The ant tribe is one of the main headaches of many gardeners and vegetable growers.
They are especially annoying if they bring their “milking cows”, that is, aphids, whose gluttony knows no bounds, to your land plot and your plants.
There is a cheap and cheerful way to get rid of these uninvited guests.
In order to be sure to drive ants out of your area, you need to destroy their “cash cows”.
This means that we direct our efforts to combat aphids. If there are no aphids, there will be no ants.
All we need is green soap. It will help reduce the aphid population.
Once the ants notice this, they will leave your plants alone because they will no longer have access to the honeydew that the aphids produce.
You can also use a cheap pharmacy product – benzyl benzoate ointment.
Squeeze a little ointment onto your finger and spread it around the circumference of the tree trunk, approximately 3-4 centimeters wide.
The ants will no longer be able to visit this plant for about a month and, accordingly, will not be able to protect the aphids.
During this time, the latter will be actively devoured by all sorts of predators. As a result, the ants may not return here at all.
To destroy aphids faster, you can treat the trees with a mixture of water (10 liters) with laundry soap (100 grams) and pine/fir/spruce oil.
The solution will attract ladybugs, who are big fans of eating aphids.
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