Woodlice

[ourdai]

My plot is completely overun with woodlice, they took all the roots off my onions, ruined tomatoes and every time I lift a bucket or  a pot there are hundreds of them.
Anybody got any suggestions on how I can at least reduce the numbers.

[ourdai]

[OllieC]

Get chickens!

In all fairness to the woodlice, they're not normally considered to be a pest. They like decaying vegetation & will shelter in the holes but are very unlikely to be the culprit as far as your onion roots or toms go.

[saddad]

Borrow some chickens as ollie says... they love 'em...  ;D

[Eristic]

I would be inclined to look elsewhere for your problems. Woodlice will nibble at seedlings but I've never noticed any trouble on healthy growing plants. I think they are a vital part of the allotment ecology spending most of their time hoovering up vegetable detritus.