ants in pots
Jane Sargent (Thu, 05 Apr 2018 05:03:52 PDT)

I agree that it sounds possible to unpot the plant and wash the ants
away, but I have never had ants in my pots and so have no direct
experience. In my Mexican garden, we have enormous underground colonies
of leafcutter ants. This is like National Geographic, with trails of
ants carrying parasols they have snicked out of my hibiscus and
gardenias. A plantsman there suggested making a deep hole into a colony,
perhaps by hammering a broom handle into it, pouring gasoline down the
hole, tossing a match and running away as fast as possible. He says it
leaves a crater and a bad smell but crimps the style of the ants. Don't
try this in your bulb pots.

I wonder why ants prefer your bulb pots to the ground. Is it the
drainage? Most ants don't like to live in boggy ground.

Do all the colonies appear similar, or do you have several species of ants?

People pay good money to buy ant farms for their children.

Jane

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