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Ants, I hate them.
Hi All,
Some time ago I wrote about my ant problem. I have tried the boric acid with sugar and water one poster gave me a recipe for. Although it did attract an ant or two, it didn't do a thing to solve my ant problem. (This did work for my mother's ant problem's though) Anyway, I still have ants in my raised beds. They are crawling over all my vegetables and flowers. I have been keeping a look out for aphids as last year that seemed to be their main purpose for being in my garden. It has started again. I don't have any aphids yet, but I do have lots of ants. I also seem to have 3 or 4 different kinds of ants. Almost all are black. Some are so small you can just barely see them, while others look like regular picnic ants. I live in TN but also had this same problem in GA. One of the ant species, seems to live in the roots of my plants, building up a mound around the stem, especially on my Cosmo's in the cutting bed. When this happened in GA, I discovered that the ants had made a tunnel into the stem. This same thing happened to me last year, with some Sun flowers I planted. As you would guess this eventually kills the plant, makes the stem very stumpy and large, while the flowers are small and weak. These ants make little mounds of dirt everywhere, but I can't seem to find any one source of their nest. I have tried pellet's that say they are for killing snails, slugs and ants. I have tired the boric solution, I have tried boiling water. On the cutting garden I have tried systemic poison. I have tried Seven dust. Has anyone else had this problem? Can you offer more idea's on how to rid the garden of the ants? I am at my wits end. TIA Oriole |
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