READER SOUNDS OFF ON PILLBUGS
Dear Heloise: You really should make a correction to the advice in a recent column regarding pillbugs. These crustaceans (they are not insects) live where the soil is damp and feed on organic matter, recycling it in the process. Anyone with these organisms in their indoor flower pots is keeping their soil quite wet, which is not helpful for the plant in most cases. They are overwatering their plants.
These animals may be found under outdoor pots, where they should be left alone as they are recycling organic matter below the pot and are not harming anyone’s plants. — Marlene C., in Charlottesville, Virginia…