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Can you identify this pest?
Growth of tomatoes in my polytunnel has been stunted with curling leaves. Some plants have died. I have examined roots of affected plants and found tiny creatures living on them. These are not insects because they have at least 8, possibly 12 legs. They are mostly transparent. They are quite mobile and move relatively quickly.
Can anyone identify them and tell me if there are any natural remedies?
Thanks in advance
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Stuart, I think they are baby woodlice but I'm not sure what would be safe to control them. I would provide them with some damp vegetable material - potato peelings or similar - which is attractive to them near to the tomatoes and lure them away.
you can use diatomaceous earth to kill them, i have flippin millions of them and they eat all my strawberries, people say they don't but they do indeed, i've tested them