[Kim]

Hello all ! Could have a problem developing ,i have a couple of raised beds in addition to my garden plot that seem to have attracted some visitors RED ANTS .... Ineed to know if they are going to cause to much trouble if so what do i need to do ,without chemical intervention.THANKS  ps were not talking huge armys so far !

[Phoenix]

i had them in my greenhouse and they started eating everything lol so i would get rid of them

[Kim]

EEK!!! guess im going to have to use ant powder right ?Is there likely to be a nest of them in there ? where do i start ?    

[Phoenix]

I dug around poured boiling water over where i thought the nest was then tipped ant powder down and it has sorted the problem touch wood lol spiders im having trouble with, i hate the lil creeps lol ive got black spiders with a red stripe down them and they r huge lol i let off 8 sulphar candles in there 2 weeks ago thinking it would kill them has it heck lol i then set a lil fire in my wheelbarrow and almost had heart attack as ever spider in there was dropping to the floor with the smoke... eww lol

[Heather_S]

Spiders are good. They eat annoying things like midges etc.

[Kim]

thank for that ! sounds like super spiders mine arnt that exciting im sure they will do more good than harm ! great green house and garden by the way !

[John]

I know spiders cannot harm you - but I'm phobic about them too.. I face them bravely then RUN AWAY RUN AWAY

I didn't think red ants did any harm - I've quite a few on the plot and apart from when I kneeled in the nest, wearing shorts, no problem.

Ants in the pants is funnier said than suffered.

[Katt]

*Giggles* annnnts in johhhhns paaaaants!!! hahahahaha x x x

[John]

It was lucky I had  the shed so I could get at the problem without being arrested.  

Whipping out one's equipment in public can get one talked about

[GrannieAnnie]

We get red ants in our front border, but they don't seem to harm the few plants there are there, but I did fall foul of them last year when I was weeding, boy they were everywhere, some even managed to crawl up my back!!!  Luckily, i nipped behing the fence which is very private now, so no one could see the quick striptease!!!! lol  Not a pretty sight I can tell you!!!

Its surprising how much their nips hurt!!!!

[SweetPea]

The greenhouse I have is full of spiders... I'm rather phobic of them too but they do seem to do a good job of eating up the bugs and things so I leave them be!  (Now, if I could tempt them with a snail or two... )

[ang]

Same as Phoenix I once read somewhere follow the ants to their nest and then pour boiling water down the hole. Although sounds a bit cruel. But if they are going to destroy everything i guess it's you or the ants

[Jake]

I don't know if red ants have similar behaviour to normal ants but it could be a sign of aphids. The ants eat a little bit of sugar from the aphids so they are friends. I don't mean to sound alarm bells unduely but I noticed ants on my blackcurrent bush in the garden the other day and on closer inspection found lots of eggs and a few aphids.  I sprayed with a chemical . I got a terrible crop in the first year and I want a good one this year. No excuses I suppose, I should have tried the soapy tea mixture. :roll: