RE: Summer garden (long)

I almost always have a minor ant problem. They are very small red ants that
bite. Usually I'll find them chewing up the stems on my bean plants - they
can and will chew entirely through the stalk at the base. They infest the
inside of sunflower stems. They will eat through onion bulbs and potatoes,
if I leave them in the ground very long - possibly they're looking for water
in those cases. 
I used to use...ummmm...can't remember the name but it was a granular ant
killer safe for vegetable gardens. Most of the ones I looked at said don't
use near food plants. Then it got banned. I tried the boric acid stuff but
the plants near it died - too much borax maybe? Or just coincidence, dunno.
But I guess I need to head for the garden store and read labels again. 

Cyndi 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Daryl
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 3:43 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Summer garden (long)

Interesting that you've got ants in your Okra. I've had them here, but never

chewing holes in the flowers.

The corn stuff sounds pretty normal for non-hybrids. One of the reasons 
hybrids became so popular was that they bred out the weird stuff.

Sounds like a wonderful summer!

d

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