So as the title says i have a ant problem. I havent planted in the ground yet but i wanted to take care of these trouble makers b4 i plant. What organic products do you guys recomend?
New Grower Outdoor ant pest problem
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I wouldn't worry about ants.I have never heard anything about ants causing problems with weed.
I use baby powder to keep them out of my house. I see no reason why it can't be used for a garden. Make a circle of powder around your plant, and they won't cross that path.
Works for me, anyway.
They do eat aphids, which is good. But, they also eat aphids predators...
Works for me, anyway.
They do eat aphids, which is good. But, they also eat aphids predators...
Gunnerboy76
GUNNERBOY76
Yeah I wouldn't even know what to tell you I don't have any problems sometimes we get up some sugar ants sweet ants we call them in the house but I eradicate them with pesticide and nothing harms my plants and I grow organic now I don't spray around my plants or on my plants but my house is someone pest free there's not one house on this planet thats Pest free
Gunnerboy76
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Lol
Mix about 3% by weight boric acid powder (harmless other than to insects, even used as an eyewash solution) with powdered sugar (sucrose), ideally confectioners or other very finely powdered sugar. Many common anti-ant pesticide products contain boric acid or equivalent. A container of boric acid, which any drug store should have, likely at least 100 g, and a bag of sugar will last many years.
Spread little piles or lines (not big enough to be interest to mice, rats, etc.), about every six feet around the area you want to protect or get rid of the ants. To ants, this near pure sugar is like rocket fuel. They take it back, feed on it and it's a cumulative poison. If you notice piles are gone, put out more, it takes about a week for the ants to get their fill, the stuff to work, and for them to disappear. If it rains, you'll need to put out more, but the stuff costs like nothing. And you can also make thick solutions of the mixed powder and fill aluminum foil or other small containers. You can use this indoors too. And I presume a simple mixture of natural boric acid and common sugar would be considered fully "organic."
Read more about it. I presume boric acid is a good place to start. And if the ants don't like the sugar bait, try mixing boric acid (or solution) with some fatty or protein-rich bait.
Spread little piles or lines (not big enough to be interest to mice, rats, etc.), about every six feet around the area you want to protect or get rid of the ants. To ants, this near pure sugar is like rocket fuel. They take it back, feed on it and it's a cumulative poison. If you notice piles are gone, put out more, it takes about a week for the ants to get their fill, the stuff to work, and for them to disappear. If it rains, you'll need to put out more, but the stuff costs like nothing. And you can also make thick solutions of the mixed powder and fill aluminum foil or other small containers. You can use this indoors too. And I presume a simple mixture of natural boric acid and common sugar would be considered fully "organic."
Read more about it. I presume boric acid is a good place to start. And if the ants don't like the sugar bait, try mixing boric acid (or solution) with some fatty or protein-rich bait.
I was of a mind that come flowering time theyd b all over those sweet buds?
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