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Subject: meth ants
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Orange Lives Matter |
Chesapeake City, MD
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Last week I saw a lot of ant activity around one of my AG's. Searched this site and the internet and found they like to coexist with aphids but couldn't find a single aphid on the plant -- so I dusted the plant and hill with Sevin to try to get rid of the ants. Saturday I noticed a small hole in the stem leading toward the roots with a few ants going in and out. Packed it with Sevin dust but yesterday they had moved the powder out of the hole and resumed activity. Since I still have a few back up plants, I decided to yank it. Cut the stem below the hole and slit the stem downward following the narrow tunnel. When I got down to just above the roots there was a larger cavity with about 50 ants in it staring at me like I had just stumbled into their meth lab. I have ant activity (but less) around the other pumpkins and my melons but don't see any areas where they could penetrate the plant. Thoughts? Suggestions? BTW, the plant I pulled was my fastest growing and healthiest looking aside from the hole in the stem.
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5/29/2017 10:22:54 AM
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Orange Lives Matter |
Chesapeake City, MD
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Newbie mistake. Should have posted this on the Pest board so will cross post. Please put any responses there. Thanks.
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5/29/2017 10:25:21 AM
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hoosiergary |
So. Indiana
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Sounds like vine borer got there first
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3/17/2018 9:20:44 PM
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