Ants are one of the most hated pests because they are difficult to control and there are many species of them around the world. Today we are going to see how to eliminate ants from the garden naturally. The methods described and the ant remedies we describe below work on most types of ants.
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How to Get Rid of Garden Ants Naturally
Let’s see how to end the plague with these ant remedies. They are valid for the garden, but many of them can also be applied at home.
Lemon juice
This is one of the simplest remedies for ants. Squeeze a lemon and apply it, either with a spray bottle or a cotton ball, to the area where ants usually pass.
The vinegar
As with lemon, this ant remedy should be sprayed using a spray bottle. It should not be used on land because vinegar acidifies the soil. We talked about it in the article 7 uses of vinegaras well as in the article on how to change soil pH.
Cinnamon
Sprinkling cinnamon on all the places where ants pass can serve as a home remedy. It can even be placed at the entrance to the anthill. It is a very effective ecological method but you have to be constant, and apply for a long time until the ants deign to leave.
Boiling water
There should be no plants, and if you are on the ground, you can use syringes. It is true that it is a little cruel.
coffee grounds
The grounds left by the coffee when it is made in the coffee maker is also not appreciated by ants. We talked about it in the article 7 uses of coffee grounds for plants in the garden.
Vaseline
This home remedy against ants is very effective if what we want is not to enter the sugar container, for example. It can also be applied to cover the entrances to anthills.
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Yeast
Add the baking powder to a little water and mix with the sugar. The yeast ferments and will die from the gases that are given off.
Garlic tea
Let the garlic soak for 24 to 48 hours. Boil for 20 minutes and apply with a sprayer.
fruit of paradise
The fruits of the Melia azedarach tree have a strong effect on ants, but be careful, keep it out of reach of children.
Copper
If you put copper in wires or in little plates around the trunks of trees, they won’t come up.
Sodium bicarbonate
Baking soda is another of the home remedies to get rid of garden ants, a method also applicable to kitchen ant pests. You just have to spread it around the passage area.
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Condensed milk borax
Borax is toxic to ants and to us. You must use protection.
Water
If you have ants on your worms, continuously watering them and keeping them moist will kill them.
Rice cooked with sugar
It will taste sweet and they will prevail. As they ferment, they die.
Get rid of ants by feeding them
Put a piece of candy or meat and when it’s full, kill them. Repeat the process. Once I managed to eradicate this pest in this way.
folder method
Put a cork seedling upside down. Soak a few times a week. The ants will move their nest there. Delete them with any previous method.
commercial bait
There are sweet attractants that have the same effect as rice or barley.
insecticidal dust
Insecticidal powder is for inside the house. They should not be applied in the garden, it is only for warehouses.
Tie the thread with cotton
This method is used to prevent them from climbing trees. They don’t like the surface of the cotton at all, so having the whole trunk surrounded by cotton makes them turn over without coming up. Of course, after the rain, we will have to replace it.
street brew
Cut pieces of street and soak for 24 hours, apply to paths that circulate in a spray manner.
Tagetes patula
This well-known ornamental plant has insecticidal properties in its roots, so planting them in our garden will eliminate ants.
Red cabbage
Planting purple cabbage in the garden is one of the most effective home remedies for eliminating leafcutter ants. What we will do once harvested is to put purple cabbage, or any cabbage for lack thereof, near the nest. The cabbage ferments inside and they die.
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