Ants

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• Subject: Ants
• From: C* T* <h*@TCITY.COM>
• Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 09:42:06 -0500

Are you sure the ants ate them and not birds? i've never seen ants eat
any vegetables or fruits...mostly reak havoc in the root systems so it
is a problem when we are pulling up plants.

cindi, zone 9 NE Florida

SQ>I had some black ants last year, but they weren't exactly small ones.  I
SQ>don't think that they bite or at least I never got bit by one.  But I did
SQ>plant strawberries in some large clay strawberry pots for my patio and the
SQ>ants not only moved into them but they ate all my berries too!  I didn't
SQ>poison them but I bet they'll be back eventhough I have no strawberry plants
SQ>left. I guess that's another problem I'll have to figure out how to solve as
SQ>soon as they wake up from their winter snooze.  Being this is my first year
SQ>for planting tomatoes, now I'm wondering, will these ants eat them too?

SQ>Dot Geib
SQ>Pitt Meadows, BC Canada
SQ>Zone 7/8

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