has a compost tub and it has a gigantic ants nest in it - is this ok?
2007-07-18 10:09:37 · 5 answers · asked by olivier1uk 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Ants are a sign your compost is to dry. Turn it and wet it as you go. It should be just moist like a wrung out sponge. Once it is wet there will be no more ants trying to inhabit it.
Invertebrates of the Compost Pile http://www.css.cornell.edu/compost/invertebrates.html
http://www.digitalseed.com/composter/whatiscompost.html
2007-07-18 10:47:16 · answer #1 · answered by gardengallivant 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Noticed loads of ants around the lid of my compost lid yesterday, during a very brief sunny spell. Sprayed with Dethlac spray, No Sign of them today.
2007-07-18 10:18:05 · answer #2 · answered by LOOBYLOO 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It should be too warm for ants. Don't you "toss" your compost? You have to get oxygen into it.
2007-07-18 10:19:44 · answer #3 · answered by buggerhead 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It won't do it any harm. Kitchen waste will attract them.
2007-07-18 10:26:18 · answer #4 · answered by bouncer bobtail 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
be glad you don't have any vermin making home in it for their litters.
2007-07-18 10:13:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋