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Fellow gardeners I need help
Posted on 9/27/16 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 9/27/16 at 5:53 pm
I put this worm dirt 3 years ago in 2 10x8 garden sections and I've been having ant trouble with all this rain. What is the best way to kill these sons of bitches. They will ruin my beautiful garden 
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Posted on 9/27/16 at 6:05 pm to LildripDraws
I wouldn't really want pesticide in my garden. Flooding them repeatedly will move them to another part of the yard where you can kill with chemicals.
Posted on 9/27/16 at 6:58 pm to LildripDraws
Not sure what worm dirt is but what about diatomaceous earth?
Posted on 9/27/16 at 11:49 pm to LEASTBAY
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diatomaceous earth
This. You can also set bait traps at the corners of your bed. Use soda bottle tops or some other small container. Mix boric acid and a pinch or two of sugar in the the bait trap. I use these when ants come inside too. They are gone within a day or so.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 7:14 am to LildripDraws
I destroy the bed with the water hose. After about 3 or 4 times, they finally move.
Then I kill them once they move out of the garden.
Then I kill them once they move out of the garden.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 7:33 am to LildripDraws
Tal-Star granules, spread it all around your yard and you won't see a red ant for 4 months
This post was edited on 9/28/16 at 7:55 am
Posted on 9/28/16 at 10:56 am to CHEDBALLZ
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Tal-Star granules
I wouldn't put that on a veggie garden.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 11:09 am to Salmon
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I destroy the bed with the water hose. After about 3 or 4 times, they finally move.
This is the way to get them to move naturally (which in an edible food garden is preferred over chem warfare).
Disturb their colony on a daily basis with water, shovel, hoe, whatever will go a few inches deep in the dirt disturbing them. They will leave in just a few days.
Ants have a short lifespan, the colony is full of eggs to constantly replenish the workers, disturbing the eggs threatens the viability of the colony. They wanna live so they will seek safety if disturbed.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 2:56 pm to Sidicous
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Ants have a short lifespan, the colony is full of eggs to constantly replenish the workers, disturbing the eggs threatens the viability of the colony. They wanna live so they will seek safety if disturbed.
My grandma did this by using boiling water and cayenne pepper. I have no idea if the cayenne pepper made a difference or not....but you conjured up some nice memories for me of following her outside as she carried a kettle of boiling water & had me sprinkle the cayenne after she poured. Ha--a cajun grandma all the way: boiling water was too dangerous for a little kid, but a quart jar of cayenne pepper was age-appropriate.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 10:45 pm to hungryone
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conjured up some nice memories for me
Old timey country grandfolk are always good memories
I usually wait to mess with the ant colonies till just before a rain. Stir the mound up with a shovel and they will not be there when the front has cleared off. Not gonna get bit taking only one or two shovel plunges into the ground and turning the mound over either.
I have gotten to where I grow purely organically. No fertilizers, no insecticides/herbicides. This winter I will rake all the leaves over the garden plot and turn the soil over them. Living out in middle of nowhere, I compost kitchen trimmings rather than have a garbage disposal (just another expense to replace if/when it breaks down or jams/clogs). There's cattle and chickens in the area so I could ask a friend with a front loader to bring me a scoop of poop from too.
BTW, Aspirin works on plants too. Place a tablet or 2 right at the base of tomato plants to cure wilt diseases. Same dosage/placement for various peppers if they start to look sickly.
Recycle your coffee grounds around plants that need some acidity. A lot of insect pests will not tolerate the grounds too.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 9:50 am to hungryone
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My grandma did this by using boiling water and cayenne pepper
My grandfather did the same. He also would find another nest and take scoops and dump on top of each other. They would fight to the death.
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