Ew! Millipedes!
Few weeks ago I bought some plants from the RHS Orchid show. One of them turned out to have a nice little nest of millipedes. I soaked the plant in water with some dish washing liquid in it (Ecover, since I thought that would probably be safe!). After a couple of hours quite a few of the milis had jumped ship and were sluggish if not drowned, and off down the drain they went... No sign since, plant since repotted, all seems well.
Then today I spotted some movement in a plant I've had since before Christmas. Looking closer: well I could only see part of it's body as it trundled through the roots, but there was a HUGE millipede.
What's really making me shudder is there's no way it was in the tiny pot with the nest. I suppose it could have come from another new plant if they are happy to walk a foot or two between plants and scramble up and down plastic... but I'm thinking the chances are that it's been in that plant the whole time I've had it.
I'm not sure the plant is going to be deep enough in a bucket... may need to use a bath. Need to brace myself first though....
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