How to Trap Millipedes
Choose places to put your "traps"., Obtain or make a small wire cage that can be dug into the ground. , Put some potato and carrot chunks inside the cage., Check regularly., Remove the trap when the seedlings or sprouts are big enough to cope alone...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Choose places to put your "traps".
Ideally they should be near the fruit and vegetable crops that you are aiming to protect from the millipedes, such as the strawberry patch. -
Step 2: Obtain or make a small wire cage that can be dug into the ground.
, Bury it halfway into the soil near the plants being protected. , You will need to empty the millipedes out regularly so that more millipedes will be attracted. , -
Step 3: Put some potato and carrot chunks inside the cage.
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Step 4: Check regularly.
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Step 5: Remove the trap when the seedlings or sprouts are big enough to cope alone
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Step 6: or when the strawberries have been picked.
Detailed Guide
Ideally they should be near the fruit and vegetable crops that you are aiming to protect from the millipedes, such as the strawberry patch.
, Bury it halfway into the soil near the plants being protected. , You will need to empty the millipedes out regularly so that more millipedes will be attracted. ,
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