Get Rid of Ants & Aphids FOR GOOD In Your Garden
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Date: 2024-09-09
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AdamJensenReal
I curently have a problem with ants and aphids they attacking my peach tree and there are thousands of ants and they farm the aphids and they sucking the tree also there is another problem ants made their house with tunels (don't know the word sry. ) in the base of the tree. I think to not use hot water maybe the tree can harm. I tried the ant trap with borax and sugar, but I think I added more water and ants are not attracted. I killed few ants but for 3 days it was nothing.
I have a question I watched another video 3 days ago it was about simple dish soap 2-3 spoons or 1/4 of the bottle in 10 liters of water in spray machine, mix good and than spray everything. In the video he knocked out all aphids for 5 seconds. But the question is that soap isn't it bad for the pants itself. In that case plant was zucchini 10-15 plants and he sprayed them all good. If you think it is safe I can try it but I think its dangerous for plants.
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I curently have a problem with ants and aphids they attacking my peach tree and there are thousands of ants and they farm the aphids and they sucking the tree also there is another problem ants made their house with tunels (don't know the word sry. ) in the base of the tree. I think to not use hot water maybe the tree can harm. I tried the ant trap with borax and sugar, but I think I added more water and ants are not attracted. I killed few ants but for 3 days it was nothing.
I have a question I watched another video 3 days ago it was about simple dish soap 2-3 spoons or 1/4 of the bottle in 10 liters of water in spray machine, mix good and than spray everything. In the video he knocked out all aphids for 5 seconds. But the question is that soap isn't it bad for the pants itself. In that case plant was zucchini 10-15 plants and he sprayed them all good. If you think it is safe I can try it but I think its dangerous for plants.
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juliettedemaso7588
Forget giggles and shts, we're talking tickles and shts.
also, I hear Borax and my slimer brain wakes up and goes oh yeah, I have Borax. lol Slime is how this rapacious gardener (me) copes with Chicago winter; having a foot deep of rock frozen soil I can't put my hands into, for months on end. I see you zone 8 gardeners saying what I'm planting this fall and I'm like do I want thick and glossy, cloud, or snowfizz if you know you know.
On a more serious note, I see these massive 40 lb bags at the hardware/gardening store of lawn insect killer and I want to set up a podium lecture right there in aisle 3. If you've ever seen how incredibly effective ants are at churning up compacted clay soil you'd be giving them an award. Nevermind all the rest of the vital life in soil. Sigh, lawns. guaranteeing the killing of everything, one blade at a time.
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Forget giggles and shts, we're talking tickles and shts.
also, I hear Borax and my slimer brain wakes up and goes oh yeah, I have Borax. lol Slime is how this rapacious gardener (me) copes with Chicago winter; having a foot deep of rock frozen soil I can't put my hands into, for months on end. I see you zone 8 gardeners saying what I'm planting this fall and I'm like do I want thick and glossy, cloud, or snowfizz if you know you know.
On a more serious note, I see these massive 40 lb bags at the hardware/gardening store of lawn insect killer and I want to set up a podium lecture right there in aisle 3. If you've ever seen how incredibly effective ants are at churning up compacted clay soil you'd be giving them an award. Nevermind all the rest of the vital life in soil. Sigh, lawns. guaranteeing the killing of everything, one blade at a time.
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danbourlotos5188
Any recommendation for a greenhouse I managed to get a pretty impressive ant/aphid infestation that is pernicious enough to be affecting my plant health, and has been an uphill battle for over a year. Even with a very sizable ladybug population, there are not enough natural predators inside my greenhouse (not a surprise.
Went the borax/sugar route for the ants, and then tried the diatomaceous earth. Killed the aphids, but also killed the lady bugs (bad. Tried the water spraying, but it ends up just soaking all of the wood in my greenhouse and then I end up with mold/algae issues. The issue is that since there is no rain, anything I spray on the plants (dish soap, neem oil, DE) I then need to eventually spray off.
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Any recommendation for a greenhouse I managed to get a pretty impressive ant/aphid infestation that is pernicious enough to be affecting my plant health, and has been an uphill battle for over a year. Even with a very sizable ladybug population, there are not enough natural predators inside my greenhouse (not a surprise.
Went the borax/sugar route for the ants, and then tried the diatomaceous earth. Killed the aphids, but also killed the lady bugs (bad. Tried the water spraying, but it ends up just soaking all of the wood in my greenhouse and then I end up with mold/algae issues. The issue is that since there is no rain, anything I spray on the plants (dish soap, neem oil, DE) I then need to eventually spray off.
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Dreamzz101
every time I bring in my Pepper plants in my basement for the winter, they dont have aphids when I bring them in. I do cut them way back but in a few weeks they are all infested with aphids in my basement. last yr I replaced all soil and cut back to no leaves. as soon as the leaves started growing aphids set in and destroyed my pepper plants. they kill off my plants and the ones that survive are deformed. when I bring them out for the summer the aphids leave the plant but the peppers are deformed for several months till the plants manages to bounce back. nothing works to get rid of them. I can slow them down but never kill them off. and they are in my basement. ug
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every time I bring in my Pepper plants in my basement for the winter, they dont have aphids when I bring them in. I do cut them way back but in a few weeks they are all infested with aphids in my basement. last yr I replaced all soil and cut back to no leaves. as soon as the leaves started growing aphids set in and destroyed my pepper plants. they kill off my plants and the ones that survive are deformed. when I bring them out for the summer the aphids leave the plant but the peppers are deformed for several months till the plants manages to bounce back. nothing works to get rid of them. I can slow them down but never kill them off. and they are in my basement. ug
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rasserfrasser
Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth (DE) - I have an Aji Dulce pepper plant that was hoarded by aphids, of which I saw ants too. Thank to this video now I know why: . I bombed the plant with DE not even knowing if the plant would survive. They all died and/or disappeared. What's odd to me though is that my pepper plants are really close together on a grow table and only one plant was affected. I immediately quarantined the plant by first moving it on top of a cinder block before using DE, but thought that was rather odd. Lucky for them, they have not since returned mwahahahahaaa.
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Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth (DE) - I have an Aji Dulce pepper plant that was hoarded by aphids, of which I saw ants too. Thank to this video now I know why: . I bombed the plant with DE not even knowing if the plant would survive. They all died and/or disappeared. What's odd to me though is that my pepper plants are really close together on a grow table and only one plant was affected. I immediately quarantined the plant by first moving it on top of a cinder block before using DE, but thought that was rather odd. Lucky for them, they have not since returned mwahahahahaaa.
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JWDicus
Cool video. Loving the science here, Kev. In my central Arizona garden, and the gardens of my local gardener friends our biggest ant pest is leaf-cutter ants. They regularly strip every single leaf off of our pomegranate trees, and also our pepper plant leaves are a favorite target of theirs. Do you know whether leaf-cutter ants will go to sugar, and thus be suitable targets for the borax and sugar treatment, or do they just want leaves If they won't take sugar, do you have any tips for dealing with the leaf-cutter ants Thanks!
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Cool video. Loving the science here, Kev. In my central Arizona garden, and the gardens of my local gardener friends our biggest ant pest is leaf-cutter ants. They regularly strip every single leaf off of our pomegranate trees, and also our pepper plant leaves are a favorite target of theirs. Do you know whether leaf-cutter ants will go to sugar, and thus be suitable targets for the borax and sugar treatment, or do they just want leaves If they won't take sugar, do you have any tips for dealing with the leaf-cutter ants Thanks!
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jfrazz9729
I have a huge mealybug problem in my greenhouse. BT has really knocked down the fungus gnat situation, and Purecrop1 works for mealybugs, but it’s not systemic so it needs constant reapplication. I’m looking into ordering some biological controls like lacewings or something that will hatch this winter. Our hibiscus and cordilynes are pest magnets. Definitely going to smother in Neem before bringing in this fall
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I have a huge mealybug problem in my greenhouse. BT has really knocked down the fungus gnat situation, and Purecrop1 works for mealybugs, but it’s not systemic so it needs constant reapplication. I’m looking into ordering some biological controls like lacewings or something that will hatch this winter. Our hibiscus and cordilynes are pest magnets. Definitely going to smother in Neem before bringing in this fall
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sequoiawarner6756
The tiny sugar ants have been crazy bad, I dry mixed borax and sugar, will try making the paste this time. Have found frequent watering the flower pots on the deck drowned out the ants. But what I was wondering about was so many sticky plants, oh honey dew! Built a garden in what was a weed fill lot last year and pest control has been a harsh learning curve. Thanks for this video!
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The tiny sugar ants have been crazy bad, I dry mixed borax and sugar, will try making the paste this time. Have found frequent watering the flower pots on the deck drowned out the ants. But what I was wondering about was so many sticky plants, oh honey dew! Built a garden in what was a weed fill lot last year and pest control has been a harsh learning curve. Thanks for this video!
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nikijaye8647
Love the Videos. But i live in zone 10a in deep south texas along the border, so we get the heat and humidity. We have Leaf Cutter Ants. once you have them you can never rid of them. they love to eat my plants, especially my young seedlings. I have tried everything to get rid of them, even a professional pest control company couldn't get rid of them. I am so Discouraged.
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Love the Videos. But i live in zone 10a in deep south texas along the border, so we get the heat and humidity. We have Leaf Cutter Ants. once you have them you can never rid of them. they love to eat my plants, especially my young seedlings. I have tried everything to get rid of them, even a professional pest control company couldn't get rid of them. I am so Discouraged.
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recynd77
Love AC! I’m in zone 10b, and I’m so over those damn Argentine ants. They look so innocuous, but those buggers BITE, and they search out our delicate bits to wreak their assault: crooks of elbows and back of the knees are their favorites to attack.
The more I battle, the more I getand finding their colonies is practically impossible.
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Love AC! I’m in zone 10b, and I’m so over those damn Argentine ants. They look so innocuous, but those buggers BITE, and they search out our delicate bits to wreak their assault: crooks of elbows and back of the knees are their favorites to attack.
The more I battle, the more I getand finding their colonies is practically impossible.
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haylee. noelle
A few drops of dish soap in a spray bottle with water worked well for me this year! I have a patio garden with no hose so I just spray them off the leaves, remove any leaves that have a lot of aphids on them, and wipe them off leaves with gloves on. It is the only thing that has worked for aphids in my patio garden.
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A few drops of dish soap in a spray bottle with water worked well for me this year! I have a patio garden with no hose so I just spray them off the leaves, remove any leaves that have a lot of aphids on them, and wipe them off leaves with gloves on. It is the only thing that has worked for aphids in my patio garden.
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Bindy36
I could never grow cucumbers until I started coating the bottom of the vine with a thick coat of Vaseline. The ants got stuck in the Vaseline and couldn’t go up the vine. I hosed off any pest that got near the flowers in the beginning. After that I didn’t need to do anything. Got at least 40 cucumbers off that vine.
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I could never grow cucumbers until I started coating the bottom of the vine with a thick coat of Vaseline. The ants got stuck in the Vaseline and couldn’t go up the vine. I hosed off any pest that got near the flowers in the beginning. After that I didn’t need to do anything. Got at least 40 cucumbers off that vine.
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shellycarter155
You could spray the aphids while on the plants with whole milk. The milk then dries very quickly and crystallizes on the aphids and smothers them. The milk spray method works very quickly, within a couple of days! There is no foul order and doesn’t hurt the plants or beneficial bugs. Very inexpensive as well!
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You could spray the aphids while on the plants with whole milk. The milk then dries very quickly and crystallizes on the aphids and smothers them. The milk spray method works very quickly, within a couple of days! There is no foul order and doesn’t hurt the plants or beneficial bugs. Very inexpensive as well!
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John. Doe-OG
Ants in my garden & yard are a HUGE problem. The destroy everything, such as sweet corn. They get in the husk and eat the cornels. They're nests get so large, they destroy the plant roots, including flowers and grass. Not too mention the issue with fire ants which infest my entire yard including the garden.
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Ants in my garden & yard are a HUGE problem. The destroy everything, such as sweet corn. They get in the husk and eat the cornels. They're nests get so large, they destroy the plant roots, including flowers and grass. Not too mention the issue with fire ants which infest my entire yard including the garden.
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Alfwin
I lost a bean crop last year to ants & aphids. One of the things I tried was introducing predators - specifically ladybugs - to try to reduce the aphid population, but the ants were too effective as guards. I remember watching them body-blocking and chasing away any ladybug that tried to attack an aphid.
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I lost a bean crop last year to ants & aphids. One of the things I tried was introducing predators - specifically ladybugs - to try to reduce the aphid population, but the ants were too effective as guards. I remember watching them body-blocking and chasing away any ladybug that tried to attack an aphid.
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Kris_Hagen
ThE wOrLd Is OnLy 2024 YeArS oLd. Nah, j/k. Love your videos Kev. Although I do not have a garden myself, I do hope to get one in the future. I'd love to be able to have any flowery or vegetabely bits in a garden and care for them. And maybe be able to eat some of it. It looks like a lot of fun.
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ThE wOrLd Is OnLy 2024 YeArS oLd. Nah, j/k. Love your videos Kev. Although I do not have a garden myself, I do hope to get one in the future. I'd love to be able to have any flowery or vegetabely bits in a garden and care for them. And maybe be able to eat some of it. It looks like a lot of fun.
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NicolaiAAA
I've recently learned that they like to farm the young treehoppers that are all over my sunflowers, too! For the same reason - honeydew. This is my first year growing sunflowers and I think the other predatory insects have yet to catch up on the treehopper nymphs because they're _everywhere. _
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I've recently learned that they like to farm the young treehoppers that are all over my sunflowers, too! For the same reason - honeydew. This is my first year growing sunflowers and I think the other predatory insects have yet to catch up on the treehopper nymphs because they're _everywhere. _
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IdiosyncH
Oooh boiling water! There’s an idea! My flowers were absolutely decimated by ants and aphids and they’ve created massive colonies along our foundation. We used an ant killer powder but it didn’t last long. The boiling water sounds like a better idea. Definitely trying it next year.
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Oooh boiling water! There’s an idea! My flowers were absolutely decimated by ants and aphids and they’ve created massive colonies along our foundation. We used an ant killer powder but it didn’t last long. The boiling water sounds like a better idea. Definitely trying it next year.
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firefly5247
Biologist here! I have to clarify for 2: 52 - honeydew isn't excrement, it's just that the phloem in the plants is so high-pressure compared to the aphids, it literally forces its way through them. It'd be like a human trying to drink from a fire hydrant. Gotta love nature.
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Biologist here! I have to clarify for 2: 52 - honeydew isn't excrement, it's just that the phloem in the plants is so high-pressure compared to the aphids, it literally forces its way through them. It'd be like a human trying to drink from a fire hydrant. Gotta love nature.
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VeretenoVids
Off topic, but all the butterflies in your garden! So envious--don't see butterflies where I am as much as other places I've lived. In spite of all the pollinator plants I grow I see only cabbage moths and the occasional skipper. (Lots of bees though)
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Off topic, but all the butterflies in your garden! So envious--don't see butterflies where I am as much as other places I've lived. In spite of all the pollinator plants I grow I see only cabbage moths and the occasional skipper. (Lots of bees though)
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