Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Fat Cat, 1 by konkreteblond

konkreteblond wrote:
Kipper, do you have ants on your passionvine? I've had small vines for the last few years that have always had cats on them, thus I always have a lot of GF's. This year one of my cuttings took off and is a full blown vine, flowers and all. It's beautiful, and covered in ants. Everyone says the ants are fine and pollinate the flowers, which is probably why I don't think I've ever had ants before, since the vines were so small. Anyways, the ants are eating my GF eggs! I've not had any GF's in a few weeks and I think they know that my vine is not safe now. I don't know how to get rid of these stupid ants either. I've got them harvesting aphids on my milkweed too, along with fireants. ugh. If I knew how to get rid of them without harming my beneficials and earthworms I would try.