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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

try one of these first...


http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overl...t-kinda-a.html

--j_a

Our ketteh wuld lerve to play wit that!

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Diana

wrote in message
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try one of these first...


http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overl...t-kinda-a.html

--j_a