If it is from a high elevation population, with proper siting, and maybe a little extra late season protection, it may bloom in the ground in your NJ garden. It did in NW CT (Gaylordsville) for many years. Mark Mazer Hertford, NC On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 4:18 PM Judy Glattstein via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > This afternoon I discovered that a pot of Nerine bowdenii in the > greenhouse had a metropolis of little black ants living in the soil. > Took pot outside, dumped soil and ants, repotted the nerine bulbs. > Having mixed a goodly amount of soil I started repotting the other pots > of nerine. No ants in their pots but now I noticed a hegira of ants > busily climbing up and down one of the outside wall's metal supports. > Some are carrying little white pupae? > > These are the tiny ants that if found in the kitchen I call sugar ants. > Some folk call them pavement ants. Really tiny. > > There's a wren in the greenhouse almost every morning but doubt she will > be of any help with this situation. Our usual routine is to open garage > door, open greenhouse door to garage, and she departs. The chipmunk - > fortunately once only - was more difficult to evict. Finally left > through the automatic louvers in the side wall after I removed the > screening. > > I put an ant trap near the ants migration route. Should I be worried? > Any suggestions? > > -- > 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/…