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Last year was when I decided to begin organic gardening. I haven't used any synthetic fertilizers or additives in my soil. I have added alot of compost and hummus as well as alfalfa. I have also used fish fertilizer, and kelp last year, but not this year yet. Everything gets a layer of hardwood mulch.
The reason why I ask this question is that when I moved several plants to new locations a couple of weeks ago, and I was astounded by the number of pill bugs/sow bugs that were under these plants. There were so many that came out that it was scary. The plants looks great. They are healthy and doing well in their new homes. I saw the same thing today when I moved two small shrubs. Once again, the shrubs were in good health.
My first concern was that there must be a problem with the plants - nope, they are fine. Then I began wondering about some type of extra bug colonization - reaching for straws? Finally, I began to think about why I would be seeing so many of these. As far as I know pill bugs/sow bugs just eat dead plant material. Could using more hummus, leaves, and compost cause more of these to be in the soil? The plants don't seem to be suffering at all, but I was wondering...
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