Ant nest in my container
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holy crap do not spray the soil with iso. that is just bad advice. make iso hash with it instead.
are the ants bothering you or the plant? if not take advantage of the drainage and aeration they do.
if so, i find constant disturbance to get them moving along. ants have methods to deal with water (aka rain) disturbing the soil often makes them think "this is a bad spot for a home and they move"
are the ants bothering you or the plant? if not take advantage of the drainage and aeration they do.
if so, i find constant disturbance to get them moving along. ants have methods to deal with water (aka rain) disturbing the soil often makes them think "this is a bad spot for a home and they move"
if they are on honedew - boric acid mixed with simple syrup
if they are on protein - boric acid mixed with peanut butter
I am all for diversity, but ants are direct competition in containers. I am on the human team, and they are on the ant team. They can play on any field but mine.
I've seen ants raze seedlings that are growing on top of the nest.
if they are on protein - boric acid mixed with peanut butter
I am all for diversity, but ants are direct competition in containers. I am on the human team, and they are on the ant team. They can play on any field but mine.
I've seen ants raze seedlings that are growing on top of the nest.
I found molasses actually works to a point. A hot water drip will annoy them enough to move along.
Black ants leave them alone. Piss ants, you'll only spread and piss off more.
For piss ants, spinosad on corn cob.
http://ipmworld.umn.edu/chapters/hutchins2.htm
Black ants leave them alone. Piss ants, you'll only spread and piss off more.
For piss ants, spinosad on corn cob.
http://ipmworld.umn.edu/chapters/hutchins2.htm
i don't know about having them in your soil, but when they are anywhere i don't want them i spray the area with water(90%-80%)+ white vinegar(10%-20%). they don't even like to come back to the area for weeks, let alone set up shop.
maybe someone else would know about vinegar and soil? perhaps organic cider vinegar could work?
maybe someone else would know about vinegar and soil? perhaps organic cider vinegar could work?
I'll triple the Boric acid powder for the victory.....works great.
Ants can't really hurt much unless they become a biting stinging swarm when you water. I've never seen them set up an aphid farm on cannabis...anyone?
Ants can't really hurt much unless they become a biting stinging swarm when you water. I've never seen them set up an aphid farm on cannabis...anyone?
I used to grow outdoors in the woods, I picked an area not frequented by hunters. The vegetation was sparse with a lot of openings. The openings where I wanted to plant had these huge ant mounds. The first year I researched them and found they were allegany (sp?) mound ants, they sting their area's vegetation to kill it. The first year I fought them at first but soon realized they used the plants as hunting platforms. If you wiggled a leaf they would storm up that stem. That spot produced year after year, in no small part due to my ant buddies. My only problems came if I planted too close to a mound, then they killed it......scrappy
Smart_Alec
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I remember digging out an ants nest in a raised bed tomato garden years ago. It took hours because they extend 10-15 feet into the soil. After hours of painstakingly freeing it from most of the soil you have to gently pull it out (all 10-15 feet of it), because if the thing breaks you'll end up with very angry ants all over you. I really wouldn't know what to say about a nest in a flower pot, I'd just let it finish and kill them when I was done.
stand the pot in a tray or saucer and leave some water standing in it for a while after you water (making sure the soil doesnt stay too wet too long - this will depend on the size of plant and pot). a well rooted plant wont mind standing with its feet in water for a day or two and thsi usually blocks the ants access. after that keep the tray of water but prop the pot up on something so it isnt standing in water . the tray will cat as a moat to keep the ants out. if possible make it so the plants isnt touching the walls or other plants to give the ants an alternative route..
