[greenfingers]

We have had a wasps nest on our plot for a while and its situated under the ground but there is a hole where they come out  :shock: Can anyone suggest what we can do (apart from keep away   )

Thanks

[Alfie]

Wilko's do a wasp nest killer powder, works brill, used it in my roof earlier in the year.

[greenfingers]

Thanks alfie.  I'll have a look when i'm in there next

[jack russell]

hi there pour wasp powder or ant powder(same thing) in the hole and around the edge, best to do this semi dark as there will be less activity and then just leave the plot for the evening

jobs done minimum cost


cheers

jr

[richyrich7]

hi there pour wasp powder or ant powder(same thing) in the hole and around the edge, best to do this semi dark as there will be less activity and then just leave the plot for the evening

jobs done minimum cost


cheers

jr

Then bung a lump of turf over the hole to stop the little * coming back out  

[jack russell]

it will all be done and dusted within a few hours at most just keep out the way of white disorientated wasps

cheers

jr

[Lynne]

We have a nest at home so i checked out the internet which said that in the UK most wasps will die off naturally in the autumn/winter and the queen will go somewhere else to start a new nest. So we have left ours where it is as its not bothering us.

[muntjac]

when its dead ...lynne take it down if possible and spray with hair laqeur and take it to the primary school thye love little projects like tha .i found one in ahedge on the farm n did just that  

[Contadino]

Chuck petrol into the hole.  If it isn't going to spread, set it on fire.  When it's safe, bung something in the hole and hammer it in.

[Petite graine]

I had one on my plot. I rang the council and they removed it for free !

All the other solutions seemed a bit too risky to me  :?

[Lynne]

when its dead ...lynne take it down if possible and spray with hair laqeur and take it to the primary school thye love little projects like tha .i found one in ahedge on the farm n did just that  

Great idea Munty. I don't like to kill them as they do actually have a purpose apart from stinging people. I'll see if I can remove it when they have all gone.

[greenfingers]

Chuck petrol into the hole.  If it isn't going to spread, set it on fire.  When it's safe, bung something in the hole and hammer it in.

 :twisted: jeese contadino you make it sound like summin out of a die  hard film  

I might leave it till the winter and then fill it in as i have nothing against creepy crawlies except blooming slugs n snails that eat my stuff  :roll:

[shaun]

i have a wasps nest in the hedge behind my shed doing no harm at all i quite like em.

[Contadino]

Chuck petrol into the hole.  If it isn't going to spread, set it on fire.  When it's safe, bung something in the hole and hammer it in.

 :twisted: jeese contadino you make it sound like summin out of a die  hard film  

I might leave it till the winter and then fill it in as i have nothing against creepy crawlies except blooming slugs n snails that eat my stuff  :roll:

Well last year we had a bit of a set to with some very big wasps.  They attacked the house and the wife was battling them with a frying pan.  I tried Extra Strength Wasp Killer from the local agricultural shop, but it just upset them, so I asked my neighbours who all suggested the petrol route.  Worked a treat.

Wasps are in that bracket of 'gits who eat my stuff' - they've decimated my fig harvest this year.

[mkhenry]

If it helps,wasps mostly abandon their nests in september,so I would do nothing and they will just go on their own.
They do not return to the old nest site normally.