General Chat

I don't know if you can get this product over there it's called 'Ant B Gone', it works wonders. We came in one evening a few years back and there was an 'army' of ants marching in a line to my medicine cabinet in the kitchen. They had got in under the kitchen door. They were after the sugar wax that I keep there. The poison is a liquid that they swarm around and take back to the colony. Last year I came home on my lunch hour to another line from my front door up the hall heading into the kitchen. I squirted the stuff outside to stop them. By the next day they were gone. No doubt they will be back this year. Deb

I brought in some plants from the greenhouse and there must have been ants eggs in the soil because suddenly there were loads of ants on the windowsill. As soon as I took the plants away again and cleaned away the ants, no more appeared. Reminds me of a time in Malta when my son was small - we went out leaving a bottle of squash on a worktop and when we got back there was this army of ants marching in a line in from the balcony, under the door, up the units and along the worktop to the squash bottle. They were the tiniest ants I had ever seen and my son said 'Oh look, anorexic ants' (Apologies to anyone who is anorexic). Now even tho he is grown up he still calls tiny ants anorexic ants. I think my mum used to use a mixture of boracic powder and icing sugar so they took it back to their nests and it killed them sweetly.

Try spraying the place where they are with Lavender.....and you have to keep on doing it! My nan gave me that advice and it does work if you keep on it! Spray every entrance daily (it's not a bad smell) and keep doing it. Worked for me!!!

Doff ant powder is also good as is the boiling water. Ann

It's them or us Ben........lol BC

Move out!

your a crule lot poor wee ants

I think the ants are taking over.....woooooooooo lol BC

There is a great product called something like 'Deth Lac' it is a spray that puts a sort of film down used it once a couple of year ago not seen an ant in the kitchen since. Worth a try think you can get it at most hard ware stores. (it is in a green and white tin I think) watch where you put it though it is a sort of gluey stuff and leaves a film. Germaine

I have them all over my kitchen worksurfaces - YUK! Every morning when I come down into the kitchen, there they are hiding under the dishcloth and even under the kettle. I have to clean up before I can make my cuppa! They are coming in around my kitchen window, but I can't find out where. The only thing that stops them is Raid spray. I spray it all around the window frame most nights before I go to bed and every 2 or 3 days I spray it all around the outside frame and outside where the pipes come through the wall. That is the only thing I've found that stops them, even if it's only for a couple of days. I think I have tried everything on the market and nothing else seems to work. It's only in the last 4 or 5 years that I have had a problem, before then I never had ants indoors. I don't know what's changed to make them love my house so much :o) Sue xx

You have had plenty of advice on killing the source of the ants, but if you got a load in your house, get the vacuum out with the nozzle attachment and suck all the ones you can see up. We often get winged ones in at certain times in the summer, seem to collect on patio window, so we suck them up, then put ant powder down outside the window. Val

thanks for all replies, glad it's not just me, don't know why, but i felt as if my house was dirty when i discovered them. thank you all again, your help is much appreciated Tricia

BC ;-) Thanks for answering and making me sound clever LOL. I've used boiling water it's good for getting rid in certain places but not good enough in the garden, doesn't get near enough to the heart of the hill. Pat x

Thats the one, Pat! Knew it was Penny something! But it really works...XXBC

Try n follow 'em n when u find nest pour boiling water on it, that should get rid of 'em.

BC It wasn't Penny Royal plant was it? its a mint variety. I have heard vinegar and salt are really disliked by ants, but I don't know. Outside I use salt around small cuttings to stop snails and slugs gorging themselves on my seedlings, it is a nasty way to do things but it has to be done :-( ants and earwigs like small cuttings too and using salt seems to help protect them. Pat x

I had a plague of ants in my little patio and tried everything to get rid of them, but they still came back year after year. Then two years ago someone gave me a plant, I am not sure but it may be Pennywort, and I have not seen any since! Will try and find out for sure for you. BC

well i had the same problem last week so i went to the a shop and bought a little round thing that you push the holes out so the ants can get in , when they get in there they get on the ant bait and die ...its very good im very impressed , they last up to 2 months and cost around £3, hope this helps good . forgot to mention they are SAFE FOR PETS AND KIDS! the shop keeper recommended it its brilliant ...dont get the gel if you have kids and pets around good luck :)

We've had a plague of them in the kitchen - all over the worktops, yuk! I put Nippon (sticky liquid) on some ceramic tile and put it down where they were most abundant. They take it back to the nest, seems to have worked!

I had a similar problem a few years back....I was advised to cut the tree branches back that were touching my roof as the ants were coming from the trees.....I cut the branches and haven't had an ant since! Judy