HA HA HA...I love it :-))) I think we all need a good giggle now and then :-))))) -----Original Message----- From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of Dennis Kramb Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2018 9:13 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] ants in pots 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 > > https://clicktime.cloud.postoffice.net/clicktime.p… > sts.pacificbulbsociety.net%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpbs&E=fbia > sella%40watertownsavings.com&X=XID046wDeNmQ9870Xd2&T=WTSB&HV=U,E,X,T&H > =6a9f91a33a6836cf7758bb949222744936d8ee9d > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://clicktime.cloud.postoffice.net/clicktime.p… > sts.pacificbulbsociety.net%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpbs&E=fbia > sella%40watertownsavings.com&X=XID046wDeNmQ9870Xd2&T=WTSB&HV=U,E,X,T&H > =6a9f91a33a6836cf7758bb949222744936d8ee9d > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://clicktime.cloud.postoffice.net/clicktime.p… > sts.pacificbulbsociety.net%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpbs&E=fbia > sella%40watertownsavings.com&X=XID046wDeNmQ9870Xd2&T=WTSB&HV=U,E,X,T&H > =6a9f91a33a6836cf7758bb949222744936d8ee9d > _______________________________________________ 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/…