Posted by Wally on July 15, 2008, 5:43 pm
Took the lid off one of my compost bins
to day and found it overrun with ants.
Never seen so many ants in one place.
They seem to be doing a good job in there
and chomping the contents into a fine powdery
soil.
The question is, should I leave them alone or will
they do any harm.??
Although I hate ants I feel inclined to leave them to
carry on with what they are doing.
Your comments would be appreciated.
Wally
Posted by Emrys Davies on July 15, 2008, 7:04 pm
> Took the lid off one of my compost bins
> to day and found it overrun with ants.
> Never seen so many ants in one place.
> They seem to be doing a good job in there
> and chomping the contents into a fine powdery
> soil.
> The question is, should I leave them alone or will
> they do any harm.??
> Although I hate ants I feel inclined to leave them to
> carry on with what they are doing.
> Your comments would be appreciated.
> Wally
The fact that you have ants in there indicates that your compost is too
dry, but they will will do no harm.
Regards,
Emrys Davies.
Posted by Nick Maclaren on July 16, 2008, 2:56 am
|>
|> > Although I hate ants I feel inclined to leave them to
|> > carry on with what they are doing.
|>
|> The fact that you have ants in there indicates that your compost is too
|> dry, but they will will do no harm.
Yup. And I suggest learning to love ants - they do more good than
harm in the garden, generally.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Posted by Robert \(Plymouth\) on July 16, 2008, 3:22 am
> |>
> |> > Although I hate ants I feel inclined to leave them to
> |> > carry on with what they are doing.
> |>
> |> The fact that you have ants in there indicates that your compost is too
> |> dry, but they will will do no harm.
> Yup. And I suggest learning to love ants - they do more good than
> harm in the garden, generally.
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
Posted by Robert \(Plymouth\) on July 16, 2008, 3:23 am
> |>
> |> > Although I hate ants I feel inclined to leave them to
> |> > carry on with what they are doing.
> |>
> |> The fact that you have ants in there indicates that your compost is too
> |> dry, but they will will do no harm.
> Yup. And I suggest learning to love ants - they do more good than
> harm in the garden, generally.
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
Totally agree
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> to day and found it overrun with ants.
> Never seen so many ants in one place.
> They seem to be doing a good job in there
> and chomping the contents into a fine powdery
> soil.
> The question is, should I leave them alone or will
> they do any harm.??
> Although I hate ants I feel inclined to leave them to
> carry on with what they are doing.
> Your comments would be appreciated.
> Wally