I've got ants in my plants!
In the basil?!
Yes! Ants!
What do we do?!
I don't know. For now I have removed the pot from the windowsill and placed it in a presumably ant-proof zone.
How did ants get 2 floors up and find that basil? Are there ants anywhere else in your house?
Never been ants here before.
Oh dear... do you think we will have to get rid of the plant or maybe transplant it to another location outside?
I just don't know anymore... It's getting so big and anty that it will almost certainly require a plan of action soon.
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Basil? That's cool. I've always wanted to try growing my own stuff like that.
Speaking of ants...1st floor has also been invaded. Any idea how to lose the critters????
I can remember grandma Myrle getting a little "peeved" at me for referring to those little, black,nasty,ants as "p ss" ants. Where did that term evolve from? I can't speak that tiny word without feeling like I am cussing. My mother's influence, I guess!
There are many types of those little ants. Common around here are pyramid ants (make the mountds), carpenter ants (like to live and eat wood), red ants (the big ones that sting). Most of them have a queen. You need to check to see how they got to the basil. Check for little trails to and from. You can use some poison that they take to the queen, yummy.
Well, what I know is that the most certain way to get rid of ants is to remove all food. But that's not always easy. I know you can buy ant poison that they will pick up and take to their queen.
Linc, I'm glad you brought up the cuss-word aspect. Melon taught me (and rightly so) to call them pissants, but when that's what I exclaimed to Cassie, she was surprised at my profanity. To answer your question, from Wikipedia: "Its origin is with pismire, a 14th-century word for ant."
Pretty innocuous, if you ask me.
Also, by removing the basil to a tougher-to-find-for-ants location, I seem to have solved the problem.
Annnd, it's Cassie's basil—at my house. She deserves the credit for sowing seeds. Basil is a good idea.
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