Re: Ants and Ginger?
Barry wrote:
>I was looking at my ginger plant just now, and I noticed several Argentine
>ants exploring it. It has no aphids or pests, but it seems to have
>attracted them. I'm wondering if gingers in the garden also attract ants?
If you look very closely at the leaves where they are attached to
their sheathing bases or along the edges, you should see either the
occasional, tiny globule of a clear syrupy substance or, if it has had
a chance to solidify, a semi-transparent grain, almost like a grain of
sugar. In fact this is precisely what it is, albeit containing only
tiny amounts of sucrose, but nevertheless enough to make ants come and
raid.
Dave Poole
