Originally Posted by Kanana

In the grand scheme of things though and if ants are in a container that will stay outside, isn't it a plus actually as they continually aerate the soil? I have pigeon peas in large 5 gallon containers and there are fire ants (way more vicious than regular ants) living in them, but I let them be and the plants are doing great. They've been living in there for 2 months now and they actually bloomed for the first time and put out peas.