Ants in a acer pot.

elsien

Noticed my acer was looking a bit sad and it has been a tad neglected this year. But while chucking some food in its direction, I noticed an ants nest has taken up residence.
How do I persuade them to move emsewhere? Preferably organically.

Davesnave

If they've paid no rent, serve them a S8?

Farway

Never tried it, but apparently moist soil will force a move. They love dry & crumbly


I've no idea if your acer will mind always moist soil


Otherwise it's Antstop or similar products

unrecordings

Yup they love dry for tunnelling their nests but flooding them out might not shift them too far. With some lavender I had, I just moved the pot somewhere convenient and out of the way, repotted it with fresh compo, put it back and left the old compo with the ants to find somewhere else to live

Davesnave

Maybe if you place a container with Nippon or whatever's produced these days alongside the pot, the workers will find it, take it back to the others and all will die.Not entrely organic, but small quantities involved and you aren't going to eat the acer.


I once got rid of ants using whisky and sugar similarly, but it was all I had at the time and I've no idea why it worked!

ancientofdays

A combination of tooth rot and alcohol poisoning I should think Davesnave.

I think they have taken up residence in my parsley pot but I'm reluctant to clear it out as last time I had a similar problem, they all rushed out and bit me.

roddydogs

Repot.?.....?..

Farway

ancientofdays wrote: »

I think they have taken up residence in my parsley pot but I'm reluctant to clear it out as last time I had a similar problem, they all rushed out and bit me.

Ungrateful little s0ds:D

elsien

roddydogs wrote: »

Repot.?.....?..

Was hoping to avoid wrestling a large and heavy pot off the flower beds, demolishing the other plants as I go.