Getting rid of ants
With all this talk of removing the ants to get rid of the aphids - Does
anyone have some good ways to get rid of them (the ants, that is)? Jen |
Getting rid of ants
g'day jen,
did you check our web site on the remedies page? if they are in poits then drown them out. On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:59:20 GMT, "Jen" wrote: With all this talk of removing the ants to get rid of the aphids - Does anyone have some good ways to get rid of them (the ants, that is)? Jen With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.gardenlen.com |
Getting rid of ants
from what ive read - mix some borax powder with some powdered sugar, they
take it into their nests and eat it and get food poisoning. interestingly borax is used in some French caviars, but despite its use as a pesticide its LD50 is similar to that of table salt. I still wouldnt wanna eat it though in regards to ant control with aphids im hoping a circle of borax-sugar around each rose bush will take care of the resident ants and allow more predators to get stuck into the aphids its probably safer to use borax-sugar than something like Ant Dust, but then Ant Dust is probably more ant specific so wont kill as many other insects, so im not sure what the best option is |
Getting rid of ants
"Dave -Turner" wrote in message ... from what ive read - mix some borax powder with some powdered sugar, they take it into their nests and eat it and get food poisoning. interestingly borax is used in some French caviars, but despite its use as a pesticide its LD50 is similar to that of table salt. I still wouldnt wanna eat it though Dogs and cats will probably eat it though, wouldn't they? I've just checked my roses, and I was really shocked to see no aphids yet - I guess it's still a bit cold for them. I did see some ants wondering around the wall behind them though, I think they nest in the mortar. I'll work on getting rid of the ants straight away, and see how I go with the aphids. Thanks Jen |
Getting rid of ants
There might be Ant Dust or something similar that has a repellent in it like
Bitrex so that might be the way to go if pets can get near by the way if you do end up with aphids, before you hose the plant down check underneath each leaf near where the aphids are and you might be lucky enough to find a cluster of 10-50 ladybug eggs - they should hatch within a week |
Getting rid of ants
"Jen" wrote in message ... With all this talk of removing the ants to get rid of the aphids - Does anyone have some good ways to get rid of them (the ants, that is)? Jen I use cabbage dust around the ant holes. Works wonders under the hills hoist. Inside I use honey & borax powder. We used to be over run in the kitchen when we first moved in, took about 3 years to convince them the kitchen was MY domain not their's. Jim |
Getting rid of ants - Pot Plants
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??? |
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. |
Getting rid of ants - Pot Plants
g'day rayband,
yep drowining them out is usuall the way to go, but with a heavy pot that can be difficult so maybe set some baits on the pot and around it, this does take time to work though. another you could do and what is needed to keep the ants out of the pots in the first place is! have the pot standing on some pot legs or bits of broken tile in a deepish rather than shallow tray and keep the tray full of water this prevents the ants from getting to ground, but be sure that no part of the plant touches anything else plant or wall whatever or the ants will form a bridge. then keep the pot satured with a lot of watering for a few days. the best remedy is prevention keep them out of your pots then they won't do any harm to the potted plant in the different ways they can. even if they just nest in the medium they tend to make it water resistant. On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:35:26 +1000, "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??? With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.gardenlen.com |
Getting rid of ants
"Dave -Turner" writes:
from what ive read - mix some borax powder with some powdered sugar, they take it into their nests and eat it and get food poisoning. interestingly borax is used in some French caviars, but despite its use as a pesticide its LD50 is similar to that of table salt. I still wouldnt wanna eat it though My Mum has an early well-worn recipe book, the collected wisdom of late 19th through to mid-20th century Australian women. Along with recipes for jugged hare, making your own vinegar from plums, and making bread using wild yeasts harvested from the air and cultured on mashed potato, was a method for keeping milk for up to 3 days without refrigeration. It involved disolving borax (at quantities something like a tablespoonful per pint, from memory) in the milk. Evidently, it must work without poisoning the consumer, though I've never tried it. -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
Getting rid of ants
John Savage wrote:
"Dave -Turner" writes: from what ive read - mix some borax powder with some powdered sugar, they take it into their nests and eat it and get food poisoning. interestingly borax is used in some French caviars, but despite its use as a pesticide its LD50 is similar to that of table salt. I still wouldnt wanna eat it though My Mum has an early well-worn recipe book, the collected wisdom of late 19th through to mid-20th century Australian women. Along with recipes for jugged hare, making your own vinegar from plums, and making bread using wild yeasts harvested from the air and cultured on mashed potato, was a method for keeping milk for up to 3 days without refrigeration. It involved disolving borax (at quantities something like a tablespoonful per pint, from memory) in the milk. Evidently, it must work without poisoning the consumer, though I've never tried it. Boron's a mineral, isn't it? I'm planning to get a crapload of borax and sugar, as the ant thing is huge on my place, and every struggling tree I see has a parade of ants on it. I'm a-gonna git them! Am a bit concerned about animals though, especially the dogs. Do they eat it? Do they get poisoned? -- ant Don't try to email me; I'm borrowing the spammer du jour's addy |
Getting rid of ants
g'day ant,
don't think it will kill a mammal as such and probably not tenough to make them sick? with the ants they take it back to the nest and feed the queen and the young and it is them ants that die, and when that happens i guess the domino effect takes place and that is the end of the nest. you could mix the borax in honey as well, or make the sugar miz tacky solluable, and also to keep the weather out and maybe pets away use a 1/2 gal icecream container over the bait tray. you only need use jam jar lids or even bottle lids. On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 10:29:41 +1000, "ant" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.gardenlen.com |
Getting rid of ants
"ant" wrote in message
Boron's a mineral, isn't it? Yes but needed in small quantities. I'm planning to get a crapload of borax and sugar, as the ant thing is huge on my place, and every struggling tree I see has a parade of ants on it. I'm a-gonna git them! Am a bit concerned about animals though, especially the dogs. Do they eat it? Do they get poisoned? Humans can be poisoned by Borax so I assume that dogs (being mammals) could be too. Why don't you just find the ant nests (look under rocks etc) and put the mix in the holes or under the rocks where the nests are likely to be or set up stations under heavy rocks that the dogs can't get to. |
Getting rid of ants
"SG1" writes:
I use cabbage dust around the ant holes. Works wonders under the hills hoist. Inside I use honey & borax powder. We used to be over run in the kitchen when we first moved in, took about 3 years to convince them the kitchen was MY domain not their's. There seem to be two broad categories of ants that you'll find in the kitchen: those after sweet things such as sugar, honey, jam, etc., and those after meat or fat. I expect the honey + borax lure will only get the first ones. Those in the second category love cheese and bacon crumbs from a pizza, but I found they wouldn't touch sugar or honey. I do wonder whether there might be meat-loving ants in the garden that go around collecting grubs off the cabbages, and aphids off radish leaves, etc. Can anyone vouch for this? Maybe not all ants in the garden are undesirable. -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
Getting Borax
Where do you get Borax from?! I tried Bunnings (I hate bunnings) and Coles
(hate them too) and neither had it. Where do you get it from? -- ant Don't try to email me; I'm borrowing the spammer du jour's addy |
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