My husband helpfully was poisoning ant beds in the lawn, and threw Orthene on one of my squash mounds that had a big ant bed in it. Do I need to throw out the plant and remove that mound of dirt, or can I just remove the top layer of dirt with the powdered poison and wait a certain number of days for the poison to gradually leave the plant and soil? I know it's not for vegetable garden use....but it's too late now...
