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Woodlice Eating Bean Sprouts: Pot Culture and Intercropping

Woodlice (slaters) devour emerging Blue Lake pole beans. They thrive in high organic matter. Solutions: grow beans in pots on patio (6 per pot, elevated), intercrop with carrots/cauliflower/cabbage to disperse planting, apply diatomaceous earth, check Planet Natural for other organic controls.

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