Ants always take my seeds

[Lurker]

2 weeks ago i planted n was wondering why nothing growed then a while ago again i planted four seeds on the very small holes i made then covered it back with soil then after an hour i saw ants taking them away!

how do you get rid of them?! ok i cant get rid of them!! so how can i atleast protect my seed from them for a while? will they harm the plant?
so what other pest will i watch out for??

Lurker Reviewed by Lurker on 05-10-2005. Ants always take my seeds 2 weeks ago i planted n was wondering why nothing growed then a while ago again i planted four seeds on the very small holes i made then covered it back with soil then after an hour i saw ants taking them away! :( :( how do you get rid of them?! ok i cant get rid of them!! so how can i atleast protect my seed from them for a while? will they harm the plant? so what other pest will i watch out for?? Rating: 5

[dylan]

lmfao!! that's the funniest thin i've heard all day! i have never had that problem. i have had ants on a flowering female before though. right on the buds. i thought they may be harvesting the tricomes, hahah. maybe the ants wanted to grow their own, hahah. well maybe you could cut the top and bottom off of a coke bottle, so you have a plastic tube, and stick it half way out and half way in the soil....i don't know. or start them in pots until they're a little stronger. i don't think that the ants will do anything then.

[NiceNEasy]

I agree with Dylan on all accounts - including the real funny part. Never heard of that before, but if you've problems keeping the seeds, use a pot and keep it out of harms way till the plant has sprouted.

[arthurjob]

get a bottle cut the bottom off. place round the seed. also helps with humidity they wud have to be pretty desp to carry the seed over that lol

option 2, hook the ants up with a gd seeds company, problem sorted

[Lurker]

really! im serious! they took all of them! they dug them out! i even put them in pots! thanks for the suggestion guys.. i'll try another.... my third try also im thinking of using those ant chalks.. but really??! youre not having problems with ants?!

[HARDDON]

spray a big circle around your seed hole / seed respositary with a strong insecticide. Make a barrier and they wont cross it. After a rain or water, reapply.

BTW....how many ants does it take to carry away one seed?

[llamaman666]

grow them indoors for the first two weeks.

HEY, maybe there the government's ants...........

[tedcun]

LMFAO!! )))) I cracked up just thinking about these ants running off with ur seeds

[turborunner03t]

smash open their ant hill and unload on em with WD-40

[absolut420]

the "tom and jerry" ants ? lol