How to kill ants in flower pots, without killing the flowers?
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Mary Swanger
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Apply cinnamon,spray peppermint essential oils or sprinkle food grade diatomaceous earth.
Try sprinkling diatomaceous earth around your pots, and lightly sprinkle it on the earth the plants are in. Diamotaceous earth is a natural product, and won't harm your plants. You can find it at most garden and building centers, as well as online.
Boric acid kills ants and roaches but is nontoxic to humans and pets.
Try coffee grounds or peppermint oil.
Mix in a little flour. I've used flour and the ants dissapear. sprinkle a little flour around the pot as well put some flour in the pot. Got rid of ants inside a timber used down the side of my driveway.. They were all gone within 15 minutes as well as all their "eggs". I was amazed. I also sprinkle around the back of my cabinet by the backsplash and they quit coming in a small area that opened in the grout where the backspash met the cabinet top.