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Poppy Mole
Hectare
Posts: 1,099
Petworth, West Sussex
Ants
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May 04, 2011, 12:30:14 »
Just discovered an ants nest under a rock on the new rockery, will they damage my plants that I am about to plant, or should I destroy them first?
Hate killing things though.
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goodlife
Hectare
Posts: 8,649
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May 04, 2011, 13:02:10 »
No they don't damage them..you can leave them be.
If you are going to plant next to the nest site..give the ground/planting hole thorough watering first and they move away from the wet soil and don't loosen the soil around new plant thus drying the roots out.. ;)
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Dandytown
Hectare
Posts: 505
Re: Ants
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May 04, 2011, 13:08:27 »
I have lived in my house for 4 years and never had a problem with them. Went away for a week over easter and the buggers moved in by the front door.
I am with you poppy mole in that I dont like killing anything but I dont want them in my house. May have to get the hhover out and relocate them.
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manicscousers
Hectare
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www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: Ants
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May 04, 2011, 15:38:19 »
borax and icing sugar mixed, under the cooker or washing machine
I've had a word with them, they can stay outside and be safe, once they come inside, they've had it ;D
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Poppy Mole
Hectare
Posts: 1,099
Petworth, West Sussex
Re: Ants
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May 04, 2011, 17:14:30 »
Thankfully mine are at the far end of the garden
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Vinlander
Hectare
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North London - heavy but fertile clay
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May 18, 2011, 02:15:17 »
Ants farm aphids on your plants and also farm scale insect on anything perennial (yuk).
I kill the ants with borax and icing sugar mixed 50:50 (kills the queen - most of the individual ants live out their lives normally).
Then one spray with soft soap to kill the sapsuckers and you're clear.
Better than spraying with something stronger.
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With a microholding you always get too much or bugger-all. (I'm fed up calling it an allotment garden - it just encourages the tidy-police).
The simple/complex split is more & more important: Simple fertilisers Poor, complex ones Good. Simple (old) poisons predictable, others (new) the opposite.
picman
Acre
Posts: 367
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May 18, 2011, 10:17:08 »
Ants can do damage if they pile their nest soil up and cover small plants , control them...
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