What helps against ants in the garden?

What helps against ants - biological tips

So useful and interesting the hardworking ones Ants also are, in the garden, on the terrace and in the house or shed they become a nuisance. Finally, in the herb bed, you destroy the seeds and the young shoots and rummage through the soil in flower beds, which can rob the plants of their hold. Most people do not know what biological help against ants is, but it is quite simple.

• Forget the tip of hot water, honey, baking powder and the like. None of this helps.
• Also, don't buy chemical ant killers. The ant sprays are also usually "poisonous" and polluting the environment. Especially the sprays that contain pyrethrum.
• Instead, work with plant-based materials. Certain plants contain oils and fragrances that ants do not like. For example thyme, tomatoes, lavender, Marjoram as well as bracken and thuja plants. Just put the plants where the ants are.
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• You can also spread parts of these plants as mulch on the beds, this helps just as well.


Replace ant poison with home remedies - this is how it works

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• Sprinkle algae lime if you don't like the tip with the mulch.
• Prepare tea from the plants mentioned and also water the plants with the cooled tea.
• If your ants already have "roads" on which they regularly crawl for a long time, then build barriers and sprinkle them with spruce needle oil or lavender oil.

Use and track ants in the garden

• Ants loosen the soil through their many passages.
• Did you know that ants also keep aphids? They pull them away from the plants and eat the secretion that the aphids make.
• In addition, ants eat others insects and their clutch, such as B. Snail eggs.
• Ants also eat plant waste and thus help, for example, in the compost.
• But they can also damage young plants, which you can prevent. You should therefore control ants in the garden as soon as you have discovered the nest.
• You can move the ants to move if you put a flower pot with soil upside down near the nest, but preferably directly above it. After a while, you can take the pot to the compost and dump the soil there with the ants.
• Watch the ants walk around to find the nest. Also check all your potted plants, because ants like nests above ground.
• Then remove the plants from the tub and rinse the roots thoroughly before replanting them.
• Then simply carry the bucket with the soil to the compost.
• Regular weeding and hoeing helps to protect yourself against a possible infestation of ants.
• Regularly loosen the soil with a hoe instead of just raking it smooth.
• And finally, you can prevent it by doing the above Herbs plant and water your plants with the teas from them.

I wish you success!