On 22/04/2012 21:05, Christina Websell wrote:
"john wrote in message
...
Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing it a
pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a bigger pot,
but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. How long will they take to
drown? Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost you
added.
Is there a better way? Probably by making sure there are no ants in your
compost so you don't have to drown them.




It seems a shame to kill the ants when, if added to your compost heap,
they will break it down to lovely fine crumbly stuff.

However, as the others say, drowning will do the trick, but it would be
kinder to add a drop of washing-up liquid to the water, as this will
break the water's surface tension and, mercifully, do the job quicker.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay