Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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I had a similar situation a few years ago and I gave
them lots of OM to work with and they left the plants
alone, but now that I think of it - I had so many
underneath the squash plants and the squash had a
fungus on them so I think they were attacking the weak
plant.  So I took a jar and hand picked them myself
one by one and filled the jar - in the middle of the
night I snuck over and poured them all over the front
porch of a neighbor I wasn't particularly fond of.

The real name is a "sowbug"  and I am noticing a lot
of earwigs also.

--- Laurie Ann Powell <laurie@powellclan.com> wrote:

> We are having an unbelievable problem with pill bugs
> (or roly-polys -
> or... can you tell me the real name?) I understand
> I'm not the only one,
> some more experienced gardeners are reporting the
> same.
> 
> There has been an exponential increase the three
> years I've been here.
> They seem to thrive in the horse manure and the
> paper/cardboard I'm
> trying to build with, and while most people seem to
> think they are
> harmless, in the numbers we have they'll polish off
> a tomato plant
> overnight.
> 
> Suggestions anyone? So far the natural predators
> haven't found them. I
> could put some chickens in there, but that would be
> sacrificing any
> start I've gotten on the green things.
> 
> Laurie Ann
> 
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