Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing it a
pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a bigger pot,
but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the trick?
If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better way? thanks.

"john east" wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing it a
pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a bigger pot,
but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. How long will they take to
drown? Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost you
added.
Is there a better way? Probably by making sure there are no ants in your
compost so you don't have to drown them.

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"john east" wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing it
a pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a bigger
pot, but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. How long will they take to
drown? Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost you
added.
Is there a better way? Probably by making sure there are no ants in your
compost so you don't have to drown them.

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Christina thanks. Hopefully it wont upset the mint plant if i leave it
soaking all night ?

"john east" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"john east" wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing it
a pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a bigger
pot, but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. How long will they take to
drown? Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost you
added.
Is there a better way? Probably by making sure there are no ants in
your compost so you don't have to drown them.

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Christina thanks. Hopefully it wont upset the mint plant if i leave it
soaking all night ?

should be ok but don't let the water come over the surface of the pot
overnight or you'll drown your mint as well.
If you've had it submerged for a few hours that will be enough.
Ants can't swim.

On Apr 22, 9:39*pm, "Christina Websell"
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"john east" wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing it
a pot on the kitchen window sill. *The other week we put it in a bigger
pot, but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? *Or is there a better way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. *How long will they take to
drown? *Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost you
added.
Is there a better way? * Probably by making sure there are no ants in
your compost so you don't have to drown them.

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Christina thanks. * Hopefully it wont upset the mint plant if i leave it
soaking all night ?

should be ok but don't let the water come over the surface of the pot
overnight or you'll drown your mint as well.
If you've had it submerged for a few hours that will be enough.
Ants can't swim.- Hide quoted text -

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And you cant drown their eggs either.
Try Nipon or some other ant killer that they take back into their
nest, it will kill the eggs as well.

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"john east" wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing
it
a pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a bigger
pot, but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. How long will they take to
drown? Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost you
added.
Is there a better way? Probably by making sure there are no ants in
your compost so you don't have to drown them.

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Christina thanks. Hopefully it wont upset the mint plant if i leave it
soaking all night ?

should be ok but don't let the water come over the surface of the pot
overnight or you'll drown your mint as well.
If you've had it submerged for a few hours that will be enough.
Ants can't swim.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And you cant drown their eggs either.
Try Nipon or some other ant killer that they take back into their
nest, it will kill the eggs as well.

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Thanks. Would it be still be alright to eat the mint though, since i guess
ant poison is somewhat nasty stuff?

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"john east" wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing
it
a pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a
bigger
pot, but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. How long will they take to
drown? Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost you
added.
Is there a better way? Probably by making sure there are no ants in
your compost so you don't have to drown them.

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Christina thanks. Hopefully it wont upset the mint plant if i leave it
soaking all night ?

should be ok but don't let the water come over the surface of the pot
overnight or you'll drown your mint as well.
If you've had it submerged for a few hours that will be enough.
Ants can't swim.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And you cant drown their eggs either.
Try Nipon or some other ant killer that they take back into their
nest, it will kill the eggs as well.

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Thanks. Would it be still be alright to eat the mint though, since i
guess ant poison is somewhat nasty stuff?

Once you've drowned the ants, there will not be any adults to take the
poison.
If there are any eggs in your pot (doubt it as I think you just disturbed a
nest you had in the compost you repotted it from and had a few strays from
that) - take most of the compost in the pot out, and repot it from a new
bag.
No need for poison and you can still eat the mint.

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"Christina Websell" wrote in
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"john east" wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been
growing it
a pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a
bigger
pot, but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do
the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better
way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. How long will they take to
drown? Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost
you
added.
Is there a better way? Probably by making sure there are no ants in
your compost so you don't have to drown them.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------*------
Christina thanks. Hopefully it wont upset the mint plant if i leave it
soaking all night ?

should be ok but don't let the water come over the surface of the pot
overnight or you'll drown your mint as well.
If you've had it submerged for a few hours that will be enough.
Ants can't swim.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And you cant drown their eggs either.
Try Nipon or some other ant killer that they take back into their
nest, it will kill the eggs as well.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks. Would it be still be alright to eat the mint though, since i
guess ant poison is somewhat nasty stuff?

Once you've drowned the ants, there will not be any adults to take the
poison.
If there are any eggs in your pot (doubt it as I think you just disturbed
a nest you had in the compost you repotted it from and had a few strays
from that) - take most of the compost in the pot out, and repot it from a
new bag.
No need for poison and you can still eat the mint.
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Thanks. Out of curiousity now i'm wondering how often should i keep soaking
i wonder to get ahead of their egg laying and hatching cycle, i.e. the
gestation period. every day, every few days? i've just looked it up,
gestation time is 3 hours.

"john east" wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing it a
pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a bigger pot,
but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better way?
thanks.


John nobody has mentioned that the Ants like dry. The drier the better. On
my compost heaps, the dry areas always attract Ants, so I keep them well
watered and turned and attract worms by the million.

If you look at the first of the following pictures, you will see 4 square
pots, two either side of the path at each end. If you look at the nearest
square pot, the Lavender is a candidate for the Sick Bay or compost heap. On
examination, it was discovered that even though it was watered, there were
dry areas and the Ants had gone to town on the earth/compost in there.

Plant taken out. Roots washed out. Pot had boiling water in it and on it.
Plant re-potted

:-))

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Mike

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I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.

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In article d97395ed-e7df-450b-98e2-7f37573334b4
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On Apr 22, 9:39*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
"john east" wrote in message

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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"john east" wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing it
a pot on the kitchen window sill. *The other week we put it in a bigger
pot, but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? *Or is there a better way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. *How long will they take to
drown? *Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost you
added.
Is there a better way? * Probably by making sure there are no ants in
your compost so you don't have to drown them.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------*------
Christina thanks. * Hopefully it wont upset the mint plant if i leave it
soaking all night ?

should be ok but don't let the water come over the surface of the pot
overnight or you'll drown your mint as well.
If you've had it submerged for a few hours that will be enough.
Ants can't swim.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And you cant drown their eggs either.

But that doesn't matter if the adult population has drowned, as any
surviving eggs won't become ants. Newly hatched egg larvae are dependent
on adult ants to feed and care for them. No carers = dead babies.

Janet

On 23/04/2012 07:43, john east wrote:
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"Christina wrote in
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"john wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been
growing it
a pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a
bigger
pot, but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do
the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better
way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. How long will they take to
drown? Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost
you
added.
Is there a better way? Probably by making sure there are no ants in
your compost so you don't have to drown them.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------*------
Christina thanks. Hopefully it wont upset the mint plant if i leave it
soaking all night ?

should be ok but don't let the water come over the surface of the pot
overnight or you'll drown your mint as well.
If you've had it submerged for a few hours that will be enough.
Ants can't swim.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And you cant drown their eggs either.
Try Nipon or some other ant killer that they take back into their
nest, it will kill the eggs as well.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks. Would it be still be alright to eat the mint though, since i
guess ant poison is somewhat nasty stuff?

Once you've drowned the ants, there will not be any adults to take the
poison.
If there are any eggs in your pot (doubt it as I think you just disturbed
a nest you had in the compost you repotted it from and had a few strays
from that) - take most of the compost in the pot out, and repot it from a
new bag.
No need for poison and you can still eat the mint.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks. Out of curiousity now i'm wondering how often should i keep soaking
i wonder to get ahead of their egg laying and hatching cycle, i.e. the
gestation period. every day, every few days? i've just looked it up,
gestation time is 3 hours.

Ants enter pots with dry soil through the drainage holes in the bottom,
in particular when the soil has shrunk a little to create a space. To
avoid the problem in future cover the holes at the bottom of the empty
pot with a piece of weed-proof membrane (or use old pieces of Oasis)
before you plant up. The ants will look elsewhere for a des res.

--

Jeff

On 22/04/2012 21:05, Christina Websell wrote:
"john wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing it a
pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a bigger pot,
but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. How long will they take to
drown? Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost you
added.
Is there a better way? Probably by making sure there are no ants in your
compost so you don't have to drown them.




It seems a shame to kill the ants when, if added to your compost heap,
they will break it down to lovely fine crumbly stuff.

However, as the others say, drowning will do the trick, but it would be
kinder to add a drop of washing-up liquid to the water, as this will
break the water's surface tension and, mercifully, do the job quicker.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

dust with borax they dont like it up em!

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On 22/04/2012 21:05, Christina Websell wrote:
"john wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing it
a
pot on the kitchen window sill. The other week we put it in a bigger
pot,
but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? Or is there a better way?
thanks.

Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. How long will they take to
drown? Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost you
added.
Is there a better way? Probably by making sure there are no ants in
your
compost so you don't have to drown them.




It seems a shame to kill the ants when, if added to your compost heap,
they will break it down to lovely fine crumbly stuff.

However, as the others say, drowning will do the trick, but it would be
kinder to add a drop of washing-up liquid to the water, as this will break
the water's surface tension and, mercifully, do the job quicker.

I agree. I love ants. they are so fantastic with their lifestyle.

On Apr 23, 11:10*pm, "Christina Websell"
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On 22/04/2012 21:05, Christina Websell wrote:
"john *wrote in message
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Recently bought a mint plant from a supermarket and have been growing it
a
pot on the kitchen window sill. *The other week we put it in a bigger
pot,
but now have a lot of ants coming out of it.

Have just submerged the pot in a large jug of water. Will this do the
trick? If so how long will it have to soak? *Or is there a better way?
thanks.

* Yep, drowning the ants will do the trick. *How long will they take to
drown? *Who knows?
As you repotted it the ants are likely to have been in the compost you
added.
Is there a better way? * Probably by making sure there are no ants in
your
compost so you don't have to drown them.

It seems a shame to kill the ants when, if added to your compost heap,
they will break it down to lovely fine crumbly stuff.

However, as the others say, drowning will do the trick, but it would be
kinder to add a drop of washing-up liquid to the water, as this will break
the water's surface tension and, mercifully, do the job quicker.

*I agree. *I love ants. *they are so fantastic with their lifestyle..- Hide quoted text -

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Quitenice when chocolate coated as well