Ladybird. Slugs have done the deed, and it's a case of the poor old woodlice getting the blame. "A big boy did it and ran away' is correct in this case, I should think.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I would be nice to think that they have nut.
It certainly would Ladybird.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hopefully it's given people something to chew over. I don't mean to have a go, goodness knows I've fallen myself for the notion that we can't garden without chemicals now and then. But last year was the last straw for me when I sprinkled some 'wildlife friendly' slug pellets around some young clematis. Our little terrier was off colour for a couple of days after this, it may have been coincidence but I doubt it because I know what he's like.
This may be off topic from woodlice but I made the decision I won't use poison in my garden at all. Just personal choice but based on what I see as the sensible thing to do.
Woodlice are benign, harmless creatures that do infinitely more good than harm and an important part of the ecosystem; it's hard to comprehend why anybody would want to kill them off, just because they MAY cause damage to plants
In the sticks near Peterborough
"A big boy did it and ran away' is correct in this case, I should think.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...