On 25/04/17 21:45, David E. Ross wrote:
On 4/25/2017 9:54 AM, miljee wrote:
All the dirt in the saucer has appeared in two days!

How can I get rid of this ant infestation?

I have used two methods successfully. One is to make a dilute drench of
malathion in water and use it to water the plant. The other is to use
an "ant stake"; I use Grants for Ants.

While successful, neither method is necessarily permanent. The
malathion is very quick, but does not last unless the ants actually have
their home nest in the pot. The "ant stake" method might require a week
or more to yield success, but it works even if the home nest is remote.

Neither active ingredient is approved in the UK unfortunately (the post
was via gardenbanter, a UK-based forum which redirects questions at
random to uk.rec.gardening or rec.gardens).

There are no equivalent products for malathion, but there are for
hydramethylnon (in the ant stake).

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Jeff