The industriousness of ants can be envied - it's not for nothing that fairy tales and fables were written about their active work. But all this sounds good as an instructive story for children, but in fact, indefatigable insects inflict enormous damage on a person. Imperceptibly from day to day they spoil the fertile land, destroy the garden plants and deprive us of the long-awaited harvest.
To prevent the accumulation of these pests on their site, it is necessary to tirelessly struggle with ants folk and chemical agents in the garden and in the garden. It is best to use simple proven means that will not harm plants and humans.
The use of industrial chemistry should be very literate, because otherwise the colony of insects will simply develop immunity to the drug, and it will become simply useless and inefficient. It is better to save heavy weapons for later, if suddenly all methods of combating garden ants with folk remedies prove to be ineffective for any reason.
How to remove ants from the garden folk remedies?
The popularity of folk remedies to combat ants in their accessibility and security. After all, one way or another, chemistry is absorbed in the green parts of shoots and fruits and can end up in the human body. And simple ways to fight insects guarantee that this will not happen.
The first thing to do is to try to remove the aphids from the plot, since it is she who culprits that the site was attacked by annoying insects. Aphis feeds the ants with sweet juice and in gratitude for this they spread it over all the plants. So, having destroyed this mutually beneficial cooperation, you can simultaneously say goodbye to two problems.
To remove aphids from greens, you can use soap or ash-soap solutions. Prepare them is not difficult - 10 liters of water should be added 100 grams of laundry soap and treat bushes affected by insects. Also make an infusion of ash, brewing in the same 10 liters 200-300 grams of substance for half an hour. After cooling, you can start spraying the plants.
Many people know how to get ants out of a garden with folk remedies. These methods are accessible to all and simple. For example, you can:
- Unearth an anthill and fill it with several liters of boiling water;
- Sprinkle ant piles with soda, then pour with water;
- pour the places of the accumulation of ants with a solution of boric acid with sugar;
- scatter on the trails crushed borax and herb of oregano, lime which insects do not tolerate.
Ants leave from those areas where for them there are various annoying factors, for example, smells. Thus, they will be resettled by the whole colony if they are buried in their places of residence, as well as along the perimeter of the head of the salted / smoked herring or other fish. I'll have to wait a little, but it's worth it.
Do not like an ants and vegetable oil. It is diluted with warm water and sprinkled with ant drenched paths and the entrance to an anthill. In addition, you can dig into the ground jars and bottles filled with sugar syrup, and cover the edges with vegetable oil. Until evening in such traps will fall
The best folk remedy for garden ants is considered by many to be millet. Nobody really knows how it works, but it's quite easy to see its effectiveness. It should be scattered on the anthills and places of their accumulation of dry millet and in a few days annoying hard workers simply disappear from the site. To ensure that the birds do not regale with grain, you can cover it with straw, this will not decrease the effectiveness of the method.