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ant control

mjd2000mjd2000 Posts: 87
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I'm plagued by ants in my garden - I don't mind a few, but this is an invasion, and today I found they had climbed into one of my roses and eaten out all the buds! I don't like chemical controls (plus some of the ants get eaten by the bluetits) and wondered about nematodes. However, it seems quite expensive and the ants are pretty much everywhere so I'd need a big pack. Reviews on amazon are mixed. Any advice or experiences? Thanks!

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  • mjd2000mjd2000 Posts: 87

    Thanks - I've ordered the nematodes so the ants are on borrowed time... But really, they are eating the buds - I've seen them several times (I've never seen this before either). They all collect on the bud and I can see them actually doing it.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    I've noticed ants congregating on the buds of my centaurea. They aren't farming. They do that on my artichoke!

    They aren't eating the buds so I'm pretty sure they're after something else  - something sweet and toothsome.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wakeshinewakeshine Posts: 975

    Thanks I wanted to know this too as we have several ants nests on the lawn and bedding areas. It's an infestation and they have created uneven lawn and mounds everywhere. It's been going on for years. I saw the mixed nemasys reviews on amazon too, whereby some people said it got rid of them and some people said it made the problem worse. The info says the ants dont like nematodes and they will 'relocate'. But where do they go? Somewhere else in your garden? I have loads of roses and other flowers ants probably like. I wish I could know for sure if the nematodes was going to work. Let me know how it goes.

  • mjd2000mjd2000 Posts: 87

    Hi there - yes, I'll certainly let you know how it goes -  hoping to do this next week. I'm going to run a sprinkler as apparently it's important to keep the area wet, and I've got the bigger size pack to try and pretty much cover the whole of my front garden. I hope they don't just move across to the back!!

  • Simon69Simon69 Posts: 68

    Whilst on this active Nematode thread is it possible, or has anyone tried, to mix a “cocktail” of the various types of Nematodes and applied in one hit?

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    If you strategically place Ant Stations in your garden only the ants have access and they carry the 'poison' contained in the ant station back to the nest where it kills them all off. This stops predatory birds being affected. No worries about relocating image.

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