Comments on: Sow Bugs – aka Woodlice

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:05:31 +0000

Sow bugs are fantastic to have – they help to shred more resistant materials. I find that they tend not to thrive in the same conditions that worms do, though. If you have a lot of them you MAY have let things get a little too dry. I think the concern about sow bugs and plant destruction is definitely overblown – they are mainly feed on dead decaying matter.

By: Olaf Poland

Olaf Poland — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 21:43:46 +0000

I think I got sow bugs in my appartment compost bin (bin is about 24 litre). Should I be worried about this or can I just let them stay with my worms and be happy that my bin is more biologically complex? I read somwhere that they can harm plants, so could this be the problem if I transfer hummus from my bin to my home plants?

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:49:23 +0000

Interesting info about potato bugs preferring dryer conditions than worms. I went out to check my beds and I actually had more potato bugs than I remembered. I started thinking that I haven’t watered as much as I did last year because I am waiting for rain to help me out.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:53:45 +0000

Hi Patricia,
I’m pretty sure that ‘Potato Bug’ is yet another of the (potentially misleading) common names.
🙂

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:50:09 +0000

Excuse my naivete, is this different than a potato bug?