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silverfish or pincher bugs
#286136 Jun 17th, 2009 at 07:06 AM
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Help!! can anyone tell me how to get rid of them they are eating my plants up? I do not want to use chemicals unless I have too? Hope some one can help me out here?

Re: silverfish or pincher bugs
ladystressout #286139 Jun 17th, 2009 at 07:24 AM
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Pincher bugs are actually called earwigs.
Here is a forum link to some measures,
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/cgi-bin/ubb/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/67/2420.html
And here is another for planet friendly measures,
http://www.planetnatural.com/site/xdpy/kb/earwig-control.html
I will check on the silverfish problem.

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Re: silverfish or pincher bugs
Tina #286140 Jun 17th, 2009 at 07:26 AM
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It looks like boric acid may be the best answer for silverfish that I can find. But it needs to be dry and stay that way to be effective.

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