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From: buls@dataio.UUCP (Rick Buls)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: a question about black-eyed peas
Message-ID: <1093@dataio.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 12:00:53 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 26 12:00:53 1986
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References: <1509@princeton.UUCP> <7529LRL@PSUVM>
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In article <7529LRL@PSUVM> LRL@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>In article <1509@princeton.UUCP>, booth@princeton.UUCP (Heather Booth) says:
>     
>>I'm growing some black-eyed peas and have trouble with
>>black ants.  They cluster around the tops of the pods.
>     
>I've heard that ants are good guys.  Earlier this season I had lots
>of ants on my corn. A gardening friend told me to look closer and
>see if there was something the ants were eating. There were aphids.
>I'm not sure if ants are good guys in all situations, but I'd
>suggest looking to see if there are some harder to see bad guys
>that the ants are feeding on.  Good luck.
>     
Actually the ants ARE the bad guys, the ants don't eat the aphids, they
spread them. Aphids are ants' milk cows. They raise them, moving them from
leaf to leaf. Its an example of two species relying on each other for
some benefit.