Homemade Compost full of woodlice: ok 2 use in pots?
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"George.com" writes:
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| 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.
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| and they (along with other beetles) also apparently help move beneficial
| bacteria around compost piles. Very beneficial around compost.
Obligatory pedantry: they aren't beetles; they aren't even insects in
the modern sense; they are crustaceans.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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