Garden ants are considered a real disaster in the area on which they appeared. They are capable of causing significant harm. Therefore, summer residents who have encountered this problem are looking for recipes for folk remedies against ants.
What harm does the garden ants do?
There are two main reasons why it is necessary to fight folk remedies with garden ants:
- Ants contribute to the emergence and reproduction of aphids on the tops of young shoots of garden trees. Aphids are very dangerous pests for fruit trees and shrubs (for example, apple, pear , plum, currant). The result of the invasion of ants and aphids into these crops is the loss of the crop. At the same time, carrying out measures to control aphids in the presence of ants will not have any effect.
- Ants lead to the damage of flower beds and lawns. Their activities are similar to the work of moles, but it is much larger.
Proceeding from this, the appearance of pests makes very urgent the question: how to remove ants from the garden with folk remedies?
What to scare off ants - folk remedies
The struggle with ants in the garden by folk remedies includes the following ways:
- scaring off with the help of sharp smells - for this you can place cut garlic cloves, head from herring, tomato tops, parsley leaves, tansy, mint, bitter wormwood, anise;
- you can make a decoction of tomato tops of high concentration and water them an anthill;
- hot ash helps;
- exposure to the smell of soot - for this, a solution is prepared, which is sprayed with pieces of cardboard, which are then placed on an ant dwelling;
- spillage in places where the mink of ants, ground cinnamon;
- strewing nests of ants with salt;
- watering mink with vegetable oil;
- falling asleep in the nest of lime or tobacco dust. Before applying this measure, the nest is recommended to loosen;
- watering with steep boiling water. This operation is carried out until all the ants die completely;
- it is possible to soak the sponge for dishes with diluted honey and place it on the ant path. When ants accumulate on it, the sponge is thrown into boiling water, then the procedure is repeated on a regular basis;
- the creation of a bait by diluting honey or sugar in a jar of water. The ants will crawl into the trap, and die in the water;
- dilute a glass of jam or sugar in a bucket of water and pour an anthill. This will lead to the departure of the ants.
Carrying out comprehensive and regular measures against ants will help you get rid of them and keep your harvest.