Strawberries

Hi all any body know how to stop my strawberries being damaged I thought it was slugs but when picking this morning found a woodlice busy at work any deterrent would be welcome

 

Slugs are the main culprit, and once they make a hole, it's then very easy for woodlice to come in and finish off clearing plant material away.
I pick mine before they get properly ripe, and let them finish indoors. That helps. How/where you're growing them, is also a factor. I have some in a wall basket to make it easier for me, and harder for the slugs. We've had a few fruits already due to the very hot, early spring, and they've ripened on the window - ate them yesterday.
I put lots of mine in the front garden for the birds etc. I had too many, and I don't even like them that much!

 

Agree it's usually slugs/snails ( even Blackbirds ) who begin the damage and then the Woodlice take full advantage of an easy meal.
I do the same as @fairygirl and finish ripening indoors if it looks as if damage is likely to occur.

 

Woodlice are the main culprit in my greenhouse where I grow french perpetual fruits, not many slugs or snails inside, but still get damaged fruits. I put an upturned pot on the ground where the woodlice then gather and they are chucked out into the compost heap, they may come back, but it's a long walk for short legs. Apparently you can eat woodlice, they are supposed to taste like shrimps, but I think you would need a heck of a lot of them to make up a lunch.

 

You could always bulk up your Woodlice meal with some lightly grilled Vine weevil grubs and invite the birds to lunch with you

 

They have relatives living in the sea that are over a foot long



cute yet also horrifying
the last image is from a TAXIDERMIST

 

Also think trilobites fortunately only fossils these days.

 

They are pretty impressive tho