How to deal with ants in the garden: proven methods

These small insects, when they appear in the garden, can bring a lot of trouble. Therefore, the gardener's normal reaction is to destroy the uninvited guests. Of course, there are many chemical means of pest control, but they harm the soil. Therefore, today we will mention more ecological ways of destroying ants.

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One of the ways is to cover the anthill with salt. To do this, you need to rake 1-2 cm of their house and pour table salt there.

You can strengthen the effect of salt with boiling water: pouring it with poured salt. Sometimes once is not enough. Then, on the second day, the “procedure” should be repeated.

An unpleasant neighbor for ants is marigolds. Their stems are sticky, and pests simply stick to them. They do not like the smell of garlic, bay leaves, mint, lemon peel. You can scatter in the places of their accumulation.

And finally, heavy artillery – boric acid mixed with jam, honey or sugar (but you need to make a syrup).

As you can see, there are many ways . Enough for all the ants!