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Re: Eggplant ants

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They chew off the stems just above each flower. They
leave the flower on the ground so that's not there
goal. I've gotten several good responses from people
that I will try and let you guys know how it goes. 
Thanks everyone,
Valerie
zone 8,N. Florida
--- Bill Missen <billmissen@sprint.ca> wrote:
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> Valerie-  You are in zone 8 with different insects
> of course. I am puzzled
> because here in zone 3 ants are of no trouble and
> not worth bothering over.
> Are the ants in your garden eating things, or
> cutting them up? (If they are
> not harming anything I suggest you leave them be and
> avoid using ant killer
> in your garden soils. )
> 
> bill missen.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Valerie Harris" <val1968@yahoo.com>
> To: "Square Foot Gardening List" <sqft@listbot.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 7:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Eggplant ants
> 
> 
> | Square Foot Gardening List -
> http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> |
> | Thanks for answering, I too have never received
> | answers from anyone concerning my problems. I've
> tried
> | everything natural to discourage the ants so I'm
> | moving on to biological means. My father-in-law
> | suggested I just put Ortho ant killer around the
> | eggplants base. Then the ants won't be able to
> even
> | get to the flowers to eat the stems off. I'll let
> you
> | know how it goes but if anyone wants to suggest
> | something natural before I use the Ortho stuff,
> let me
> | know!!
> | Valerie
> | zone 8, N. Florida
> | --- Leharner@aol.com wrote:
> | > Square Foot Gardening List -
> | > http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> | >
> | > I've got ants crawling up everything in my
> garden,
> | > but they don't seem to be
> | > eating any plants. My melons are at the 6 ft
> high
> | > mark on the verticle
> | > supports and when I go to turn the vine around
> the
> | > string, there will be an
> | > ant at the top checking things out.But the
> aphids
> | > have arrived. this is my
> | > first eggplant and my buds have just started to
> | > bloom. I'll be interested if
> | > you get any helpful replies (I've never even had
> a
> | > response from this list
> | > yet).
> | > Laura
> | > Zone 8
> | >
> | >
> | >
> |
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