by HELP!! I am having a problem with ants farming aphids on my
artichokes. I have tried soap and water, summer oil and Safer's Rotenone and
Pyrethum (my spelling's atrocious here and *these* words aren't in a
dictionary, yet. :-) ) sprays, but there appears to be a nearly infinite
supply of ants to replenish the ones killed. I have nearly an acre of land
right next to a creek, so trying to kill the ant hills is next to
impossible. They'll just keep coming and coming and coming... Anyway, what
I am looking for is a barrior method. Some way of keeping the ants from
getting to the artichokes in the first place. I have great success with
tangle foot on my fruit trees, but how would I do something like this for
artichokes?
thanks!
Carol Hatcher
Fremont, Ca (zone 9)