Ant bait a problem for compost

I don't think, in the quantities that ants would take it back to a compost heap, that you have any problems. The amount is minimal, then, if it does get taken back there, it would be a tiny amount that would then be mixed into a much larger area - your garden.

Having said that, it appears unlikely to me that the ants would have come from your compost heap - but I don't know how close it is to the house. Most compost heaps tend to be towards the bottom of the garden so would be a distance from the house.

Ants that normally invade the house usually come from nearby and, especially, from under paving/patios.

In future, if you know that the ants are getting in from under doors or through windows - or the areas around them - it's better to use one of the outside type sprays (such as Raid etc.). You spray it along the join between wall and ground and around the outside of the doorframe and window frame. These formulations are made to put a coating on the brickwork etc. and last for quite a while. They will deter the ants from coming indoors whilst not being in a position to do damage to other insects - they only affect anything that walks across them.

Good luck

 

That's not quite right as there is no danger at all homoeopathically. That's not really how homoeopathy works.

 

Scepticism is a lovely word!

 

Whoops! I think this is beginning to touch on contentious subjects that should not be voiced on the gardening sections.

In general we enjoy a good debate, under the right section, but we try to keep away from wording that might offend other members.

There are plenty of other forums for that sort of thing. Something you have mentioned yourself.

 

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uote="colne, post: 810207, member: 14263"]English is a great language because there are so many meanings for so many words. "works"?[/quote]

Actually, Colne, the English language apart from being a beautiful descriptive language is also a very definitive language. However, as we know certain people can hide behind words and use them to deceive other people in the hope that those "other" people don't have the sense to see behind those words. So, yes, the English language is a great language but, like all other languages, can be used in a way that the orator or writer is saying one thing but meaning another.

We also use it on GC to give gardening advice, extend friendship and sympathy where needed, and show a sense of humour. The main thrust of GC is gardening but we do talk/banter about nearly everything under the Sun but we do so in a manner that keeps a Thread within the bounds of a Discussion where no offence is given or taken. A lot of members feel strongly about certain subjects but have the ability to argue/reason their point of view without "scrapping" or "shouting" and that's what makes GC a very unique Forum. If you want to discuss subjects intelligently, reasonably and with a sense of humour then this is the Forum for you....if not then this is not the Forum for you.

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We would like you to stick around and enjoy the Forum, Colne, but like in certain towns in the Wild West you have to leave your guns in a safe place and don't take them into Town!!

 

I haven't had many problems in the garden with Ants I must admit. I've never had any house invasions from them for some reason and they've never made a nest in my compost heap. I have had over the last 3 years had Bees making a nest in my Compost Heap with is fine by my as I don't use the "black gold" at the bottom on the heap until the Winter. I have had Ants, though, make nests in one or two of my large pots and have had to evict them when replanting but they always seem to make a new nest nearby.

 

It looks like they built in the Kitchen and you'll have to track the Ants to find the entrance and then put powder down around it so that they track it into the Nest...........hopefully there is only one Nest and one entrance.