Ants making tunnels in my plants

mypassion · Sep 12, 2016

What can I use to kill ants or deviate their track. They are making holes in the lower stem and making their way to the top.
Will do even chemical.

slow drawl · Sep 12, 2016

mypassion said:
What can I use to kill ants or deviate their track. They are making holes in the lower stem and making their way to the top.
Will do even chemical.

Put some DE down on the soil around the plant. Not many insects can survive walking thru that stuff.

DblBrryInvestments · Sep 12, 2016

You must have eyes of a wolf to be able to see ants at 3 in the morning!?

Lol jk, but those lil suckers farm aphids for their youngins, best take care of that problem ASAP.

ruby fruit · Sep 12, 2016

DblBrryInvestments said:
You must have eyes of a wolf to be able to see ants at 3 in the morning!?

Lol jk, but those lil suckers farm aphids for their youngins, best take care of that problem ASAP.

Thats right ...and the first sign i seen of ants last season i seen whiteflies 2 weeks after

mypassion · Sep 12, 2016

slow drawl said:
Put some DE down on the soil around the plant. Not many insects can survive walking thru that stuff.

What is DE?

jonnyquest · Sep 12, 2016

mwooten102 · Sep 12, 2016

mypassion said:
What is DE?

Diatomacious earth.

researching · Sep 12, 2016

And in case you haven't searched it yet, it is like little razor blades to them. And dehydrates them

dubois.f · Sep 14, 2016

I read that cinnamon is a great repellent. Draw a cinnamon circle around your plants and they won't cross it (like ghosts and salt circles

)
Cinnamon doesn't kill them but it keeps them away.

Ants making tunnels in my plants

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