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Old 13-04-2007, 11:34 AM posted to aus.gardens
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Default Ant problem

Hi All,

I have a 'slight' ant problem here - never seen anything like it before!
They're getting into anything and everything inside the house, and
unfortunately that's not much of an exaggeration :/

Anyway, I'll stick to the garden side of the problem:
Basically they are killing off my plants one by one. So far they've
killed off a few beans, some Kohl Rabi and now one of my Dill plants
is terminal.
Ditto with a Rosemary in a pot. One of my Corianders is looking a little
iffy too.

At first I didn't twig to the problem being ants, but closer inspection
today showed ant trails through the mulch around the affected plants.

As to what kind of ants... not sure, but they're small (.5mm) and dark
brown to black in colour.

I'm sure some of you have had to deal with this problem before, so I'm
hoping you'll have some ideas or solutions...
I grow organically, but am open to any ideas as I'm going to have to do
something soon.

I've tried 'ant sand' and every type of 'ant rid' in the
past, but it doesn't seem to have an impact on the little buggers.

TIA for any ideas