Ant Control In Garden Organic

Borax is poisonous to ants and pretty soon the ant colony will be no more.

Ant control in garden organic.

Ants also help to speed decomposition of organic matter such as leaves straw and even other dead insects. You can easily spot ants in the garden when aphids are tiny and sometimes hard to spot. Crush up some chalk. Baking soda is poisonous to ants spinkle it around your plants to ensure ants will stay away.

Reapply as needed or after a rain. Sugar is what the ants are after and they wont be able to tell it has been mixed with borax. Ants will readily take the mixture back to the next and share it with others. If you don t have chalk buy ground cinnamon cayenne pepper curry powder or baby powder and use them the same way.

When ants are under attack some ants will gather a few eggs and move to another location so often all you achieve is for them to move their nest somewhere else in which case unless they become a pest again leave them in peace. You can use coffee grounds chili powder cinnamon peppermint or black pepper. A 50 50 mixture of borax and sugar will help to control ants. In this video tricia shares her tips on controlling ants in the house and in the garden.

Ants will not cross chalk lines according to golden harvest organics. All deter ants and if you pour coffee grounds directly on an anthill they will eat the coffee grounds and implode. Sprinkle the chalk in a line around your plants or around the perimeter of your garden to keep ants away.