Ants in the garden can be a real nuisance \u2013 especially considering they cultivate and protect aphids on fruit trees and roses to get at the sweet honeydew. If you try to control them with chemicals and fail, you often end up paying more than you earned, because ants are extremely adaptable and form huge underground colonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you really want to get rid of them for good, you need to be clever and combine barriers with natural nest control methods. Follow these three steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
STEP 1: Remove the ants from the trees (Essential)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the ants no longer have access to the aphids, they will lose interest in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tree tape: Wrap the trunks of fruit trees and shrubs with special adhesive tape (available at any craft store). Ants can’t get through, aphids on the trees are isolated, and natural predators (like ladybugs) quickly eliminate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
STEP 2: Make Your Flower Beds Hell (Natural Repellents)
Ants have an extremely sensitive sense of smell. If you make the area around your flower beds unpleasant for them with an unpleasant odor, they will pack up their cocoons and move to your neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scented Herbs: Plant mint, lavender, yarrow, or thyme around your flower beds. Ants will swarm these areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coffee Grounds and Cinnamon: Don’t throw away coffee grounds. Sprinkle them regularly around your plants and directly onto the ant trails. Ground cinnamon or cloves work just as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Onion and Garlic Brew: Grate garlic and onions, pour hot water over them, let them steep, and regularly pour this strong-smelling brew onto the ant trails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
STEP 3: Destroying the Queen (Homemade Bait)
Conventional sprays only kill the worker ants visible on the surface. However, the queen continues to lay thousands of new eggs deep underground. Therefore, the “Trojan horse” method must be used: The worker ants themselves must carry the poison to the heart of the anthill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recipe for an effective homemade bait: Mix baking soda (or borax, if available) with ground sugar in a 1:1 ratio and add a few drops of water until a paste forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s how it works: The sugar attracts the ants. They eat the baking soda and carry it away as food for the queen and the larvae. The baking soda then reacts with the acids in their bodies, reliably destroying the entire colony from within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Summary: The battle against ants is not won in an afternoon. The key to long-term success is persistence: Attach sticky strips to trees, regularly scatter coffee grounds in their favorite spots, and place soda traps where they are most active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What specific problem with ants in your garden bothers you the most\u2014are they destroying your lawn or spreading aphids on your crops?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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