The first question which is asked to itself by the summer resident, having seen on personal plot ant hill, it how to get rid of ants in kitchen garden folk remedies. During blossoming and fructification it is impossible to use all methods as it can affect quality of harvest.
Instruction
1. To get rid of in kitchen garden national ants means – task not from the easiest as colonies of these insects are very quickly restored.
2. Desire to save kitchen garden from ants for any gardener is justified not only the fact that importunate insects give inconvenience to the person, but also big harm which colonies do to cultural plants. The tree under which ants have decided to lodge for several years can die, insects also spoil berries as very much love their juice, podgryzat roots of garden and garden cultures for the ant hill device. The soil in which conduct the of activity of colony can become sourer because of waste products of ants, and it will not promote increase in productivity.
3. The danger to kitchen garden is constituted also by the closest friend of ant – plant louse. Ants protect plant louse from birds and other insects as very much love the sweet allocations left by her on leaves and branches of plants. The plant louse in turn very quickly breeds, exhausting juice from flowers and stalks, eating around fabrics of cultures.
4. To get rid of ants in kitchen garden folk remedies as soon as possible, first of all it is important to find the place in which there is ant hill. To destroy the colony house, it is necessary to dig out soil not less than on half-meter in depth, it is necessary to add lime or ashes to the dug-over soil.
5. Ant hills can also be spilled water with various ingredients which these insects do not transfer. For example, the kerosene divorced in bucket with water perfectly helps with fight against ants. To use such means if ants were got directly on bed, dangerously, and therefore it is rather simple to spill ant hill boiled water. Well solutions with vinegar, shampoo, ammonia solution work.
6. Insects very much love sweet, and it can be used in pest control. Dry yeast needs to be parted in cool water, having carefully mixed. The consistency has to be rather stiff. As bait it is necessary to add jam to the turned-out gruel. Massú needs to spread out to pieces of dense material in places of congestion of insects, they with pleasure will try treat and in the nearest future will die.
7. It should be noted that ants do not transfer pungent smells. Well frighten off their such plants as garlic, onions, parsley. Therefore near favourite many insects berries of garden wild strawberry, tomatoes, berry bushes, it is recommended to plant these plants.
8. The broth or infusion of tomato tops of vegetable which is poured out on ant hill also for a long time will frighten off wreckers from own house. That action was longer, the spilled ant hill needs to be covered with film or linoleum.
9. That fruit-trees have not suffered from attacks of ants, at the height of 15 - 20 cm from root system them it is possible to tie with strips of the natural sheepskin which is turned out outside by the wool, for bigger efficiency processed by carbolic acid.
10. When the harvest has ripened, water and spray with various solutions fruits can be hazardous to health of the person. Branches of tansy, wormwood, the mints placed in row-spacings can effectively frighten off ants from fruit and berry cultures. Their smell for ants is repellent, and therefore they will begin to visit such beds much less often. Replacement of branches has to be made regularly as they cease to exhale strong aroma.
11. If it was not succeeded to get rid of ants in kitchen garden folk remedies, it is possible to use chemical medicines for pest control Intavir, Delition, "Help spider" and others. Modern insecticides help to fight not only against working ants which daily catch sight to the summer resident, but also with the hostess of ant hill, larvae, security guards. It occurs because working ants bring harmful granules as forage directly in ant hill.