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- From: "cath Gorrie" <c.gorrie@unsw.edu.au>
- To: permaculture
- Subject: Ants in the compost
- Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 18:7:28
I inadvertantly threw the beginnings of a red ant colony into my compost
pile, before covering it and leaving it for a few weeks.
Now I have a thriving growing colony. I'm not quite sure how to deal with
this, on the one hand I guess they will breakdown all
organic material, on the other hand I don't need an ant hill for a compost
pile. Possibly it just needs to be hotter (the compost isn't yet)
and the problem will go away, or maybe there's some natural ant deterrant
I can use that won't affect the compost material.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Cathy Gorrie
Katoomba, NSW
Australia
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RE: Ants in the compost,
April Sampson-Kelly, 03/09/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: Ants in the compost, Marsha Hanzi, 03/11/1999
- RE: Ants in the compost, Jack Rowe, 03/12/1999
- Ants in the compost, cath Gorrie, 01/30/2024
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