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Old 20-06-2006, 04:21 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Homemade Compost full of woodlice: ok 2 use in pots?


"sam" wrote in message
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Hi, don't know anything about gardening but have been growing some
tomatoes and am just sticking them into larger pots, have some compost in
a bag but not enough but got a composter last year which I thought I'd top
them up with - but it's full of woodlice, is this okay, or will they
damage the plants? the stuff I'm digging out is full of them, TIA


Woodlice generally eat dead leaves and plant material in the soil, shouldn't
do any harm but an easy way to get rid of them is to spread out the compost
and leave it dry out / get warmed by the sun. The woodlice will depart.
Paul D.