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Petaluma CA

Ants are all over the vines why? What can I do about it? other than that I have not seen one bug all year. Also one of my main vine has a small twist with a crack (near the stump) 1 foot away. from the wind I think. I went back a few weeks on the message board and read about something called captan, will this work for me and how do you use it?

7/31/2002 10:45:47 PM

Kansas

Aphids maybe..?....they secrete a sugary substance that ants crave.

7/31/2002 11:12:23 PM

Key West, FL

catan is for drying and sealing cracks. i have ants too, so far they havnt been doing anything harmful to my plants so i just leave them and mabey they will help the bees. Do they do anything harmful?

8/1/2002 1:02:24 AM

Northern Ohio

How about catan sealing a couple of round wet spots, (they look messy with bumps in them )? Can you seal over damp areas?

8/1/2002 5:04:12 PM

Key West, FL

its captan and i've never used it but i geuss you would just sprinkle the stuff on and around the spot but make sure those are vine borer holes

8/1/2002 7:18:24 PM

Key West, FL

arn't

8/1/2002 7:18:36 PM

Key West, FL

still cant spell aren't

8/1/2002 7:38:34 PM

Los Angeles, CA

I have millions of ants traversing my vines as well. I don't have aphids.. (have garlic plants in between the vines) so I don't know what they're doing. Except that southern California has a blight of zillions of Argentine ants. They march by the millions - so I just figutre they're using the vines as shortcuts.

8/4/2002 11:07:29 PM