#1: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-06-25 21:01:27 by rick
Anyone know of a way to get rid ants in a garden? Its crawling with ants,
have tried different things from the garden store but nothing seems to
bother them?
Any help Please
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#2: Re: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-06-25 23:05:51 by xxx
"Rick" <rickss@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> Anyone know of a way to get rid ants in a garden? Its crawling with ants,
> have tried different things from the garden store but nothing seems to
> bother them?
I'd bet some praying mantises would bother them real good :)
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#3: Re: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-06-25 23:05:51 by mextex1
Good organic solutions are:
Ant bait that sterilizes the queen and therefore kills the colony
without harming anything else.
Or orange oil. You can buy organge oil concentrate here(Austin Texas
area) and use a spray or drench. It does the job but may make your
plants around the ant mounds look puny for awhile. After the ants die
flush the soil around the plants with water.
Hope this helps.
Ron T
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#4: Re: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-06-26 05:46:40 by Jim Ledford
Rick wrote:
>
> Anyone know of a way to get rid ants in a garden? Its crawling with ants,
> have tried different things from the garden store but nothing seems to
> bother them?
>
> Any help Please
grits.
pour uncooked grits on the ground near the ant mount hole.
keep the the grits dry so they don't swell until after the
ants have eaten them. the ant can not handle or process
the grits and the swelling action of the grits when they
meet with the moisture in the ant will do the ant in.
however, unless they are [FIRE] ants, most people would
consider ants in a garden a plus. soil aeration is an
ant's specialty.
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#5: Re: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-06-26 06:29:06 by Mike Robinson
Boiling water works GREAT!
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#6: Re: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-06-26 18:59:34 by Tom The Great
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:46:40 -0400, Jim Ledford <jimled@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
>Rick wrote:
>>
>> Anyone know of a way to get rid ants in a garden? Its crawling with ants,
>> have tried different things from the garden store but nothing seems to
>> bother them?
>>
>> Any help Please
>
>grits.
Heard this was a myth, ants do not eat solid foods, so anything
entering their gut is 'liquifid'.
Anyone know if this is a myth or fact?
>
>pour uncooked grits on the ground near the ant mount hole.
>keep the the grits dry so they don't swell until after the
>ants have eaten them. the ant can not handle or process
>the grits and the swelling action of the grits when they
>meet with the moisture in the ant will do the ant in.
>
>however, unless they are [FIRE] ants, most people would
>consider ants in a garden a plus. soil aeration is an
>ant's specialty.
later,
tom @ www.CarFleaMarket.com
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#7: Re: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-06-26 19:02:36 by Tom The Great
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:01:27 GMT, "Rick" <rickss@shaw.ca> wrote:
>Anyone know of a way to get rid ants in a garden? Its crawling with ants,
>have tried different things from the garden store but nothing seems to
>bother them?
>
>Any help Please
>
I've found dropping a Raid ® Double Control Ant Bait in the area of
foragers works for me. Typically after they find it, it is crawing
with ants for a couple days. Then the ant numbers drop, and after a
week, there seems to be no ants.
After the ants are gone, I learn "nature abhors a vacuum" and
something else moves in, or the ants magicly reappear after several
weeks.
Good luck,
tom
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#8: Re: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-06-26 22:38:44 by Eggs Zachtly
Jim Ledford said:
> however, unless they are [FIRE] ants, most people would
> consider ants in a garden a plus.
Or, rather, an indication that there possibly will-be/is an aphid problem.
Certain aphids are a food source for certain ants. Depends on what kind of
ants. If they're there because of the sugars that the aphids secrete,
they'll stay until the aphids are gone, moving from plant to plant with
them. It's definately worth checking out.
The OP didn't state what kind of ants, but judging from their location, I'm
guessing they're not fire ants.
> soil aeration is an ant's specialty.
In topsoil, but garden soil should get turned plenty to keep it aerated.
The ants will have little, if any effect, on the aeration of the garden
bed, IMO.
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#9: Re: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-06-28 07:05:29 by Jonny
"Tom The Great" <Post@here.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:46:40 -0400, Jim Ledford <jimled@bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Rick wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone know of a way to get rid ants in a garden? Its crawling with
>>> ants,
>>> have tried different things from the garden store but nothing seems to
>>> bother them?
>>>
>>> Any help Please
>>
>>grits.
>
> Heard this was a myth, ants do not eat solid foods, so anything
> entering their gut is 'liquifid'.
>
> Anyone know if this is a myth or fact?
>
>
Myth.
>>
>>pour uncooked grits on the ground near the ant mount hole.
>>keep the the grits dry so they don't swell until after the
>>ants have eaten them. the ant can not handle or process
>>the grits and the swelling action of the grits when they
>>meet with the moisture in the ant will do the ant in.
>>
>>however, unless they are [FIRE] ants, most people would
>>consider ants in a garden a plus. soil aeration is an
>>ant's specialty.
>
>
> later,
>
> tom @ www.CarFleaMarket.com
>
>
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#10: Re: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-06-28 07:15:47 by Jonny
Some influxes of vacuum take longer to fill than others.
http://www.bikiniatoll.com/facts.html
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Jonny
"Tom The Great" <Post@here.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:01:27 GMT, "Rick" <rickss@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>Anyone know of a way to get rid ants in a garden? Its crawling with ants,
>>have tried different things from the garden store but nothing seems to
>>bother them?
>>
>>Any help Please
>>
>
>
> I've found dropping a Raid ® Double Control Ant Bait in the area of
> foragers works for me. Typically after they find it, it is crawing
> with ants for a couple days. Then the ant numbers drop, and after a
> week, there seems to be no ants.
>
> After the ants are gone, I learn "nature abhors a vacuum" and
> something else moves in, or the ants magicly reappear after several
> weeks.
>
> Good luck,
>
> tom
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#11: Re: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-07-03 23:13:52 by Happybattles
Heard this was a myth, ants do not eat solid foods, so anything
entering their gut is 'liquifid'.
Anyone know if this is a myth or fact?
[This is a myth. Ants can and do eat solid foods. Their mouthparts
are made for chewing. Most ants do not consume food themselves, but
instead feed it to the larvae who do the chewing and digesting. Then,
the workers, who are very busy, can just stop by, grab a quick snack
(from the larvae barfing the food into the awaiting ants' mouth) and
run along. Feeding them grits just means that they can spend their
time enlarging the colony instead of looking for food. They don't die,
you just make their jobs easier.]
>however, unless they are [FIRE] ants, most people would
>consider ants in a garden a plus. soil aeration is an
>ant's specialty.
[Too many ants tend to aphids, which we all know are very harmful to
plants. The natural predators of aphids are killed by the ants who try
to protect the aphids as a farmer would his cows. Try here for more
information:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.consumers.pest-control?ln k=li ]
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#12: Re: ants in garden
Posted on 2006-07-07 06:21:17 by xxx
I thought I saw on Discovery Channel where some ants actually feed the
larvae and then "milk" them for food - is this the case or am I just
imagining things again? :)
"Happybattles" <happybattles@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Heard this was a myth, ants do not eat solid foods, so anything
> entering their gut is 'liquifid'.
>
> Anyone know if this is a myth or fact?
>
> [This is a myth. Ants can and do eat solid foods. Their mouthparts
> are made for chewing. Most ants do not consume food themselves, but
> instead feed it to the larvae who do the chewing and digesting. Then,
> the workers, who are very busy, can just stop by, grab a quick snack
> (from the larvae barfing the food into the awaiting ants' mouth) and
> run along. Feeding them grits just means that they can spend their
> time enlarging the colony instead of looking for food. They don't die,
> you just make their jobs easier.]
>
>>however, unless they are [FIRE] ants, most people would
>>consider ants in a garden a plus. soil aeration is an
>>ant's specialty.
>
> [Too many ants tend to aphids, which we all know are very harmful to
> plants. The natural predators of aphids are killed by the ants who try
> to protect the aphids as a farmer would his cows. Try here for more
> information:
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.consumers.pest-control?ln k=li ]
>
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