Ants

I keep finding tons of ants on my pots and under them and I was just wondering if there In any way harmful. There outdoor also so I can't really stop them from coming short of a bug spray

h for sum reason they luv pots i do my weed inside but do a lot of vegatables and flowers even minature fruit tress in pots and alfilled with ants
i dont know whut it is about pots but ants luv da shit outof um

Also don't forget that ants and aphids have a kind of symbiotic relationship and its not uncommon to find ants farming aphids in order to get the juices of sap they excrete.

Or something to that effect.



J

jondamon said:

Also don't forget that ants and aphids have a kind of symbiotic relationship and its not uncommon to find ants farming aphids in order to get the juices of sap they excrete.

Or something to that effect.



J

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The herds of aphids feed off your root system.
and the ants feed off the aphids.
Ants will also cut through your roots to make there tunnels.

topfuel29 said:

The herds of aphids feed off your root system.
and the ants feed off the aphids.
Ants will also cut through your roots to make there tunnels.

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Is the cutting through the roots a good or bad thing?

Granular and poison around pots should do tRickRick

Cutting through roots is bad. Also, I have suspected a past grow that ended up infested with aphids was contaminated by the ants bringing them little bastards in with them. Kill any and all ants you see.

As pointed above, Ants do farm Aphids.

We recently had an ant problem (non-gardening related); Here is what to do.

Mix a bowl of boric acid (borax) and sugar water, and put it near the ant trail. The Boric acid destroys the ants from the inside out. Since it is mixed with sugar, the ants will carry it back to the nest and feed it to the colony, ultimately wiping out the entire herd. The trick is to get the right amount of boric acid to sugar-water ratio: Too much boric acid will kill the ants before they get back to the nest: not enough boric acid will not kill them.
Here is a link with some more info. Just google around a bit: http://homeguides.sfgate.com/homemade-ant-killer-boric-acid-74569.html



I also discovered that Lysol Disinfectant spray immediately annihilates ants right in their tracks. However keep that shit away from your plants as well as your lungs.

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I use vinegar to keep most pests away.