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Re: Aphid control

Hi Kurt,

> I have had good results by sprinkling dried (instant) oats in the ants path.
> In a couple of days they will start to eat it. Then when they drink water the
> oats expand and pow the ant dies. Since they take the food to the queen she
> gets killed too. I have used this twice. The first time I got rid of the
> ants. I just set down the oats for the latest outbreak in another part of my
> yard so it will be a couple of weeks before I know if it worked the second
> time. It's cheap, clean and seems to do the job.

Interesting ... there was a similar solution to slugs mentioned here or there
recently, using oat bran.  The reason was the same - expanding in the gut with
fatal results.

> Kurt McCullum
> (Glendale, CA Zone 9)

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  |     Bob Carter     | Kootenay Bay, BC, Canada
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