help woodlice are eating my beetroot how do i get rid/deter them?

Answer 1

If by woodlice you mean the common, grey, isopods capable of rolling into little balls then they are not your culprits. Sowbugs, rolypolies or pillbugs are land dwelling shrimp that, like the sea dwelling cousins, eat dead things. They are detritovores, they eat plant or animal detritus. If this is the creature you are referring to then they live in damp mulch or in areas with sources of moist, decaying material to eat like the compost pile.
The pest may be a nematode or just a slug. Then there are Cutworms (e.g. Agrotis spp. and Peridroma saucia) They are noctuid moth larvae that feed on the lower leaves and crowns of beet roots. Less likely are beet webworms but they are easy to ID because they shelter by rolling a leaf and tying it together with webs.

Then there are viruses and other diseases that can mark the beet.


Beetroot culture site
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Stephen_Nottingham/beetroot4.htm
http://www.oanz.org.nz/oap/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=47

Cut worm controls include Bacillus thuringiensis known as Bt. Removing wild or garden host plants like wallflower, mustard or members of the cabbage family. Remove weeds that can harbor moths.
The parent is a little grey night flying moth so row covers are the best future control.
Caterpillars have a plump greyish-brown body, with a light yellow or pink tinge and indistinct dark lines along the back. The head is normally yellowish-brown. It is the larger, older caterpillars that go underground to feed on roots.

http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/Type/plutella.htm
http://agric.ucdavis.edu/crops/oilseed/saff11insect.htm
http://www.dowagro.com/uk/vegetable/cutworm.htm
http://ipm.ncsu.edu/AG271/corn_sorghum/black_cutworm.html
grubworm
http://www.organic-egarden.com/InsectCtl.htm

Products registered for beetroot black cutworm control
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/CAT02_fld/FC6-13-02txt.htm

Answer 2

Yes beetroot does as to cherryade and vodka no