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lloyd · 01-01-2010, 06:33 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:04:55 +0000, uriel13
wrote:

'Christina Websell[_2_ Wrote:
;869820']"uriel13" wrote in message
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Hi All,
I can’t find a section on this site for pests and diseases so I will
just post this in the hope that someone might find it of use.

This was a tip I got from an organic market gardener on another
allotment site about 6 years ago.

This requires to be done when the weather is dry for reasons which
will
become obvious.

First locate an area where the ants are active, now sprinkle some dry
semolina in a small pile.

The worker ants will transport this new food source back to the nest,
the queen will be fed the new food first.

Having eaten the dry semolina it will expand in the moist environment
of the queen's digestive system and she will explode through being
unable to digest it. This it was said would also be the fate of the
larval queens in waiting who would also be fed the semolina. The
result
no queens no eggs no ants.

I have only had to use this remedy once on my plot and it worked
perfectly. Now if I could only find a similar remedy for Slugs,
Bindweed and Horsetail I would be in allotment heaven.
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List five reasons why you need get rid of ants and tell me what harm
they
do.
You won't be able to.

Tina
Hi Tina,

1. They bite me.
2. They invade Bumble Bee nests that I protect on my plot
3. They invade bird nests in my hedge bush.
4. They kill Hoverflies.
5. They kill Butterflies.
6. They get into everything in my hut.
7. They attack anything that moves.

I could go on but the list is endless, I humbly suggest that you
observe these hoodies of the insect world as I have done. Criticism is
best employed from a position that is unassailable through depth of
observation.

PS:- Bumble Bees and Butterflies are fast becoming endangered species,
ants on the other hand can be counted in the billions and probably
trillions. Anything that I can do to protect these friends on my plot I
will do with great gusto.

No offence intended but I honestly can’t think of any reason why I
should let ants decide what lives and what dies on my plot through
force of numbers.

Strange to see the sort of thing that gives some nuts a hard on. Do
you goose step everywhere too?