Ants in your pants

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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 16:11:37 -0800
From: Denis Daly <dalymob@bigpond.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Ants in your pants

Dear List members

Nepenthes love to eat ants. So if there are ants crawling into
your pitchers rejoice.
They won't leave.

But if they are building a nest in your potting mix they will
probably physically damage the roots.
Repot the plant. (80% live sphagnum 20% peat in a wick fed self
watering pot.) Don't bother with dead sphagnum.

Nepenthes are tough and provided that they are rested in the shade
for a few days and introduced to 50% to full sun over a week or
so, as you would with any plant, no problems.

If you are growing indoors under weak lights do not worry about
reducing the light. If under really bright lights (400 to 1000W
plus high pressure discharge lamp or similar) move them back under
full light over 3 days to a week.

Regards

Denis Daly

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