Natural Ant Repellent?
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Bonnie Bassett on Jul 17, 2013wish I could help but I am having problems with ants eating my sunflowers! so I hope you get answers that I can use too! :)Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jul 18, 2013Are you sure it isn't aphids that are doing the damage and that the ants aren't just attracted to the aphids' honeydew? Spray with a commercial insecticidal soap (there are plenty of organic versions available), making sure you get the undersides of the leaves.Helpful Reply
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91141 on Jul 18, 2013Thank you Douglas! It's definitely the ants, not aphids. I inspect the plants several times a day (what can I say, I'm obsessive about this garden producing!) and I watch them climb up the vines, enter into the pods and take things out of them. The leaves remain mostly undamaged. And since I pollinate my squash by hand, I see the ants getting in and out of the male flowers and running off with all the pollen! I didn't know they did things like that.Helpful Reply
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Mary Richard on Jul 19, 2013My aunt swears by sprinkling old coffee grinds around plants to scare away ants.Helpful Reply
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Bonnie Bassett on Jul 20, 2013I have lots of coffee grinds I am going to try that ! ty MaryHelpful Reply
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Kathy on Apr 11, 2015I sprinkle dry grits around for them to carry back to the nest to share . Unable to digest!Helpful Reply
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