Ants are frequent visitors to gardens. They cause more harm than good. There are various ways to get rid of them: using chemicals or preparing mixtures based on folk remedies. But the most effective way to eliminate these pests is one.
Why are ants dangerous?
Insects cause damage to crops growing in gardens and vegetable gardens. Specifically:
- By gnawing through the protective covering of stems and leaves, they increase the likelihood of plants becoming infected with various diseases.
- Large colonies like to settle in the root system, gnawing at it, thereby depriving the plant of normal nutrition.
- Insects love to feed on plant seeds, which prevents gardeners from collecting them for planting.
- They spoil the pulp of sweet fruits and berries by gnawing it out.
- At the site of their settlements they make the soil acidic, which is harmful to some plants.
- They spoil the appearance of the garden bed and lawn.
- Insects provoke the appearance of aphids on plants.
To prevent ants from settling in your garden, periodically carry out preventative measures. In the spring and fall, dig up your garden to prevent them from establishing a foothold in the soil. Sprinkle aromatic substances around the perimeter of your garden, such as cinnamon, chili pepper, ground bay leaf, camphor, and cloves. Insects also dislike the scent of plants such as mint, tomato, valerian, sage, rosemary, and nasturtium. Plant a few bushes in your garden.
The most effective way to get rid of ants on your property
Ridding your property of ants is a complex and labor-intensive process. The best way to eliminate insects from your property involves a number of steps.
- Find the ant nest on your property. The pest nest is typically a mound of soil with an entrance to their nest in the center.
- Wear protective clothing to prevent insects from crawling on you and biting you.
- First, kill the queen ant, which is the source of the insects' offspring. Dig up the anthill; they usually nest shallowly, so there's no need to dig large trenches. Find the queen. She'll be identified by her distinctive features: a large, rounded abdomen, a body 3-4 millimeters long, small wings growing from her back, and a darker color than the ants in the colony.
- Once the queen has been killed, proceed to getting rid of the remaining ants. Boil 10 liters of water. Pour the boiling water over all insect infestations. If some pests are not eliminated, repeat the process. However, this is unlikely, as their nest will be destroyed, the queen will be killed, and there's no point in the ants remaining on your property.
Thus, a simple but effective method will get rid of an ant invasion on the site.
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Svetlana
You can sprinkle 2-3 tablespoons of baking soda on the anthill, mix it with the top layer of soil, and wait about a week. They'll go away on their own, and it's a less unsightly method. The world is big, there's enough room for everyone. It's been proven time and time again.
Nina
It's very simple - you need to pee in this place
Paul
Is your urine poisonous?
It is poisonous to everyone, especially to ants.
Alex
If you pee on a prickly gooseberry, your pussy will be covered in splinters.
Everyone talks about what hurts them
Albina
You can also scatter millet where they run. Repeat once a week.
Valery
What's the millet for? Will they slip and fall?
they will carry millet to the anthill and close the passages
lantech
Really? Then you can make mouse traps:
Types of mouse traps:
1. A blade on a board, with a sausage on either side. The mouse approaches, places its throat on the blade, and looks left—there's a sausage. Look right—there's a sausage, left—there's a sausage, right—there's a sausage... The disadvantages of type 1 traps are that they require a lot of bait, so:
2. The blade is on a board, but the sausage is on one side. The mouse approaches, puts its throat on the blade, and looks left—there's a sausage. Look right—no sausage, left—there's a sausage, right—no sausage... The disadvantages of type 2 traps are that there's a lot of bait, so:
3. A NAIL. Sticking out of a board. No sausage. The mouse comes, looks at all this and starts throwing a tantrum, banging its head on the nail: "WHERE!!! IS MY!!! SAUSAGE!!!"
Tatiana
Thank you so much, I haven't laughed so much in a long time, you have a gift for writing, well done, you have extended the pensioner's life.
Lyuba
Awesome
Please note that it is a fight WITH ants, but getting rid OF ants.
Just pour some scented sunflower oil on it. The ants will go away…
Vanya Innokentyev
Getting rid of garden ants is simple: pee on the anthills. If it doesn't work the first time, repeat. This will pay your debt to nature and get rid of the ants.
A. Volk
Why reinvent the wheel and come up with all this crap? Buy the excellent ant control product Grom 2 and you'll be happy.
Alena
Complete bullshit, I tried ALL the above remedies - nothing helps.
Natalia
Try ammonia.
ant-eater
The best way to pee on an anthill is to take a crap if that doesn't work.
chkal
Peeing and pooping in an anthill is a very effective method, but you have to do it three times a day, sitting on the anthill with your bare bottom! In the third year, the ants will leave their nest and build a new one nearby!
Alex
The old-fashioned method is to sprinkle with wood ash
Natalia
Don't ants like the smell of tomatoes? And they've settled right between the tomatoes in the greenhouse! I've raided the anthill twice and thrown out their cocoons, and the third time I snorted ant poison—they all died.
Chaison
Buy "Murovyed" from the company "August". They all die and do not return to this place. You can even water them when planting.
Khimka
Steel doesn't help, millet will close one entrance and dig another?
Alfia
I had ants in my house. After treating them with dust, they moved into the garden. I treated them with dust there too. It's a good remedy. The ants are gone. It's also good for cockroaches and fleas.
Lyudmila
I feel sorry for killing them. I do this: take a shovel and a bucket. I dig up the anthill, take it to the forest, it's not far from my dacha, and cover the place where the ants were with tobacco or dry mustard.
Dima
CIFOX
I laughed.
Love
Thanks for the advice, I had a good laugh!
Pyromaniac
Pour white spirit into an anthill and throw a match... And the living will envy the dead.
Beast
HOPE
THE METHOD IS BARBARIC BUT EFFECTIVE AND IT IS TERRIBLE TO DO IT IN THE PRESENCE OF A CHILD. THINK WHAT SEEDS YOU ARE SOWING IN HER SOUL!!!!
1) Queens of different ant species can vary greatly; some are larger, others lighter; there's no definitive definition. You can only identify her by comparing her to regular workers.
2) There are species of ants that have soldiers, and they are similar in size to the queen, so it is not a fact that you will find her.
3) The fertile queen has no wings.
4) It is not necessary to dig up all the soil to disturb the anthill, you can get rid of them simply by a) pouring vinegar over it, b) preparing a solution of water and sugar (2:1) and mixing vinegar into it and leaving it next to the anthill so that the ants drink it and feed their fellow ants.
5) Even if you get rid of the queen, it's not a guarantee that the others will die too. The queen is simply a way to maintain their population. Regular workers live for 2-3 years. So even after their leader is destroyed, they can catch a new one in the spring and "seat her on the throne."
I know all this very well, because there are 2 colonies living near the house (Reapers and Black Garden).
I've done a lot of experiments and I understand more than you.