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pammyT wrote:
"Pam Moore" wrote in message ... On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 19:58:04 +0100, "pammyT" fenlandfowl @talktalk.net wrote: I don't think I *would* 'deal with' them unless they were actually causing some damage. Thanks Pammy T. The trouble witha ants in pots is that they remove the soil from round the roots and the plat may eventually die. I was hoping for a few more helpful suggestions but see the thread's gone off on a tangent! I'm sure you knew what I meant by no chemicals! I'm still hoping someone may have another idea of what to do without resorting to HARMFUL chemicals! Well you could try diatomaceous earth or pyrethrum powder. Both totally natural and they both work one mites and lice in my poultry houses. Try some of the poultry supplies ppl for either of those products. Nippon liquid really is safe, you know. It's based on borax, which you can use to treat mouth ulcers. Nippon's been around for many decades with no known ill effects on mammals or, in these trifling quantities, the environment. It's one of the best-known preparations, not some new wizzo thing introduced by an agrichemical company only to be withdrawn twenty years later when they found out what it did. As far as I remember, it doesn't even hurt bees (but my memory is long out of warranty). I don't see how you're going to get pyrethrum powder into the nest without tipping out the tree, which you said wasn't a realistic option. So use Nippon without a qualm. -- Mike. |
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