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Old 29-08-2006, 12:55 PM posted to aus.gardens
Terryc Terryc is offline
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Default Getting rid of ants - Pot Plants

Rayband wrote:
Anyone have a safe suggestion to get rid of a large nest in my 800mm
cermamic pot containing dwarf lime tree.
I dont want to kill the tree or transfer chemicals to the tree???


do you have a 1 metre tub[1] that you could transfer the pot to?
them fill with water, leave 24 hours and drain.

[1] Perhaps a large plastic bag will do the trick. All you really need
to do is drive out all the air for 24 hours.