ant invasion in strawberry plant container

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ant invasion in strawberry plant container

Post: # 171968Post spitfire »

:scratch: Hello everyone,
I need some ideas on how to get rid of ants. I have a large container of strawberry plants, I was watering them this morning and I noticed that they were INFESTED with ants :angryfire:!!! Anyone got any ideas on how to get rid of them and save my strawberry plants?
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Post: # 171969Post Green Aura »

Got any mint? Strew it round the strawberries and the ants will move out :lol:
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Post: # 171987Post snapdragon »

can you submerge the pot? or is it too big? lots of water puts them off and not only do they not like mint - they dont like onions either so onion ends/roots in the pot should make them move house too.
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Post: # 171988Post MKG »

Well, San Diego zoo has an anteater or two ... ?

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Post: # 171994Post homegrown »

couple of articles that my help

http://landscaping.about.com/od/pestcon ... ontrol.htm

http://www.guarding-our-earth.com/aggrand/ants.htm

http://doubledanger.com/living-green/10 ... nt-control

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