Bobba Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 Went to mow the back garden lawn today and found four earth eruptions - as per photo. Any ideas please? eg are they ants nests? If so, then how to get rid of them. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 yup looks like an ant nest...its that time of year when they are sproating wings and flying off to make a new colony.....think a trip down to the garden centre is in order for advice and chemicals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 ‘stranger things’ …… if you know, you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbyduck Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 water the nest and they will move on . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumfelter Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 Nippon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricko Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Boiling water from the kettle. Ant killer powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Ricko said: Boiling water from the kettle. Ant killer powder. The boiling water will kill the grass! It would be far better to just let them get on with life, they will move on and the lawn will return to normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 No ants on an ants nest ! - new one to me ! But be we seen one in middle of lawn so could be talking bull poo ! Looks more like grass growing through small mole hill to me ! Agriv8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 It's ants I have a few similar mounds here. Robot mower took a few turns on one yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 33 minutes ago, Agriv8 said: new one to me ! Just take a kitchen fork and run through it .. you'll soon see 'em running around. 4 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: hey will move on and the lawn will return to normal Yes and no .. they move on, usually a few yards away and you end up with another set of 'mounds'. I've killed patches of lawn (+ the ants) with a kettle, and also used ant powder ... I think unless you catch them early you'll end up living with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratlegs Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 P on em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Ratlegs said: P on em i think a humane kill is preferable..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sussexboy Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 I had this in my veg garden. After some reading I tried some peppermint oil mixed with water and wetted the area. It seems to have worked and the ants have decamped elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmicblue Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Ants love warm south facing lawns - like mine, they don't like rotary lawn mowers quite so much though🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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