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Earwigs #42465 June 24th, 2006 at 03:48 AM
Joined: Jun 2006 Kewanee,IL magoo OP Junior Member
OP magoo Junior Member Joined: Jun 2006 Kewanee,IL	My newly planted dahlias are being eaten up by the earwigs that are a real nuisance this year. Is there anyone out there who knows of a way to get rid of these pesky EARWIGS ?? They are ugly and spooky !!!

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Re: Earwigs #42466 June 26th, 2006 at 10:22 AM
Joined: Sep 2004 East Coast Longy Member
Longy Member Joined: Sep 2004 East Coast	One way is to put some lengths of old garden hose about the garden. The earwigs will hide inside thru the day. Go out each morning and shake or blow them into a bucket of water or feed them to your chickens. Or you can trap them using old sacks or cardboard and paper. The point is to make a cool damp place for them to hide and empty it each day. You'll wipe out lots in a few days. No cost, no sprays.

Re: Earwigs #42467 June 27th, 2006 at 04:21 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Stockton, California, Zone 9 Michael15r Member
Michael15r Member Joined: Mar 2006 Stockton, California, Zone 9	Always feed them to my chickens. Now that my sunflower's bottom leaves are drying up they are hanging out inside the dead leaf. I crush the leafs and they come out and my chickens feast!

Re: Earwigs #42468 June 30th, 2006 at 05:01 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Frankfort, KY K kyjoy Member
kyjoy Member K Joined: Oct 2003 Frankfort, KY	You mean I've got to go out and buy chickens?

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