Cockroaches in old dry organic soil??

So I have some OLD soil (about 1 year old) and I was planning to mix it all up and re-amend and use again... I got to looking at it and noticed is has small little brow/black roaches in it and they crawl SUPER FAST!! Anyway from my reading it seems they may actually be good for the soil since they break down the soil??

My question is should I just throw it away or is there a way to reuse the soil? I don't want to use chemilcals that will affect organics (its all organic soil).

The other thing is, if I leave them in the soil and mix it all up, I don't want them coming in my grow/house with LIVE plants... Seeing them in year old soil with no water is one thing but I wouldnt want roaches in a live garden or in my indoor grow.

Suggestions? What should I do? I'm thinking maybe just throw soil out and start fresh? It was subcool soil and I know it was good soil with roots as a base. I just dont know what to do after see the roaches

Its about 4 5g pots of organic soil

Or should I put a "Free soil..." ad on craigslist??

I cannot comment on the benefit/possible problems with roaches in your medium, but first things first, you grow indoor or out? If inside, throw that shit out. If you say you read they are good I would try it out, but I wouldn't rely on just that soil because you could be wrong and lose your whole crop.

Gross..I'd chuck it.

not roaches i'm sure. roaches aren't soil bugs.

If you have the space i would say dump it out and let the roaches get out of the soil and then use it. If you dont have the space dump that shit, gives me the creeps.

i recently found a lone cocaroach/palmetto bug on its back in my grow room. Bugged me the fuck out. I smashed it with my bare hands and then ate it.

There's gotta be a way to get rid of them. If it was me, I wouldn't bring it right in the house. I would put it to the side outdoors, and either:

1. Get it real hot somehow in the sun.
2. Add some kinda organic pesticide to try to get rid of them: neem meal/oil, pyrethrin, diatomaceous earth?

Da Almighty Jew said:

i recently found a lone cocaroach/palmetto bug on its back in my grow room. Bugged me the fuck out. I smashed it with my bare hands and then ate it.

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Oy trayf! cn

had a one legged cricket hop out of some Dr Earth soil in our room and onto the wall. crushed its hopes and dreams, kinda freaked me out though. How many other bugs are gonna birth themselves in my expensive, shitty "Homegrown" soil I wonder.

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rozidays said:

Baking soda and powdered sugar mixed in equal parts is a good roach killer. Just spread around the area where you see roaches and soon you won't see them anymore. (Boric Acid, while slightly more toxic, is naturally occurring and is another way to get rid of them.)

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Boric acid works great with cock a roaches. Sprinkle around moulding edges and corners where roaches enter your room, and they will walk on it, then obsessively clean it off their feet, eat it and die. If roaches are in your soil though, I don't recommend keeping the dirt for shit. Toss that and get some clean fresh Roots.

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