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Garden question: pests
There are ants all up in my tomatoes and peppers, yo. All up in them. And they turned one of my planter boxes into an ant farm. Did I mention I hate ants? HATE. Everytime I see one of those suckers I can feel them crawling on me for days afterwards.
How do I murder these little bastards without ruining my crop? If that's not possible, tell me how to murder these little bastards in such a way that I never see them again.
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Re: Garden question: pests
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I use water mixed with a teeny bit of dishwashing liquid for spider mites but I don't know if it works on ants.
Homemade pepper spray? (water and cayenne)
Yeah that's right my name's Yauch!
Apparently cinnamon works?
http://www.thefrugallife.com/ants.html
diatomaceous earth (it has many uses)
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/ipm/msg0416430022194.html
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If you can see their nests you can poor boiling water on it. This also works for weeds you can't pull. This is also a great way to relieve stress - boiling your problems alive
Supposedly you can also sprinkle cornmeal around and they will eat it and it swells up in their gut and kills them.
Diatomaceous earth it is! I think I'll try the cinnamon or baby powder thing inside, provided it won't harm my cats.
Thank you!
Plant Nasturtium around the lettuce. Also, get some lady bugs. They eat aphids. I always plant Marigolds in my raised beds. I don't know if they impact aphids or not, but generally I don't seem to have a problem with aphids on my lettuce. Also, spray your lettuce and the undersides of the leaves with water. It will knock the aphids off the plant. I tend to do this frequently with my plants.
Aphids seem to love my dayum Crape Myrtle tree. Every other afternoon I have to blast the dayum things off the tree. I hate Aphids with the passion of 10,000 red hot burning suns.
Sparrow - Here's a list of companion plants for pests. I was at lunch with a work colleague today and she told me that she plants basil and marigolds to help keep pests away too.
http://gardening.about.com/od/naturalorganiccontrol/a/Companion_2.htm
Dunno if you happen to be growing artichokes but those attract aphids and ants like a mofo. I ripped mine out some after I bought/planted it because of the hot mess they made over it!