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Raised bed cabbage infestation
hi I am a novice at gardening, and have planted some cabbages in a raised bed.. I have just dug them up and they are infested with what look like tiny ants. I am wondering now how to sort this, for future planting, as the raised bed is fat too big to empty completely. Any advice will be appreciated thanks
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If they are ants, they will have made a nest somewhere in your raised bed because it is drier than the other soil in your garden. Ants don't like water. All you need to do is regularly and thoroughly water the bed (even if there is nothing in it now) and the ants will move on.
Ants do not damage plants directly but their nest can expose the roots of any plants which happen to be growing directly above the nest to air which can stunt their growth.
Thanks BobTheGardener