I found that smearing vaseline on the stems acts as a trap for the little buggers. I also use vaseline to keep squirrels from scaling my bird feeder pole, and have smeared vaseline mixed with cayenne pepper on the upper corner bricks of my house to keep the little fucker racoons from trying to climb up.
It seems to work. Oh yes, I sometimes get little tiny ants in the kitchen, climbing into the cat's food dish. a smear of vaseline seems to have trapped them at this as well. Ahh such a wondertool. The duct tape of smeary substances. I'm current working on a more exciting usage of this substance, but my wife is a bit tentative...
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