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Calicogirl
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Sharon
Bruce Crossing Michigan
USA
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Posted - Mar 23 2009 :  08:59:38 AM  Show Profile
Okay,

Not yet but I know that once I start gardening they will be around. Does anyone have any advice as to getting rid of them.? I would love to plant some greens but it seems that they like those best :(

Any help would be appreciated :)

~Sharon

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ponypower
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Lily
Caspar Ca
USA
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Posted - Mar 24 2009 :  09:05:29 AM  Show Profile
Howdy Sharon,

I have had good luck by putting a piece of wood on the ground and then turning it over first thing in the morning to find them all hiding under there. I shake them into a bucket of hot soapy water. Aren't they awful? I was picking huckleberries with a 90 year old friend of mine this summer and she says that when she was a girl there was not one to be found because they are an "imported" nuisance. Can you imagine? Ugh, they bite too. It takes vigilance.

Good luck!
Lily
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl

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Sharon
Bruce Crossing Michigan
USA
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Posted - Mar 24 2009 :  10:30:08 AM  Show Profile
Thanks for the tips Lily. They are awful! I can deal with spiders but have hard time with them :)

~Sharon

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Canadian farmgirl
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Lori
Ontario
Canada
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Posted - Mar 24 2009 :  3:04:22 PM  Show Profile
Hi Sharon,

Here's a link to some more info about earwig control:

http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/pests/2000072516006476.html

Lori

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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl

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Sharon
Bruce Crossing Michigan
USA
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Posted - Mar 24 2009 :  4:41:26 PM  Show Profile
Thanks Lori :)

~Sharon

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