Get Rid of Ants in the Garden NATURALLY

One plead to ALL my fellow gardeners. 🙏
Please do not use Ceylon Cinnamon for the garden, the tree is going through over harvesting which it'll make prices go up and scarce it in the future (leave it for consumption).
Use sugar rather than honey for your ant traps, it works better. This way we help the bees also🐝
Thank you for your help and bountiful harvest for all😊❤

I’m in zone 8A in Alabama. We have fire ants EVERYWHERE. I had a raised bed of corn (block corn) and this was my 2nd planting. The first crop was great! The second crop was nothing. I’d amended the bed between plantings. When I finally pulled it out, I realized the entire bed was completely infested with ants. Never saw any sign above the soil. And, the ants are everywhere in my yard. I treat the bed with Amdro or another granular treatment. But I don’t want to use it in my food beds. Long story short, I have a terrible problem with ants. (The more rain, the more ants.)

I'm in central Alabama. Ive been using spent coffee grains on the ant hills. In last few years number of hill reduced by at least 90%. Usually it takes just one application, sometimes a few.

I used to use the borax mix but was concerned about animals with a sweet tooth getting into the ‘soap’ part and making the animal sick. I am now using cinnamon and/or diatomaceous earth which is working great. Thank you Brian for another informative video!

I have used the borax/sugar traps for years and it really works but don't get the Borax on your soil. Plants don't like it much and it takes quite a while to break it down

Thanks! I had tons of ants crawling all over my flowers. Someone suggested to look for aphids in the FB group. And sure enough, I had an infestation. Once I sprayed off the aphids, the best could, the ant problem decreased. I also pruned invested leaves and put them in a sealable plastic bag and threw it away. Lesson learned!

I had 8 beautiful cacti which I regularly pruned for nopales. The mealy bugs got in with the ants establishing a symbiotic relationship with them. I tried to take them down with soap but couldn't keep up. I lost all the plants.

Thank you so much for this! Great tips, especially the homemade ant traps and cinnamon. We don't have K-cups, but I can now see a use for all those little take-out sauce containers that seem to pile up endlessly in our kitchen.

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Ants are a real problem here in N. Florida. Thanks for the ideas that are natural.

Good tips, thank you. Here is what has been successful for me: I’ve used the Borax mix, more liquid consistency on cotton balls inside my house (squeezed some of liquid out so they are not runny, and poured corn starch on/where the ants seem to be gathering .

There is a massive colony in my back yard and another in the front. I've tried dawn dish soap but it only lasts a short time. This borax idea is certainly worth a try. Thank you.

Living in SC, I have fire ants in my raised beds and containers. I have use both of what use mentioned. I have also used organic orange oil.

Good information. We’ll try it today.

These are some good tips! I had trouble with my mammoth sunflower. The ants would eat and lay eggs on the leaves, causing the leaves to die. Then, as an effort to remove them, sprayed soapy water on the leaves. It didn't work unfortunately, it only made them stronger. It got to the point to where I would spray the leaves with the soapy water, they would fall off, and then 2 seconds later start coming right back up the stem. I also forgot to mention how the ants bite, so any time one fell off onto me, they would bite me. It wasn't just a small pinch either, it felt like somebody accidentally stabing me with jagged nails, just not quite enough to draw blood.

Awesome information! Thanks

I've had great success with the borax & sugar (powdered sugar) method especially with the large black ants. I also use DE around in my bed for the smaller ants.

Yes, I’ve had an issue with ants in my garden and in the lawn. However, I have used baby powder to combat them. That seems to do the trick. I know some people are concerned because of the cancer issue out there. But I’m not worried about it because I’m outside and I’m putting it on their ant hill. I’ve also use cornstarch in the past, but I don’t find that is effective as the baby powder.

I'm in 6 B(?) & had a problem with the larger Red Ants in the back of my veggie garden; they seemed to be going across to the opposite side to gather something from where the pumpkins were- they were VERY aggressive, coming "after/towards" me even when I would spray them with the hose ! I never saw them in the garden bed with the other veggies, but even if I walked in the back of the garden (gravel "walkway"), they would come up & after me in DROVES !! Don't know where they came from (never had the larger red ones in the yard before), but they seemed to have disappeared as fast as they showed up. I contacted an exterminator, but because they were so close to the veggies, we decided NOT to do anything. Thanks for the info, will try one of them next year !

I like the K cup method. I've been using Borax mix for quite some time, (But I do even parts Borax and sugar to make a paste. Guess I should try to cut back a little on the borax), but never thought of that. I'll have to get some from my son. (I don't use a Keurig).