Janet Tweedy Apr 6, 1:19 am show options

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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:19:19 +0100
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Subject: ants in plunge bench
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Advice please!
New plunge bench and heated cable in sand has been inundated with
ants.
They seem to be all over the place. What can I do to dissuade them?
Would Vaseline or something similar, smeared round the legs of the
stand
help?

If the bench is completely free standing, put each leg into an empty
tin, stand this tin in a larger tin and fill the space with water with
a drop of washing up liquid in it. Any ants trying to skate over the
surface will get a nasty surprise, then see their life flash before
them. To finish of the ants already in situe, a couple of kettlesful of
boiling water should do the trick. If they try to sneak back in via the
electricity cable, tie a rag soaked in insect spray around it. I learnt
the rag trick while trying to stop ants making a motorway of my washing
line in preference to struggling over the gravel.

Jo
On a sunny southern slope in Spain