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Sun, Jun 15, 14 at 15:42
| So, I'm busy planting lots (and lots) of plants. I unpot my 'Elijah Blue' fescue, ready to plop it into its new home when I see that the entire root ball/potting mixture is covered with ants. Should I be concerned or just plant it? My personal thought is its probably not a big deal but maybe it's indicative of a problem? Anyone ever hear of such a thing? |
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- Posted by michael1846 6 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 15, 14 at 16:32
| I don't think so. they don't feed on the roots they probably just moved in. If your worried spray off the roots with water it probably will be fine. |
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| No, they do more good than harm (although it sure doesn't feel like that when you have to keep your trousers tucked into your socks and no kneeling or sitting with bare flesh about). |
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| Thanks, Michael and campanula. That's what I figured since it's not like my garden doesn't have plenty of ants of its own. It was just really odd to see that they had colonized there. |
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| Only thing may be that the could be aphid or scale farmers. And thus vector those insects...but the ants of themselves aren't harmful to the plant. |
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