How to deal with ants in a greenhouse folk remedies

In just a couple of days, an impressive colony of ants can form in the greenhouse. Its microclimate is perfect for pest life, and a huge amount of food only contributes to the rapid reproduction of insects. You need to know how to get rid of ants in the greenhouse so that their invasion does not destroy the entire crop.

Physical methods of struggle

The fight against ants in the greenhouse consists in constant loosening of the soil and timely watering. Insects will not want to live where their anthill will be flooded or destroyed.

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Gardeners are most often annoyed black garden view or brown meadow. If the site is located near the forest, then in the greenhouse you can find red ants.

When the anthill of the garden ants did not have time to grow, it can be removed to the nearest landing. To do this, dig an ant nest and place it in a bucket, and then carry it away from the garden.

Place where anthill, fall asleep with ash or wormwood and bury. Soda is used as a substitute for ash.

If exterminate ant uterusthen the whole colony will die with it. But you have to try to find her in an ant dwelling.

Folk recipes

To remove ants from the greenhouse will help folk remedies. Successfully used in the fight against insects boric acid. With it they cook various baitthat are used in a greenhouse with tomatoes and in a greenhouse with cucumbers:

1. Four tablespoons of minced meat mixed with one spoon of powder. Roll the balls from the mixture and place them near the anthill.
2. Dissolve 50 g of sugar in 50 ml of water. Add a teaspoon to the syrup boric acid. Smear the sweet mixture on flat saucers or lids.
3. Mix the boiled yolk with the same amount of boiled potatoes. Add some butter, sugar and 1/3 pack of acid. Make granules from the mixture and place them near the ant trails.

Dry powder, which in this case is a poison of contact action, can also destroy ants in a greenhouse. Boric acid is poured into the anthill and in places where arthropods accumulate. You can use it on tomato and cucumber beds.

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The ants in the greenhouse will disappear if they fall asleep in their nest millet or semolina. The groats will swell in the humid environment of the ant house and clog the moves.

From ants will help use of mustard powder or cinnamon. These products cause insect burns and prevent them from spreading aphids in plants. Sticks with cinnamon placed in the gap. This method is good not only in a greenhouse made of wood, but also in a polycarbonate greenhouse.

Chemicals

You can poison ants in a greenhouse with chemicals. Forever they will not drive the ants away, but they will protect the plants for one season.

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In a greenhouse with tomatoes and in a greenhouse with cucumbers, the same methods of getting rid of pests are used.

The following drugs are the best:

1. Deadly drops from ants. The tool is laid out on substrates, which are placed near the anthill and in places where the ants accumulate. One drop is taken per meter.
2. Ecociller.It is a safe tool that can be used indoors. Ants do not develop immunity to it.
3. Argus Garden. A spray that is convenient to handle small seedlings and bushes. One bottle is enough to process a territory of 20 m².
4. Absolute gel. The bait that foragers deliver to the female. It is enough to drip the product on the ant path or anthill.
5. Thunder 2. Remedy for ants in a greenhouse in the form of granules. They put him in the anthill itself.
6. A great warrior. The gel that ants themselves feed the uterus and larvae. Destroys an insect colony in one week.
7. Ant-eater. One milliliter is poured with a liter of water. The solution is gradually brought to a volume of 10 liters. The nest is dug up to the laying of eggs and poured with cooked poison.
8. Masha. This is a crayon, which should describe the anthill and the entrances to the greenhouse.

Any chemicals from the ants in the greenhouse require a careful attitude. They need to be stored in inaccessible places, and the processing of plants should be carried out with gloves, glasses and a respirator.

If the insects have chosen the greenhouse frame, then you can kill them with a solution of water and formalin in a ratio of 1:10.

Combined control methods

These methods are effective and not harmful to humans and beneficial insects. The following tools are popular:

1. Syrup is poured into a plastic bottle and placed near the anthill. The ants gathered on the bait are poured with boiling water.
2. Take an unnecessary kettle and cover it with a dark cloth. A large amount of sugar is spread on the material. The kettle is placed near the anthill. After a while, the whole colony will move to a new house, which can be thrown out or filled with boiling water.

Apply these traps in beds with tomatoes and other plants.

Ant control works before planting

The fight in the greenhouse with pests should begin even before the first foragers penetrate into it. Then the insects will not be able to conquer the greenhouse and spoil the plants.

The greenhouse should be treated with a special solution with soda and flax oil (five grams of soda and thirty grams of oil per liter of water) and ants after wintering, they themselves will not want to build their anthills in it.

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Onions and garlic from ants will help in the greenhouse. These plants should be planted along with greenhouse crops - their smell will scare away ants from the beds.

Before planting seedlings, you need to dig and fertilize the soil. Digging should be done in the fall, after harvesting. This simple way for a long time will relieve of "invaders".

Preventive actions

The greenhouse should be kept clean, then the ants will not choose it as their home. It is necessary to throw away rotten boards and roofing material, remove garbage and rotted plants. The walls of the greenhouse must be examined for cracks and ant nests in them.

Seedlings can be protected with aromatic herbs whose smell don't like ants. It is necessary to spread wormwood, mint, tansy, chamomile in the greenhouse. Plants need to be constantly checked and removed from them, affected aphids, leaves.

In a greenhouse, it is better to refrain from using chemicals. They can harm plants and the earth. It is worth trying to get rid of pests with folk remedies.