MerryPoppins
<font color=coral>I posted around Woo Hooty time<b
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Every spring we take a bunch of our plants out to the patio. They really enjoy the sunshine over the summer. Then, every fall before it freezes we bring them back inside.
I have one airplane plant (or some would say spider plant) that the ants seem to love. Every fall when I bring it back into my dining room, a colony of ants comes in with it. DH's theory is that I should just get rid of the plant, but I've had it for years. I got the "baby" when I was in college and I've nurtured it forever. It's huge and I don't want to throw it away.
Tonight is the night we are bringing in the plants. DH says he is planning to flood it by putting a slow hose on it all evening. Maybe that will run them all off before the move. Any other ideas? I hate fighting the battle with these little monsters. No poison we've found has ever worked (and we have to be careful with a cat and 2 dogs in the house).
Any advice would be appreciated.
I have one airplane plant (or some would say spider plant) that the ants seem to love. Every fall when I bring it back into my dining room, a colony of ants comes in with it. DH's theory is that I should just get rid of the plant, but I've had it for years. I got the "baby" when I was in college and I've nurtured it forever. It's huge and I don't want to throw it away.
Tonight is the night we are bringing in the plants. DH says he is planning to flood it by putting a slow hose on it all evening. Maybe that will run them all off before the move. Any other ideas? I hate fighting the battle with these little monsters. No poison we've found has ever worked (and we have to be careful with a cat and 2 dogs in the house).
Any advice would be appreciated.
