Ants in my compost bin

[Chomerly]

What should i do?
I've never seen it before so am clueless about how to get rid of them, apart from getting rid of all of last years composting waste.

[rustylady]

What type of compost bin is it? And where is it (on soil, on slabs)?

[chris]

Its too dry. You need to water it and turn it more often.

[The Goatreich]

How often should you add water to compost? I've never done this.

[Chomerly]

What type of compost bin is it? And where is it (on soil, on slabs)?

It's on soil as i wanted to encourage worms to get in there and help break everything down.

Its too dry. You need to water it and turn it more often.

Ah, now i have watered it before now but haven't done so for a couple of months.
The last time i checked it for wetness i found that it was really wet at the bottom but relatively moist near the top.

Do you think it's worth me hosing it down and emptying it a couple of days later?

[alldigging]

How often should you add water to compost? I've never done this.

Take the lid off it and let the clouds decide.

[Bill HH]

I had a huge nest in a Dalek last year, they made it into the best compost I have ever had. They did no harm in the garden that i could detect.

[alldigging]

They will move out when you give them a bit of notice too!

[Keeks]

The last time i checked it for wetness i found that it was really wet at the bottom but relatively most ner the top.

Sounds like you could do with turning the compost. Give it a good watering and turn it every couple of days to disturb the compost and the ants will soon move on.





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[Two_Sheds]

How often should you add water to compost?.

Whenever it's too dry


Seriously, I empty a can of water onto it every time I add a couple buckets of weeds. It also gets "potty water"

[Keeks]

I normally rinse out my kitchen caddy into the bin also


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