Ants- any suggestions to rival ant powder?

[MrsWho]

Just found a couple of ants in my rhubarb pot, any suggestions for getting rid of them?

[foxinsocks]

there's a gel stuff you can get from most garden centres/hardware stores in amongst the ant killer stuff. Can't remember the name - it's in a small tube.

[foxinsocks]

nippon - that's it

I normally only use it once they start coming into the house (they've never caused a problem in the pots).

[Hilllary]

Find the nest and pour boiling water on it.

[PanicPants]

Bicarb of soda for in the house if you want to avoid poisons.

Prob same outside?

[popsycal]

pour boiling water down the nest
then get an ant trap
we got them a few weeks ago (earlier than normal) and all the ones in the house at least are gone
will liknk the ant trap - only thing that works for us

[SpawnChorus]

Pruni has some good advice re: ants...Hope she sees this. Otherwise search for messages by Pruni with 'ants' in, and you'll find about 100 very useful (and largely ignored) posts

[popsycal]

sone one also told me to put yeast down - they take it back to the queen who eats it and , erm, explodes (alledgedly)
I am not a violent person normally but hate hate hate ants

[foxinsocks]

if you are in a row of terraces or densely packed housing, the boiling water thing doesn't always work. I hunted for the nest last year but it appears they had a mahoosive nest stretching virtually the length of the road. I poured water down the hole and they just resurfaced 2 houses down (crafty buggers) and so on.....

[MrsWho]

Think they are actually in the soil that came from friends garden with the rhubarb.have only seen a couple in that pot so trying to prempt them getting into the house as I had loads a couple of years ago.

had heard the boiling water one before but didn't think I should do that on the plant.

Will search out prunis posts too

[keziah]

I've used peppermint oil sprinkled round in the house. Has a fairly good success rate. Don't know that it would work in the garden though. . .

[MrsGumby]

God, I hate ants. We've got a nest near our front door and if you don't get rid of them around this time of year they turn into these ghastly flying ants in July...I remember coming home from work one hot day to find our drive absolutely swarming with the winged buggers...just awful

[DrMarthaMcMoo]

Dethlac

and Ant Stop bait stations (see products)

We have lived in this house for 7 years and battled ants in the kitchen every single summer and tried everything. I know I sound like an advert but these products work Last two years (since using the above)...not a single ant.

One year I came down in the dark to get something and ds2's highchair, in the gloom, was 'moving'...turned on the light and it was swarming with ants - that's how bad it was.

[BarefootDancer]

Get an anteater. They make good pets.

[southeastastra]

haha get an anteater!

get some red ants and put them together for a massive ruck

[MrsWho]

Ugh flying ants are even worse

[popsycal]

the ant stop thing is what has worked for us