[fibilou]

Was poking about in the raised bed yesterday and discovered that the ants that we thought were banished have set up home in it, right underneath the dead crown.  :evil:

Two of the 3 rhubarbs are fine, any tips on how I can get rid of the ants without damaging the rhubes ?

[weeeed]

Cleeneeze or betterware do an ant trap which gets the ants to take the poison back with them Sorry I can't remember where I got mine exactly but think it was one of those. I got a small plastic bottle to put drops in the trap and it really worked. Bleach, boiling water, grenades etc all failed!!  

[Ropster]

We had a big invasion in the Kitchen and we got a trap from AntStop, put it in the line of ants and by the morning there were a few left but obviously not well, since then I havent seen another so it appears to have done the trick

[woodburner]

It's called Nippon and it's active ingredient is boric acid, but although it might be cheaper to buy as plain boric acid I have no idea where you would get some, nippos is easy to find though, and you don't need much, one little tube will last for ages.

[TheChilliMan]

Believe it or not, I use carniverous plants to kill any troublesome insects. Other wise an ant trap would probably work.

[gobs]

How do they and which ones deliver on ants then?

[woodburner]

Bob Flowerdew trains his ants to kill off aphids!  :o   Honestly, not kidding.

[Sharkwatch]

I have heard of ants farming (protecting) aphids on plants in order to harvest their sticky residue.

[loubylou29]

I have heard of ants farming (protecting) aphids on plants in order to harvest their sticky residue.

this is what the little beggers did last year all up my redcurrant and black currant bushes, crippled it, not killed it, but no fruit last year and no leaves, all srivelled and poorly looking.. I am thinking about powder this year, nippon and ant stop did bog all alst year!

[woodburner]

I have heard of ants farming (protecting) aphids on plants in order to harvest their sticky residue.

this is what the little beggers did last year all up my redcurrant and black currant bushes, crippled it, not killed it, but no fruit last year and no leaves, all srivelled and poorly looking.. I am thinking about powder this year, nippon and ant stop did bog all alst year!

You should do Bob's trick. Feed the ants some sweet stuff (like jam) and they will eat the aphids instead! (Won't get rid of ants though )

[Jeanieblue]

My grandad used to pour boiling water over the nest. But perhaps hot custard would more fitting!

[TheChilliMan]

My grandad used to pour boiling water over the nest. But perhaps hot custard would more fitting!

   :chef:

I'd recomend the boiling water

[gobs]

I have heard of ants farming (protecting) aphids on plants in order to harvest their sticky residue.

this is what the little beggers did last year all up my redcurrant and black currant bushes, crippled it, not killed it, but no fruit last year and no leaves, all srivelled and poorly looking.. I am thinking about powder this year, nippon and ant stop did bog all alst year!

You should do Bob's trick. Feed the ants some sweet stuff (like jam) and they will eat the aphids instead! (Won't get rid of ants though )

Or aphids.

Well, I did not try, but am very sceptical. Ants do eat aphids anyway, it does not stop farming them, they just generally abuse them, but never to extinction, to say the least.    

[richyrich7]

I have heard of ants farming (protecting) aphids on plants in order to harvest their sticky residue.

this is what the little beggers did last year all up my redcurrant and black currant bushes, crippled it, not killed it, but no fruit last year and no leaves, all srivelled and poorly looking.. I am thinking about powder this year, nippon and ant stop did bog all alst year!

Try a little tree grease around the bottom of the stems about an 1" up this should stop the little devils, depends on how many stems your currants have, it could get get tedious.