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How do I get rid of ants?
Hello, Im hoping you can give me some advice.
I have a rose garden in my front yard, the roses have never really taken off so I have decided to transplant them somewhere else and turn the garden into a lovely display of bulbs. Anyway, today I took out the roses and made a garden out the back for them but I think I discovered the reason they never did real well. The dirt in that garden bed is absoloutely infested with very small ants. It almost looked as though the dirt was moving, there were so many of them. Im assuming they were eating the roses' root system as their roots were very stunted. Anyway, rather than plant my bulbs and hope for the best I thought I would seek some advice first. I have plans to improve the soil quality, I have a load of good quality dirt to which I will be adding compost mixed with blood and bone. I also have NPK Blue as I have been told that once the bulbs sprout that they like that. BUT... my question is this... how do I get rid of the ants?? If I sprinkle ant dust in the dirt will this hurt the bulbs I intend to plant??? Also, will the ant dust be affected by watering?? Im really wanting to get started on the garden bed ASAP so I am really hoping someone has some experience with a similar problem. ALL advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Flossie (south west WA) |
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How do I get rid of ants?
Nope, ant dust will not affect the bulbs. You can also get ant spray at your
local hardware store and this will also get rid of them for you. All are harmless to the bulbs "Flossie" wrote in message ... Hello, Im hoping you can give me some advice. I have a rose garden in my front yard, the roses have never really taken off so I have decided to transplant them somewhere else and turn the garden into a lovely display of bulbs. Anyway, today I took out the roses and made a garden out the back for them but I think I discovered the reason they never did real well. The dirt in that garden bed is absoloutely infested with very small ants. It almost looked as though the dirt was moving, there were so many of them. Im assuming they were eating the roses' root system as their roots were very stunted. Anyway, rather than plant my bulbs and hope for the best I thought I would seek some advice first. I have plans to improve the soil quality, I have a load of good quality dirt to which I will be adding compost mixed with blood and bone. I also have NPK Blue as I have been told that once the bulbs sprout that they like that. BUT... my question is this... how do I get rid of the ants?? If I sprinkle ant dust in the dirt will this hurt the bulbs I intend to plant??? Also, will the ant dust be affected by watering?? Im really wanting to get started on the garden bed ASAP so I am really hoping someone has some experience with a similar problem. ALL advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Flossie (south west WA) |
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How do I get rid of ants?
"Flossie" wrote
snip *$#(@! ants! Seems like we live on one massive anthill here in W.A. They're everywhere. The only thing I've found to work is "Amdro". Very expensive but it works. I had new paving put down and within a week the blasted things were busy excavating underneath. The guy who did the paving said use Amdro, nothing else. It worked a wonder. I've bought everything else, $8 here, $12 there, but it's all useless. Waste of money. With Amdro you can watch them grab the stuff and take it to their nests. Everything else they seem to toss aside. Don't know if this will hurt the plants. Perhaps spread the Amdro, then wait til they're gone. I would think that as long as you're not planting something you're going to eat, it should be okay. Good luck. BUT... my question is this... how do I get rid of the ants?? If I sprinkle ant dust in the dirt will this hurt the bulbs I intend to plant??? Also, will the ant dust be affected by watering?? Im really wanting to get started on the garden bed ASAP so I am really hoping someone has some experience with a similar problem. ALL advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Flossie (south west WA) |
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How do I get rid of ants?
"Flossie" wrote in message
... Hello, Im hoping you can give me some advice. I have a rose garden in my front yard, the roses have never really taken off so I have decided to transplant them somewhere else and turn the garden into a lovely display of bulbs. Anyway, today I took out the roses and made a garden out the back for them but I think I discovered the reason they never did real well. The dirt in that garden bed is absoloutely infested with very small ants. It almost looked as though the dirt was moving, there were so many of them. Im assuming they were eating the roses' root system as their roots were very stunted. Anyway, rather than plant my bulbs and hope for the best I thought I would seek some advice first. The ants seem to be running rampant here too. Not sure why. One suggestion was the excessively wet gound around here has brought them to the surface. I would have thought that would be the opposite, and the recent (and current) rain would drive them deeper. Who knows? I have plans to improve the soil quality, I have a load of good quality dirt to which I will be adding compost mixed with blood and bone. I also have NPK Blue as I have been told that once the bulbs sprout that they like that. I haven't had much experience with bulbs, but be careful with the dose of Blood and Bone. Don't use a great deal yet, making sure it's mixed in well. BUT... my question is this... how do I get rid of the ants?? If I sprinkle ant dust in the dirt will this hurt the bulbs I intend to plant??? Also, will the ant dust be affected by watering?? The ant dust won't affect the bulbs. Watering may affect the dust, but all that probably means is that re-application of it. The dust is probably the best to use. There are sprays, including the same stuff that is used for Army Worm, Lawn grubs etc. That should not affect the bulbs, but it's pretty toxic, and could kill worms, but not sure. Good luck -- Remove "not" from start of email address to reply Im really wanting to get started on the garden bed ASAP so I am really hoping someone has some experience with a similar problem. ALL advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Flossie (south west WA) |
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How do I get rid of ants?
Interesting Helena.where do I purchase "Amdro" from.
Regards. Norman "Helena" wrote in message ... "Flossie" wrote snip *$#(@! ants! Seems like we live on one massive anthill here in W.A. They're everywhere. The only thing I've found to work is "Amdro". Very expensive but it works. I had new paving put down and within a week the blasted things were busy excavating underneath. The guy who did the paving said use Amdro, nothing else. It worked a wonder. I've bought everything else, $8 here, $12 there, but it's all useless. Waste of money. With Amdro you can watch them grab the stuff and take it to their nests. Everything else they seem to toss aside. Don't know if this will hurt the plants. Perhaps spread the Amdro, then wait til they're gone. I would think that as long as you're not planting something you're going to eat, it should be okay. Good luck. BUT... my question is this... how do I get rid of the ants?? If I sprinkle ant dust in the dirt will this hurt the bulbs I intend to plant??? Also, will the ant dust be affected by watering?? Im really wanting to get started on the garden bed ASAP so I am really hoping someone has some experience with a similar problem. ALL advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Flossie (south west WA) |
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How do I get rid of ants?
How about the liquid antrid ? Is that effective?
My garden is also teeming with ants - it seems to be the condition of dry weather that allowed them to breed last year. The recent downpour has forced some of them to the surface. I found my letterbox area covered with small red ants. There were also hundreds of drones - ants with wings - with them. I covered their tracks with antrid and they seem to have all disappeared. |
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How do I get rid of ants?
"Andrew G" wrote in message ...
"Flossie" wrote in message ... Hello, Im hoping you can give me some advice. I have a rose garden in my front yard, the roses have never really taken off so I have decided to transplant them somewhere else and turn the garden into a lovely display of bulbs. Anyway, today I took out the roses and made a garden out the back for them but I think I discovered the reason they never did real well. The dirt in that garden bed is absoloutely infested with very small ants. It almost looked as though the dirt was moving, there were so many of them. Im assuming they were eating the roses' root system as their roots were very stunted. Anyway, rather than plant my bulbs and hope for the best I thought I would seek some advice first. The ants seem to be running rampant here too. Not sure why. One suggestion was the excessively wet gound around here has brought them to the surface. I would have thought that would be the opposite, and the recent (and current) rain would drive them deeper. Who knows? I have plans to improve the soil quality, I have a load of good quality dirt to which I will be adding compost mixed with blood and bone. I also have NPK Blue as I have been told that once the bulbs sprout that they like that. I haven't had much experience with bulbs, but be careful with the dose of Blood and Bone. Don't use a great deal yet, making sure it's mixed in well. BUT... my question is this... how do I get rid of the ants?? If I sprinkle ant dust in the dirt will this hurt the bulbs I intend to plant??? Also, will the ant dust be affected by watering?? The ant dust won't affect the bulbs. Watering may affect the dust, but all that probably means is that re-application of it. The dust is probably the best to use. There are sprays, including the same stuff that is used for Army Worm, Lawn grubs etc. That should not affect the bulbs, but it's pretty toxic, and could kill worms, but not sure. Good luck -- Remove "not" from start of email address to reply Im really wanting to get started on the garden bed ASAP so I am really hoping someone has some experience with a similar problem. ALL advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Flossie (south west WA) Hi, I'm in Sydney but had a similar problem with huge ant colonies in my front garden beds (sounds like yours - millions of the little critters). I tried everything, but to no avail - they always came back in droves. Ended up I had to bring out the big guns in chemicals - used Chek-a-Pest which is toxic, but got rid of them quickly and easily - no more ants. Good luck Michelle |
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How do I get rid of ants?
How about the liquid antrid ? Is that effective?
My garden is also teeming with ants - it seems to be the condition of dry weather that allowed them to breed last year. The recent downpour has forced some of them to the surface. I found my letterbox area covered with small red ants. There were also hundreds of drones - ants with wings - with them. I covered their tracks with antrid and they seem to have all disappeared. |
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How do I get rid of ants?
How about the liquid antrid ? Is that effective?
My garden is also teeming with ants - it seems to be the condition of dry weather that allowed them to breed last year. The recent downpour has forced some of them to the surface. I found my letterbox area covered with small red ants. There were also hundreds of drones - ants with wings - with them. I covered their tracks with antrid and they seem to have all disappeared. |
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