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  • From: fran gustman <fgustman@juno.com>
  • To: gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [gwl-g] Peonies and ants
  • Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:13:38 -0400

Is it an old wive's tale that the ants help the blossoms to open? I don't
see how. What are the ants doing on the peonies?

Fran

> My final tip is to leave those ants that crawl across the buds
> ALONE! The
> ants are good, don't wash/spray/squash them away.
>
Fran Gustman, fgustman@juno.com
Boston, MA, Zone 6
Editor, HortResources Newsletter, www.hortresources.org
Editor, Holly Society Journal, www.hollysocam.org




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