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Subject: getting rid of sow bugs without pesticides
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Date: Fri, 11-Jul-86 02:19:13 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 11 02:19:13 1986
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I get rid of sow bugs by burying empty glass jars in the garden so
that the opening is flush with the top of the soil.  Then I put
a small piece of rotting vegetation in the bottom of each jar
and the sow bugs oblige by falling in and being unble to get out 
again.  After a few sow bugs have fallen in, their dead bodies act
as bait and the gruesome process becomes self-sustaining.
In sunny climates like here in Southern California the traps become
more appealing to the little critters if they are shaded by
some foilage or a piece of cardboard.
Cheers,
Bernd.