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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: wayne170534 on May 10, 2011, 09:16

Title: ant problems
Post by: wayne170534 on May 10, 2011, 09:16

good morning all, quick question... my beds are being plagued with ants can someone point me in the direction of a cure.
many thanks
wayne

Title: Re: ant problems
Post by: moose on May 10, 2011, 09:21

There has been a huge upsurge of ants in recent years, don't know why. I have found that sprinkling polenta or maize meal mixed with a bit of icing sugar round the nest area has helped. The theory is that the workers take this to the Queen but she can't digest it and dies leading to the end of that nest. There is a nematode on sale now which if it is anything like nemaslug should be effective.