That might backfire & make them all fierce! Dennis in Cincinnati (who just discovered ants have set up home in a 5" pot of Nematanthus nervosus INSIDE MY HOUSE - ant bait was deployed immediately) On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Fred Biasella < fbiasella@watertownsavings.com> wrote: > Better yet get an ant colony with a drag queen :-))) That ought to confuse > the heck out of 'em :-)))) > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of > Rick Buell via pbs > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2018 8:36 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Cc: Rick Buell <rredbbeard@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] ants in pots > > They buy ant colonies **without** a queen.... > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 4/5/18, Jane Sargent <jane@deskhenge.com> wrote: > > Subject: [pbs] ants in pots > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Date: Thursday, April 5, 2018, 8:03 AM > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…