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Ok, how do I get rid of ants in the GH? I was ok with a few crawling around
but I went to make up some potting mix yesterday and found a HUGE nest in my stash of soaked / rinsed CHC. The little ones... I first noticed them by the smell when I jammed my hands in the CHC to pull out a handful - you know the smell the little buggers make when you squish them? Anyway, I sprinkled a bunch of borax in and put some of the borax/sugar "traps" on top but they don't seem to be interested. What do you use? I'm thinking something I add to the bin of CHC that I can later rinse out. I recently sprayed Mesurol in the GH for snails / slugs and I no longer see them crawling on the Catt buds, etc so I expect that would do the trick but it's pretty nasty... |
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it's too bad you can't rent small anteaters.... i read somewhere
there's a gecko that reaches as far north as baltimore; i want one. where are you located again? --j_a |
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You could hose down the CHC with just about anything to drive them away,
bleach in an Ortho Dial n' Spray set at 1 tsp per gallon, or household ammonia at the same rate, or dish soap at the same rate (though that's sort of gooey), or insecticidal soap from the local nursery. Poke a hole(s) in the bottom of the bin so the water'd drain out, assuming its water tight. K Barrett "Jerry Hoffmeister" wrote in message . .. Ok, how do I get rid of ants in the GH? I was ok with a few crawling around but I went to make up some potting mix yesterday and found a HUGE nest in my stash of soaked / rinsed CHC. The little ones... I first noticed them by the smell when I jammed my hands in the CHC to pull out a handful - you know the smell the little buggers make when you squish them? Anyway, I sprinkled a bunch of borax in and put some of the borax/sugar "traps" on top but they don't seem to be interested. What do you use? I'm thinking something I add to the bin of CHC that I can later rinse out. I recently sprayed Mesurol in the GH for snails / slugs and I no longer see them crawling on the Catt buds, etc so I expect that would do the trick but it's pretty nasty... |
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Orthene keeps the ants down, much to my surprise. Growing under only screen,
we had so many ants that I thought I'd never catch a break from them. Orthene, which we used for other reasons, did them in. Diana "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. You could hose down the CHC with just about anything to drive them away, bleach in an Ortho Dial n' Spray set at 1 tsp per gallon, or household ammonia at the same rate, or dish soap at the same rate (though that's sort of gooey), or insecticidal soap from the local nursery. Poke a hole(s) in the bottom of the bin so the water'd drain out, assuming its water tight. K Barrett "Jerry Hoffmeister" wrote in message . .. Ok, how do I get rid of ants in the GH? I was ok with a few crawling around but I went to make up some potting mix yesterday and found a HUGE nest in my stash of soaked / rinsed CHC. The little ones... I first noticed them by the smell when I jammed my hands in the CHC to pull out a handful - you know the smell the little buggers make when you squish them? Anyway, I sprinkled a bunch of borax in and put some of the borax/sugar "traps" on top but they don't seem to be interested. What do you use? I'm thinking something I add to the bin of CHC that I can later rinse out. I recently sprayed Mesurol in the GH for snails / slugs and I no longer see them crawling on the Catt buds, etc so I expect that would do the trick but it's pretty nasty... |
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seattle...
wrote in message ... it's too bad you can't rent small anteaters.... i read somewhere there's a gecko that reaches as far north as baltimore; i want one. where are you located again? --j_a |
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humm.... I so have some Orthene...
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ... Orthene keeps the ants down, much to my surprise. Growing under only screen, we had so many ants that I thought I'd never catch a break from them. Orthene, which we used for other reasons, did them in. Diana "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. You could hose down the CHC with just about anything to drive them away, bleach in an Ortho Dial n' Spray set at 1 tsp per gallon, or household ammonia at the same rate, or dish soap at the same rate (though that's sort of gooey), or insecticidal soap from the local nursery. Poke a hole(s) in the bottom of the bin so the water'd drain out, assuming its water tight. K Barrett "Jerry Hoffmeister" wrote in message . .. Ok, how do I get rid of ants in the GH? I was ok with a few crawling around but I went to make up some potting mix yesterday and found a HUGE nest in my stash of soaked / rinsed CHC. The little ones... I first noticed them by the smell when I jammed my hands in the CHC to pull out a handful - you know the smell the little buggers make when you squish them? Anyway, I sprinkled a bunch of borax in and put some of the borax/sugar "traps" on top but they don't seem to be interested. What do you use? I'm thinking something I add to the bin of CHC that I can later rinse out. I recently sprayed Mesurol in the GH for snails / slugs and I no longer see them crawling on the Catt buds, etc so I expect that would do the trick but it's pretty nasty... |
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Our ketteh wuld lerve to play wit that!
http://icanhascheezburger.com/ Diana wrote in message ... try one of these first... http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overl...t-kinda-a.html --j_a |
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