Re: Fruit Flies!! - Ants

Okey dokey - down here they are fire ants so - bye bye now!

On 2/27/08, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> Well...I don't want to kill them...I just take them outside, rinse the
> roots really good to make sure no eggs or ants are hidden, repot the
> plant with fresh soil, and bring it back inside. Fire ants are one thing
> but these aren't. I figure they deserve to live...they're just doing
> their little ant thing.....anting along.
>
>
>
> Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jess - when I have ants take over a pot, I get that Bulls-Eye
> Bioinsecticide
> (organic) from Gardens Alive. Mix a couple ounces in a gallon milk jug of
> water and drench the pot good. That takes care of that little problem.
> That organic Anti-Fuego soil drench stuff works too, but the Bulls-Eye is
> better.
>
> On 2/27/08, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
> >
> > Drying out would also interfere with those amphibians....
> >
> > Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> >
> > On Feb 27, 2008, at 9:11 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> >
> > > Yellow sticky paper is what I have used. Works like a charm. And let
> > > the
> > > plants get really dry before watering again. They like that wet
> > > soil. I
> > > lost a plant one year to those pesky things.
> > >
> > > Another problem I seem to get...ants that set up housekeeping in my
> > > potted plants during the summer, and then move them inside for the
> > > winter...when I water they come pouring out of the pot. And I
> > > thought I
> > > had taken care of all that. But this last weekend...when winter is
> > > almost OVER...I drenched and watered a plant that looked dry and out
> > > come the ants. Ughhhh.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Betsy Kelson wrote:
> > > I think Kitty is right. Fungus gnats love our houses in the winter. I
> > > suggest to customers that they out out traps to monitor the
> > > infestation and
> > > to see if popualtions are going down.
> > > Sticky traps work well, but so does something sweet like Coke, Apple
> > > Vinegar, Red wine in saucers for drowning.
> > > Let the plants dry out a little longer so that you do not give the
> > > gnats
> > > what they need to breed
> > >
> > > betsy
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kitty"
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:55 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fruit Flies!!
> > >
> > >
> > >> Fruit flies? Could they be fungus gnats? I don't think they live long
> > > but
> > >> have repeated generations so it seems so. Clear out all possible
> > >> sources.
> > >> Check for breeding places like moist potted plants. Drench w gnatrol.
> > >> Sticky lures help but don't go to the source.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Kitty
> > >> neIN, Zone 5
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Cathy Carpenter"
> > >> To:
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:44 PM
> > >> Subject: [CHAT] Fruit Flies!!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Help! For the first time in my life, my home is infested with fruit
> > >>> flies. Any suggestions as to dealing with them, short of fumigating
> > >>> the house? (Not an option, because of the fish and amphibians.)
> > >>> Would
> > >>> some kind of sticky lure work?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> > >>>
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