Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: gypsy on May 19, 2013, 17:12
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Does anyone know what I should do about them? They are in my dalek type compost bin.
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leave them to do what they do, they're all part of breaking down compost, along with worms and other bugs -they're certainly not doing any harm ;)
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Woodlice is generally an indication that your compost is too dry.
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I wanted to put the compost on my butternut squash bed and I do not think that I want woodlice there. The top half of the compost is dry but the bottom half near the little door is quite wet. thanks for your replies.
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I have woodlice a plenty in my polytunnel - I expect they are working their way slowly through the scaffold planks that make the raised bed. I can reassure you though that I have grown butternut squash in there for 4 years and have seen no signs of the woodlice on the squash plants or the squashes themselves.
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The only time I've had problems with woodlice is when I used to grow strawberries in a terracotta strawberry planter - the damp, dark holes were ideal for them and they obviously didn't stick entirely to their diet of dead and decaying plant material, although the damage was very slow to become apparent.
A dalek bin that's not (or has finished) heating up is the perfect home for them because it's dark, damp, and full of decaying vegetation - as soon as you open it up, let the light in and the contents dry out a little they're off!
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thanks for your replies