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"Vicky" wrote in message
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" I have just emptied out some pots in which I had spring flowering
plants,
(daffodils and primula). I found lots of woodlice in the compost.
Do these
woodlice damage the plants? Do they eat the roots? Is it safe to
use the
compost in the garden?

Your help would be appreciated.

Les



Not an answer but adding to the query. I am overrun with the
little
b*ggers and they have a lovely habit of eating things so that you
don't
realise they've done it. I had a load of strawbs and mange tout
once and
they ate them from behind. Didn't notice until I'd grabbed them
first -
euggh!

You are talking nonsense. Woodlice do not eat live plant material.
They are one of the essential animals which participate in converting
plant material to compost.

I use nippon to good effect to stop them coming in my house and,
contrary to
popular belief - or at least advice I've had in the past - they do
cause
damage in some things as above.

No.
Are you sure you know what a woodlouse is?

[snip]

Franz