Many gardeners think about how to eradicate pests and not to poison the plant. Summer insects cause great damage to the plants and aphids increases the ant colony. People's ways of getting rid of ants will help bring pests, without polluting the environment.
Methods of dealing with garden invaders
Large garden ant is not harmful to crops, but to protect the aphids from various enemies. The parasite sucks the nutrients and liquid from the leaves, buds, causing irreparable damage to the fruit and shoots. To save the plants you can use the proven recipe for the destruction of ant colonies:
- Poisonous sweetness. sodium carbonate in equal proportions with sugar is applied to problem areas in the garden (dry and no wind). Soda will prevent insect digestive ability to cause the death of offspring.
- Acetic shower. To discourage ants mixed equal amounts of water and vinegar (white or apple), was sprayed the solution on the nests and track.
- Lewis acid. Connect orthoboric acid with jam or refined sugar to create a bait. Insects of the product will carry the colony. A mixture of poison and destroy the whole clan.
- Filling the hole with boiling water, the gardener will cause maximum damage to the colony.
- Black garden ant can not stand the smell of ashes or crushed tomato leaves. This method does not guarantee complete annihilation, but it will help get rid of harmful creatures on the cucumber beds or in a greenhouse.
- Effective baits of kvass, mixed with a small amount of any syrup (6 tablespoons. l. dry kvass, 4 tbsp. l. syrup). To expand the mixture between plants, you need to take plastic cups or smear it on a small piece of cardboard.
- Carbon disulphide. Surrounding anthill make furrows, which poured flammable liquid and set on fire.
- Diatomaceous earth. Using diatomaceous earth sprinkled on the beds to oust pesky insects. The substance is not dangerous to humans but repels most garden pests.
- Liquid soap or gel dishwashing. It is mixed for 1 hour. l. Liquid detergent and baking soda into a bowl of water. Mix thoroughly distribute the solution on areas where goose inhabit.
- If green berries on bushes strawberry ants attack, it is necessary to spray plants with a solution of ammonia (1 tbsp. l. 12 liters of water). This concentration will not affect the future harvest, but not like the inhabitants of the garden.
- Fresh garlic. Stems are spread out around the ant hills, scare off "tenants", which quickly disappeared from the garden.
- Red hot pepper. A strong, pungent smell of pepper disrupts the signals that colony uses for communication, promotion to the nest. In the absence of appropriate insects may no signal return home and survive. Sprinkled the track and habitats, growers easily get rid of the problem.
Tested recipes are safe for humans and animals.
chemicals
There are chemicals exterminating ants: "Clean house», «Rambek», «Combat». Drugs are effective, but are not very long. A couple of weeks insecticides break down into harmless components, and annoying insects can occur in the beds.
They will leave the garden, if there is no aphids. It is necessary to use complex pesticides "Global Gel", "Muratsid", "Murahoed". The solution, which falls on the stems with the secretions of aphids, making them dangerous for insects. If the processing plants with pesticides are carried out regularly, the problem will disappear quickly.
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