Topic: ants

[aquilegia]

Do ants carry disease?

[derbex]

Don't know, but they will undermine plants. They also farm aphids and those carry disease, suck sap &c.

Can be hell in a wormery. When there's a problem I put the legs in old plastic containers and water in those as a barrier.

Generally I leave them alone or brush them off, when they get too bad in the greenhouse they get boiling water or meths -ant flambe  ;D

Jeremy

[aquilegia]

It's not on plants. or even in the garden. Maybe a bit cheeky asking here! I've had two crawling over my desk all day. No matter how many times I throw them on the floor, they keep coming back. But I can't kill things. (they are quite fun to watch too - yes my job is that dull!)

[derbex]

I think you're probably OK then, they'd have tread in something noxious wouldn't they? Mind you given the state of most peoples desk/keyboards........................

[tamsin]

my plum trees are dieing, wat shuld i do, i water them and they get sunlight?? ???