http://www.orangeguard.net/ -----Original Message----- From: Lesley Richardson <lesleykayrichardson@gmail.com> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Sent: Tue, Apr 3, 2018 5:41 pm Subject: Re: [pbs] Ants in Pots Look up limonene, aka orange oil. Don't know what it would to do plants, but it certainly caused the carpenter ants nest to disappear. Lesley On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 1:36 PM, John Wickham <jwickham@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Any suggestions for ant control in pots? > > > On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 12:42 PM, Hansen Nursery < > robin@hansennursery.com> wrote: > > > Dennis brings up an interesting point (I've had problems with ants farming > mealies and scale.) that I learned from a pest control person. Ants farm > aphids and other insect-type creatures. I was having a terrible problem > with ants around and under the house and was told the ugly 20-foot laurel > hedge in my front yard (I had just moved in.) was a major hiding out place > for them. There were some 150 feet of hedge in fact so it was a major > undertaking given the bushes were 20-25 feet tall. It was worth all the > hard work! > > I removed almost all the laurel hedges within the first year and have not > had problems since. > > Robin > Hansen Nursery > robin@hansennursery.com > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/…