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On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 21:14:30 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "John" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:11:55 +0100, "Tumbleweed" wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote in message ... How would YOU deal with ants which have nested in a pot containing a tree? My solution in the past was to stand the pot in a large bucket of water, so the pot was completely submerged, and drive out the ants, and pour the water off when they came to the surface. A friend has ants in a huge pot containing a fast growing willow! She has nothing big enough to submerge the pot in, and anyway the pot is too heavy to lift. She does not like using chemicals. Any advice for my friend please? Nothing strenuous as she has ME. My only other solution in the past was to unpot the tree, wash the roots clean, and repot in fresh soil, but she would need help to do that and it's a bit drastic this time of year. TIA Pam in Bristol What about one of those ant baits where they carry the poison Isn't poison a chemical you prat? You have such a persuasive way with words, you silver tounged devil. Pro hunt arseholes bring the best out in people. I think you'll find, that except for the plasma forming the sun, everything in the solar system is a chemical. The lady wishes to kill the ants. Unless she indiscriminately sprays the neighbourhood with insecticide, how she does it, to a non food plant, will make no difference at all. If she crushes them with her fingers, they are also made of chemicals. Yawn. To the original poster use clove oil, that'll drive the buggers away and keep them out, also garlic sometimes. I think you'll find that clove oil is composed of many many chemicals. So thats worse than the single chemical I suggested.......you prat :-) Tosser. And when you use the euphemism 'drive them away' do you think they will be packing their teeny tiny suitcases and moving? I doubt it somehow. FWIW garlic is also composed of chemicals as well, but gets rid of vampires, not ants*. I suppose you were too busy firebombing Huntingdon Research to pay attention in class or watch Buffy? Dear me haven't upset pro hunt nut have I? No sense killing things just because you don't like them or there'd be a few missing on this group for sure. LOL. So you *do* think the ants will be packing their teeny tiny suitcases and moving? AH, bless. For most of us ants, slugs, snails etc are really not a problem in our gardens, we happily live side by side with nature. It's only arseholes like you that appear to have trouble living with anything including yourselves. |
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