Ant problem

i have found a large ant hill near one of my sites, should i leave it? or remove it with insecticide? and what could i do to prevent ants from going in my plant's soil.

i have a spot with anthills and they dont bother a thing if anything they probly benefit the area. they take care of alot of pests. thats where i live northeast us. i know there are many kinds of ants but the ones here dont hurt a thing.

they are black ants, i lost a few plants last year to red ants im just making sure.

Ants harvest aphids...I would try and get them to move. I have had good luck with Terro brand ant bait indoors.

black ants are a good thing to have near your grow theyt will help with certain pest problems dont worry about them

at the same time they can protect the bugs that eat your plants...aphids, after that you need to find something that will eat the ants, and then get lady bugs for the aphids themselves

alright thanks for the help

what if you had a outbreak of even black ants...like easy 100+ ants.? i had this problem and put a ant trap down where they were comming from. Should i take it away if they wont harm the plant? and i never saw any near the plant at all just incase you were gonna ask..thanks

I had tons of ants right near where I planted last year, I think they were trying to start a colony under my plant lol they didnt harm it at all

Ima tell u like someone told me a week ago when i posted about the same thing ... Everyone that replied said this would help the operation in many ways than harm it so you should be good at least i hope so cause i damn sure followed the advice that i was givin

Put some gas on them and burn them out.