Viewing post #1153778 by webesemps

Sally, to the Semp forum!

Just wanted to share what damage I've seen on my semps when they were planted in a raised bed. Doesn't look like the same kind of damage but the possible culprits look alike. Somebody said they may be centipedes? And if they were indeed only interested in dead matter, that must have run out because they went boring into the still-living main stem tissue.

webesemps said: Not sure what caused the semp damage but I've heard that some bugs/larvae/worms eat just the dead matter and don't harm the semps but I've had many huge holes bored right into the main stems of many semps:



Possible culprits? These were taken after I pulled the soil away from the root matter:



These were taken after the culprits found themselves out of their element and unwound themselves to relocate: