ants & bulbs

J.E. Shields jshields@indy.net
Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:26:23 PDT
Hi all,

When ants have gotten into one of my pots, I have on occasion used granular 
imidacloprid mixed into the surface of the potting mix.  If the potting mix 
is more water-retentive, just drenching with a solution of imidacloprid 
ought to do the trick.

Jim Shields

At 08:18 PM 8/2/2010 +0200, you wrote:
>.......with ants is finding their nest
>with a few thousend pots it is almost impossible to find
>many rare plants almost died or died because the drainage is super
>and you don't see it till the plant is hanging down
>I tried many solutions but still till now there is not a best solution
>I tried roxasect and many other who attract ants
>nothing works really
>
>Roland

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