Orthene keeps the ants down, much to my surprise. Growing under only screen,
we had so many ants that I thought I'd never catch a break from them.
Orthene, which we used for other reasons, did them in.

Diana

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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You could hose down the CHC with just about anything to drive them away,
bleach in an Ortho Dial n' Spray set at 1 tsp per gallon, or household
ammonia at the same rate, or dish soap at the same rate (though that's
sort of gooey), or insecticidal soap from the local nursery. Poke a
hole(s) in the bottom of the bin so the water'd drain out, assuming its
water tight.

K Barrett

"Jerry Hoffmeister" wrote in message
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Ok, how do I get rid of ants in the GH? I was ok with a few crawling
around but I went to make up some potting mix yesterday and found a HUGE
nest in my stash of soaked / rinsed CHC. The little ones... I first
noticed them by the smell when I jammed my hands in the CHC to pull out a
handful - you know the smell the little buggers make when you squish
them? Anyway, I sprinkled a bunch of borax in and put some of the
borax/sugar "traps" on top but they don't seem to be interested. What do
you use? I'm thinking something I add to the bin of CHC that I can later
rinse out. I recently sprayed Mesurol in the GH for snails / slugs and I
no longer see them crawling on the Catt buds, etc so I expect that would
do the trick but it's pretty nasty...