[permaculture] Ants & how to make them go away
mIEKAL aND
dtv at mwt.net
Wed Aug 1 13:11:15 EDT 2007
I've tried this, it works for the very smallest of hills. Some of
the hills I have here are 5' x 5' across—I've dug down 2-3 feet in
search of the queen & not seen the bottom of them. Plus I have
literally hundreds of them on our 3 acres. I don't want to remove
all of them, just the ones popping up in the middle of planters,
trees, & other in the middle of pathways. Interestingly enough, once
fall begins they all retreat & go down under, but this time of year
they are climbing on every tree, bush, vine, plant on the whole
property. Luckily these are non-biting small black ant & they don't
seem to damage much except some fruit.
~mIEKAL
http://www.sustain360.org/index.php?showtopic=50
On Aug 1, 2007, at 11:19 AM, paul wrote:
> I get rid of ant mounds using this easy method. Remove the top of
> the mound with a shovel and then continue to dig down another 4"/
> 10cm. Set a garden hose to trickle into the depression so that
> there is no runoff but the basin is always full of water. Leave
> this in place for 2 weeks. Ants move or drown. I have clay soil so
> it doesn't seem to use much water. I don't know if it would work in
> sandy soils. This method has worked well for me.
>
> Paul Cross
>
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