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In Mourning for my Peas
Well, I had been wondering over the past few weeks why my pea plants werent
thriving in the containers I had them in, in fact they properly died last week. Curled up all brown, covered themselves in PM, and hit the hay for the final time. So.. tonight I go out to take them out of their pots, and replace them with rocket lettuce i'm growing for my stepmum. Well, i pulled down their supports, and started to take the plants out, and got up to get a tool, and noticed a few ants coming out of the bottom of the pot. Well, to cut a long story short, both the pots were totally infested with an ant nest each The soil was thick, and white with ant eggs, and seething with the things. No wonder the plants didnt survive. They had such a small root base when i pulled them out.. poor things. They didnt have a chance. So I threw the soil on the garden (one that I dont use, ever), and sprayed it with fly spray to kill off as many as I could. Don't want lots of ant nests around here, we have enough as it is. So, yeah. Makes me sad, cos they were the first plants to sprout this year. -- Anna Merchant http://www.thecotfactory.co.nz If electricity comes from electrons, does that mean that morality comes from morons? |
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In Mourning for my Peas
I think ants did in my Zucchini plant last year. I don't know what I'm
going to do about it until I dig upthe infested spot. "Anna Merchant" wrote in message ... Well, I had been wondering over the past few weeks why my pea plants werent thriving in the containers I had them in, in fact they properly died last week. Curled up all brown, covered themselves in PM, and hit the hay for the final time. So.. tonight I go out to take them out of their pots, and replace them with rocket lettuce i'm growing for my stepmum. Well, i pulled down their supports, and started to take the plants out, and got up to get a tool, and noticed a few ants coming out of the bottom of the pot. Well, to cut a long story short, both the pots were totally infested with an ant nest each The soil was thick, and white with ant eggs, and seething with the things. No wonder the plants didnt survive. They had such a small root base when i pulled them out.. poor things. They didnt have a chance. So I threw the soil on the garden (one that I dont use, ever), and sprayed it with fly spray to kill off as many as I could. Don't want lots of ant nests around here, we have enough as it is. So, yeah. Makes me sad, cos they were the first plants to sprout this year. -- Anna Merchant http://www.thecotfactory.co.nz If electricity comes from electrons, does that mean that morality comes from morons? |
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