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Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: What are those ants doing to my cow peas?, 1 by pobruce

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Subject: What are those ants doing to my cow peas?

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pobruce wrote:
My second wave of cowpeas is struggling mightily with the heat on the Gulf Coast. I have 40% shade cloth (down from 70% too much) over my elevated raised beds.

I know that ants will protect aphids but there is no sign of aphids at all. The ant poison isn\'t killing them at all. I\'m just starting to get a few full pods but the majority of them die aborning.

So is it ants or extreme heat?