Find a bucket that's larger than the plant pot itself.
Place the pot inside the bucket and fill the bucket with an insecticidal soap solutionmade by combining 2 tablespoons of insectidal soap concentrate for every 1 quart of water.
Use enough water the pot is fully submerged.
Allow the potted plant to soak in this soapy solution for approximately 24 hours, which effectively kills all of the ants without harming the plant's roots, then remove the potted plant and flush the soil it with fresh water to get rid of the soap.
Don't leave the pot in the water much longer than 24 hours or you could affect plant health.
This may sound silly, but I do this every summer to get rid of ants in the driveway. Easy, simple, no strong chemical involved. Withholding your disbelief, go to the grocery store and buy a box of regular corn grits, not the instant kind. Sprinkle a handful wherever you have ants. They carry the food down the nest to share. I am sorry if my language sounds bad and upsets anyone. I was told that the reason it works is that ants stomach can’t digest the grits and it swells and kills the ant and all the nest. It’s sad for all who don’t like the thought of killing any pest, but no other way is any kinder.
Actually, if you just want them out, set the plant in a bucket and use plain water. Fill it a little at a time, and THEY WILL LEAVE. Ants are not stupid.
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Find a bucket that's larger than the plant pot itself.
Place the pot inside the bucket and fill the bucket with an insecticidal soap solutionmade by combining 2 tablespoons of insectidal soap concentrate for every 1 quart of water.
Use enough water the pot is fully submerged.
Allow the potted plant to soak in this soapy solution for approximately 24 hours, which effectively kills all of the ants without harming the plant's roots, then remove the potted plant and flush the soil it with fresh water to get rid of the soap.
Don't leave the pot in the water much longer than 24 hours or you could affect plant health.
This may sound silly, but I do this every summer to get rid of ants in the driveway. Easy, simple, no strong chemical involved. Withholding your disbelief, go to the grocery store and buy a box of regular corn grits, not the instant kind. Sprinkle a handful wherever you have ants. They carry the food down the nest to share. I am sorry if my language sounds bad and upsets anyone. I was told that the reason it works is that ants stomach can’t digest the grits and it swells and kills the ant and all the nest. It’s sad for all who don’t like the thought of killing any pest, but no other way is any kinder.
Actually, if you just want them out, set the plant in a bucket and use plain water. Fill it a little at a time, and THEY WILL LEAVE. Ants are not stupid.