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101 ways to deter of invading battalions of ants...
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:33 pm
by Trinity
I am astonished at the number of ants gathering together right now, planning to their aphid farm on my delicious crops!
Here are some tried and tested barrier suggestions:
Cinnamon
Whole cloves or ground and sprinkled
Chalk
Tee tree oil
Eucalyptus oil
Pepper
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:28 am
by contadino
There's always the faithful chickens, who'll put a dent in the numbers of ants. However, they might do some damage to your veggies too.
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:58 am
by Andy Hamilton
one trick that I learnt on here (and can never remember who posted it) is to put jam beside your crops where the aphids are. The ants instead of 'milking' the aphids for their sweet honeydew much prefer the jam, in fact they love the jam so much they think that the aphids are going to eat it and start to kill them.
It works so well I have started to do it every year.
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:01 am
by Millymollymandy
4. Encourage green woodpeckers into your garden.
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:13 pm
by the.fee.fairy
Andy: do you put the jam in a jar? or just stick lumps of jam around the place?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:30 am
by Trinity
Sounds like an awesome idea Andy!
Please do tell more. I am going to try it before I contemplate finding a pet ant eater...