Topic: ants

[sid]

i have a large ants nest in the allotment right next to my cabbeg and sume have just wilterd and died could this b the ants as i have seen them going down right next to the plants

[jennym]

Might be the ants, if they have removed large amounts of soil from around the roots, so that the roots aren't getting any water.

[Leeds Lad]

I'm having the same problem, this time with spuds, just dug out a few small rows and must have uncovered about 10 nests.  Ant eggs everywhere, I hope the birds get them!!

[Trevor_D]

Be horrid to them - put in one of those Ant Station poison traps. Stops them in their tracks. (We've had a lot of them this year, too.)

[louise stella]

They do seem worse this year - I reckon it's the warm winter!

Louise

[emmy1978]

my plot covered.  :(

[sid]

sorry havent got bac but pc been playing up will get a ant trap or could i put ant powder down when it stops  raining

[Joolieeee]

we have a nest in the greenhouse floor.  Will they do damage to any crops in there, as all my growbags are on staging etc - nothing on floor level.  I was going to leave them be, but now not sure?

Joolieeee

[shirley B]

just found this in my book of words: for ants small bottle of clove oil in large can of water, haven't tried it myself but may be worth a go.
 nan  :-\

[cornykev]

I've got em aswell and I saw some ants eggs yesterday. :( :'(

[Kepouros]

Armillatox is a deadly contact poison for ants, and sprayed into the nest under pressure will usually kill off most of the colony.  I have to do this every year because the paving outside my back door is completely undermined with nests, and the b*ggers keep invading my kitchen.