has anyone got a cure for earwigs they are reaking havoc in my garden have tried sprays derris dust going out in the dark but i have hundreds of them .
Earwigs like damp conditions. You could try a moat of dry material to keep them off your plants. Not 100% as they can fly.
Try rolling up newspaper and wet it down slightly, place in your garden where you are finding earwigs. Leave overnight and check in the morning you might have some inside the roll. burn the roll to destroy your pests and repeat.
also small plant pots fills with hay, dry grass clippings, turned upside down and one side raised slightly for access and in the morn you can burn the contents, earwigs will crawl inside for shelter
ooh the poor buggers burhinus... hope you gave them a quick death!!!!
i found a slug in an old plant pot by the muck heap...he was a monster!!!!!about 3+ inches long and almost as wide....it took some force to pull him away from the surface!!!!an old man slug i bet!!
I have old stone walls around my garden, Heaven for slugs and snails. I use a combination of nematodes....not so effective on snails....copper tape gives the beggars an electrostatic shock(according to the blurb), and pellets for the snails. Add to that the local Song thrush, and we seem to be holding our own. The pellets are under things so the birds aren't likely to get them or the dead slimeys. Just have a regular 'corpse patrol' to dispose of them.
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oh i will try that the plumber has just ripped out my bathroom and lots of copper pipe
so will try
has anyone got a cure for earwigs they are reaking havoc in my garden have tried sprays derris dust going out in the dark but i have hundreds of them .
Earwigs like damp conditions. You could try a moat of dry material to keep them off your plants. Not 100% as they can fly.
Try rolling up newspaper and wet it down slightly, place in your garden where you are finding earwigs. Leave overnight and check in the morning you might have some inside the roll. burn the roll to destroy your pests and repeat.
also small plant pots fills with hay, dry grass clippings, turned upside down and one side raised slightly for access and in the morn you can burn the contents, earwigs will crawl inside for shelter
A good old Chrysant growers trick there rosie plum.
I have just returned from a Slug hunting trip. Caught 24 tonight all feeding happily under my Melon skins.
ooh the poor buggers burhinus... hope you gave them a quick death!!!!
i found a slug in an old plant pot by the muck heap...he was a monster!!!!!about 3+ inches long and almost as wide....it took some force to pull him away from the surface!!!!an old man slug i bet!!
As quick as a flash rosie plum.
well time enough for the garden tomoro, i having a few sups of guinness!!mmm
I have old stone walls around my garden, Heaven for slugs and snails. I use a combination of nematodes....not so effective on snails....copper tape gives the beggars an electrostatic shock(according to the blurb), and pellets for the snails. Add to that the local Song thrush, and we seem to be holding our own. The pellets are under things so the birds aren't likely to get them or the dead slimeys. Just have a regular 'corpse patrol' to dispose of them.