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Hey guys. I saw quite a few Ants for the first time just chilling out at the base of my plant. What's the most non detrimental way of getting rid of these? Thanks
Sweet! Thanks @tinderthumbs. Do I just sprinkle some of the powder around where they are?cinnamon they hate the stuff
Sweet! Thanks @tinderthumbs. Do I just sprinkle some of the powder around where they are?
Yep they drink the honey dew the aphids excrete as the aphid sucks the plants sap stop the ant traffic and you will get from of the pest .Like @One drop said, I suspect aphids. Here is a picture of ants farming some type of aphid on my sunflowers last year. It fascinated me how protective they were.View attachment 681442
A aphid can lay so many eggs in a few days it can become a grandmother for the infestation , again rid the plants of ants and you will be better off .Oh! Kill em. Any way, and block off entrances. I had ants crawling around last year and thought nothing of it, then a month later I had aphids so bad I couldn't stop them. Lost some nice big plants. I attribute it to ants bringing in aphid eggs.
Gona give this a go ;)Mix 1/2 cup sugar,1 1/2 cups borax and 1 1/2 cups warm water,soak cotton balls in the solution and put them on a small container like a teacup saucer.The ants will swarm it(you want that),take it back to the colony and wipe the whole thing out,no more ants!
Check to see if the ants are not farming lerps and or aphids I would use a stick band around the trunk of the plant about 1" off the pot surface . The ants get stuck on the sticky band .
Like @One drop said, I suspect aphids. Here is a picture of ants farming some type of aphid on my sunflowers last year. It fascinated me how protective they were.View attachment 681442
Right,Ants farm aphids on any plant that will support them,aphids secrete the sugary deliciousness the ants want.as these guys both mentioned check for other insects.i highly doubt they are there to eat your plant.they want something on it like bugs or excessive water on the plant.
Yeah you don't put the borax on the plant boss,you mix it with the sugar(which is what the ants are after)and water.The cotton ball is just a carrier,the saucer just holds the wet cottonball,the worker ants find it and take it back to the nest and the borax wipes the queen and colony out,you don't need to use the whole cup and a half either if you don't need it.you could adjust the recipe to however much you need.After their gone no need to continue treating unless you see them again.Careful adding too much Borate to your soil. Plants need VERY little. Just make sure you keep the cup and a half contained and don't spill it:).