Earwigs - what kills them?
'Morning, folks: I need some advice about what kills earwigs.
I'm being plagued with them. I have a load of plants in pots, which are up on benches (to keep the slugs and snails away, for drainage, and for the benefit of my poor old back), but the earwigs are infesting them. The benches are raised on little stacks of house bricks, which I now realise are perfect lurking grounds for earwigs... Does ant powder actually kill them? Would a ring of ant powder around each leg keep them out? Any comments welcomed! Rachel |
Sasha, I'm so sorry, the answers to my plea for earwig help seem to have appeared in your Buddleia thread, I have no idea why...
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Do you think the trays of water would work? Can earwigs swim? I dropped a few in my dipping trough once, to see if the fish would eat them (yes, I have fish in my water trough, keeps the mozzies at bay) and they certainly don't drown, they just thrash around for aaaaages. So I wasn't at all sure that the "moats" would work... yes, I had thought of that, but didn't know if they drowned, plus there are a lot of legs, plus the yard slopes so the moats would have to be quite deep.. not a simple answer, sadly. Jake, thank you for your full reply - and thank you for confirming that insecticides are unlikely to be effective now that it's colder. I won't waste money on that, then! I'd love to have proper staging, btw, but I am operating on a shoestring, and bricks/pallets were free, so I'm stuck with them for now. I am scrupulous about removing dead leaves etc: the only plant they actually ate was the very tall white asters, whose petals were shredded every single day, and which therefore were unable to go up for sale, drat. But they are invading the pots from below, so even if they are only using my pots as hotels, I really don't want them there, for the sake of future customers, if nothing else. Apologies to those who don't squish.....but I must, I really must! Quote:
OK, so it sounds as though ant powder won't work (as no-one mentioned it) but moats around the legs - OF THE BENCHES... - might. I'll see if I can do one bench, and use that as a test, perhaps? Many thanks, one and all, for your contributions, and sorry again to Sasha for somehow unknowingly invading your post.. Rachel |
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