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Ants building a structure up a rose bush

iainmcgregor1607UDGhhe8S · 2021-08-11 17:45:20

Hi All, I’m not a gardener by any stretch I just try to keep things alive and take part in growing the biggest sunflower I can every year to compete with a friend of mine. But this year I found what looks like an ants nest being built on the stems of a rose bush, it’s like they are encasing the plant. I have never seen…

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Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

August 2021

When the soil is wet and claggy the ants build upwards to improve ventilation and drainage. Ingenious and adaptable.

Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.

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