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Hi all
I've got a raised bed full of strawberries, half the bed is covered in weed suppressant fabric, the other half isn't, and the whole lot is covered in straw. The bed is full of strawberry plants with lots of fruit on them. However every time I go to pick a juicy looking fruit I find it's been hollowed out by woodlice. Very frustrating as last year's harvest was devoured by birds before I got to them (this year I've covered the whole bed in netting). So is there anyway to get rid of the little sods (just to add to the problem there's ants in the bed which makes sorting through it quite painful at times)? I saw that T&M sell an ant powder which apparently kills woodlice as well, but I'm a bit worried about a)Using a poison on fruit that it going to be eaten, and b)using poison about 2m from my bee hives. Is there any other remedies I could use? I've used Nemaslug on the bed which seems to have had a huge impact on the slug population, so something similar for woodlice would be great.
Thanks
I've got a raised bed full of strawberries, half the bed is covered in weed suppressant fabric, the other half isn't, and the whole lot is covered in straw. The bed is full of strawberry plants with lots of fruit on them. However every time I go to pick a juicy looking fruit I find it's been hollowed out by woodlice. Very frustrating as last year's harvest was devoured by birds before I got to them (this year I've covered the whole bed in netting). So is there anyway to get rid of the little sods (just to add to the problem there's ants in the bed which makes sorting through it quite painful at times)? I saw that T&M sell an ant powder which apparently kills woodlice as well, but I'm a bit worried about a)Using a poison on fruit that it going to be eaten, and b)using poison about 2m from my bee hives. Is there any other remedies I could use? I've used Nemaslug on the bed which seems to have had a huge impact on the slug population, so something similar for woodlice would be great.
Thanks