Comments on: Pillbugs and Sowbugs http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-harmful/pillbugs-and-sowbugs/ Organic Gardening - saving our planet one yard at a time! Wed, 16 May 2012 21:11:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: cris http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-harmful/pillbugs-and-sowbugs/comment-page-1/#comment-2023 cris Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:15:33 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=80#comment-2023 i have transparent potatoe bug look alikes but they have more pider like legs i have transparent potatoe bug look alikes but they have more pider like legs

]]> By: tamekia http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-harmful/pillbugs-and-sowbugs/comment-page-1/#comment-1396 tamekia Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:23:41 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=80#comment-1396 I have the same little sowbugs in my home and i just dont know how to get rid of these little critters there bugging me so that i just dont know what to do how can i get rid of these. I have the same little sowbugs in my home and i just dont know how to get rid of these little critters there bugging me so that i just dont know what to do how can i get rid of these.

]]> By: wayne http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-harmful/pillbugs-and-sowbugs/comment-page-1/#comment-1379 wayne Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:21:20 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=80#comment-1379 ps.. In Australia, we call them butchy boys or slaters.... :-) Wayne ps.. In Australia, we call them butchy boys or slaters….

:-)

Wayne

]]> By: wayne http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-harmful/pillbugs-and-sowbugs/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 wayne Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:19:42 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=80#comment-1378 hey from OZ These creatures are definately up there with crocs in old age... lol. But I have found that laying pepper or curry powder around were you see them helps to deter them, Unfortunately, they are ground dwellers and they do reak havoc in the plants rooting system, especially the root vegetables.. So what I have done in preparation is that I have mixed pepper and curry powder into the ground where I plant my veges... not all but some, mostly tomatoes and potatoes.. and it seems to have helped... But they are still active around my garden... the next best thing I have found is that the luv containers, so I drown them... and that works... hope this helps :-) wayne hey from OZ

These creatures are definately up there with crocs in old age… lol. But I have found that laying pepper or curry powder around were you see them helps to deter them, Unfortunately, they are ground dwellers and they do reak havoc in the plants rooting system, especially the root vegetables.. So what I have done in preparation is that I have mixed pepper and curry powder into the ground where I plant my veges… not all but some, mostly tomatoes and potatoes.. and it seems to have helped… But they are still active around my garden… the next best thing I have found is that the luv containers, so I drown them… and that works…

hope this helps :-)

wayne

]]> By: Cahri http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-harmful/pillbugs-and-sowbugs/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Cahri Sun, 08 Jul 2007 15:11:56 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=80#comment-949 Maybe they are <a href="http://organicgardensite.com/?p=93" rel="nofollow">Silverfish</a>? Either way the best way to get rid of them is to remedy the the problem that is providing the environment for them. Maybe they are Silverfish? Either way the best way to get rid of them is to remedy the the problem that is providing the environment for them.

]]> By: Nicole http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-harmful/pillbugs-and-sowbugs/comment-page-1/#comment-948 Nicole Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:20:17 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=80#comment-948 Hi, I have a similar bug at my house with 2 apartments below mine. My tenants often complain of seeing something like centipedes or a sowbug. However, you describe them as being 2 cms. long, mine are not that big... more like 1/2 cm. hairy like. I was told it is because I have a humid basement which I do, due to crushed drainage tiles that I've discovered at least in one area after digging. Thanks for any help you might provide. How to get rid of them? 2 years in a row, I've hired companies that spray the apartments but even though they promise to return if we don't get rid of the bugs, they find a reason not to come back. Hi,
I have a similar bug at my house with 2 apartments below mine. My tenants often complain of seeing something like centipedes or a sowbug. However, you describe them as being 2 cms. long, mine are not that big… more like 1/2 cm. hairy like.
I was told it is because I have a humid basement which I do, due to crushed drainage tiles that I’ve discovered at least in one area after digging.
Thanks for any help you might provide.
How to get rid of them? 2 years in a row, I’ve hired companies that spray the apartments but even though they promise to return if we don’t get rid of the bugs, they find a reason not to come back.

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