Are these ants harmful or helpful?

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yoquierotacobell

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• Aug 30, 2011

• #1

In the last week or so I've noticed little black ants making what seems to be a mud nest on some of the branches of my plants. Are they helping or hurting the plant?

 

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max316420

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• Aug 30, 2011

• #2

Dam dude is that the stock of your plant?? I would get rid of them, I think some ants like to munch on leaves

 

svsuv

Active Member

• Aug 30, 2011

• #3

I would get rid of them too. Might get in the buds - wouldn't want to smoke them.

 

max316420

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• Aug 30, 2011

• #4

you see the size of the stem on that fucker??? DAMN that shit is BIG

 

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yoquierotacobell

Active Member

• Aug 30, 2011

• #5

I was told to spray them off the plant and get something called "Tanglefoot". Tanglefoot is applied to the stem for a few inches to keep crawly bugs off. So, I'm going to look into that and see how it goes. Let me know if you guys think of other things I should try.

 

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yoquierotacobell

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• Aug 30, 2011

• #6

max316420 said:

you see the size of the stem on that fucker??? DAMN that shit is BIG

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... better be, she's been growing forever.

 

rich.post

Member

• Aug 30, 2011

• #7

Good god it looks like an OAK TREE!

 

PlatinumOG

Member

• Aug 30, 2011

• #8

I thought that was a different type of plant in the first pic BIG ASS STEM nice tho bro..

 

SweetestCheeba

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• Aug 30, 2011

• #9

dude how long have u been growing her and does she get the full 12 hrs of light and darkness

 

moneytrain

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• Aug 30, 2011

• #10

they are not good for the plant at all you will have a whole bunch of dead ants in your bud and the ant larve feed on the moisture of the plant which will kill it eventually do something FAST

 

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doser

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• Aug 30, 2011

• #11

tanglefoot is badassed

 

max316420

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• Aug 31, 2011

• #12

You gotta take a pic of that whole plant, I'm dying to see how big it actually is.

 

neved

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• Aug 31, 2011

• #13

Really cut them

 

max316420

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• Aug 31, 2011

• #14

neved said:

Really cut them

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huh????????????

 

neved

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• Aug 31, 2011

• #15

I have a big outdoor garden.
I c your problem as much as my hair.
I cut them thin not totally

 

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yoquierotacobell

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• Sep 5, 2011

• #16

SweetestCheeba said:

dude how long have u been growing her and does she get the full 12 hrs of light and darkness

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Since March, at least. And yes.

 

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yoquierotacobell

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• Sep 5, 2011

• #17

neved said:

I have a big outdoor garden.
I c your problem as much as my hair.
I cut them thin not totally

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... still a bit confused.

 

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yoquierotacobell

Active Member

• Sep 5, 2011

• #18

max316420 said:

You gotta take a pic of that whole plant, I'm dying to see how big it actually is.

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Last time I measured it, it was about 5 feet across and about 4 feet tall.

 

neved

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• Sep 6, 2011

• #19

yoquierotacobell said:

... still a bit confused.

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here is my outdoor ....

 

dirtysnowball

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• Sep 6, 2011

• #20

fuck them ants they started munching on my roots

make some tobacco juice and add some extra neem oil. you dont want those little bastards. kill them