hi naturians !
i tried planting chilli padi plant in flowerpots along the
corridor outside my house
everytime when the chilli padi plant sprouts it will
grow sturdy and strong
then will grow until almost with 4 - 5 tender leaves, each
of these seems to uproot by themselves & me and
my mum are puzzled. none of my chilli padi plant lifespan grew
beyond that stage
we investigated and found that all the uprooted ones had their
roots eaten by whatever insects inside the soil.
we see a lot of ants in the soil crawling in and out
what's seems strange is we have other plants too, and the
supposedly culprits - the ants, does not seem to nibble at their
roots
we suspect insects might only be interested in the roots of
tender/young plants cos they taste delicious. is this true?
any idea here anyone knows how to overcome this problem?