Ant control: here’s where my success has been.
1 – hose the bejeebers out of them, they can’t breathe underwater and if you do this two to three times a day they will normally relocate. Make sure you rinse away the eggs too if it’s one of those shallow nests. Dont worry they will go collect the eggs
2- if they are trying to colonize on your plant and create their little aphid farm. Hose is everything every insect off the plant. And then around the base of the stem apply petroleum jelly. Make sure that there is no foliage or anything that will create a bridge above the line of the jelly for the ants to gain access to the plant. So you’ll need to put it up high enough that they have to climb the stem but they can’t cross the petroleum jelly, stay low enough to keep it off the tender part of the plant. My petroleum jelly is mentholated, if you have it use it, if you can find it buy it. Turns out the ants also hate the smell.Ant control: here’s where my success has been.
1 – hose the bejeebers out of them, they can’t breathe underwater and if you do this two to three times a day they will normally relocate. Make sure you rinse away the eggs too if it’s one of those shallow nests. Dont worry they will go collect the eggs
2- if they are trying to colonize on your plant and create their little aphid farm. Hose is everything every insect off the plant. And then around the base of the stem apply petroleum jelly. Make sure that there is no foliage or anything that will create a bridge above the line of the jelly for the ants to gain access to the plant. So you’ll need to put it up high enough that they have to climb the stem but they can’t cross the petroleum jelly, stay low enough to keep it off the tender part of the plant. My petroleum jelly is mentholated, if you have it use it, if you can find it buy it. Turns out the ants also hate the smell.Updated May 24, 2020, 8:17 PM