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Re: ants in bed with veggies

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Vasha, I have an organic recipe for killing ants which is rather 
expensive, but an alternate might be worth a try that someone posted 
from Hong Kong.  I recently purchased orange oil (very expensive) and 
one Tablespoonful is to be added to one gallon of manure compost tea.  
If one Tablespoonful of molasses is also added, it helps the "goody" 
fungi, etc. in the soil after the ants are gone.  The citrus oil must 
be handled very carefully because at full strength it can even harm the 
skin.  The Chinese alternative is to place orange peelings around the 
ant area.  Either they die or else they move, I don't know which.  I'd 
think for the children's safety, that would be the first thing to try.

Barbara       zone 7/8       southwest of Fort Worth, TX



 
> Nasty nippy ants have made themselves at home in our raised beds at school.
> The kids, wisely, will not have anything to do with a square that has ants
> even 2 squares away!  The ants defend their turf with a vengence.  This is
> not the type of stimulus response I had planned for the kiddies when we
> started this garden project.
> 
> Our beds are made of cedar to avoid the children ingesting poisonous
> vegetables, and this predicament has put us in a contradictory situation,
> but we need something lethal to queen ants!  Can we poison the ants without
> poisoning ourselves?
> 
> If you have a solution, we really want to hear from you!
> 
> Vasha - in about zone 8
> 
> 
> 
> Vasha Rosenblum
> South Shades Crest School
> 3770 S. Shades Crest Road
> Hoover, AL 35244
> 
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