How to get rid of an anthill on the site: various methods of scaring away and killing pests

Ants are wound up and how to get rid of them is the eternal question of gardeners and summer residents. Why it is necessary to deal with them and what harm they can cause to the crop, we will consider below.

Why get rid of ants in the garden or in the garden

At first glance it sounds sacrilegious: to exterminate ants. Everyone knows that they are called the orderlies of the forest, because there they really bring significant benefits. But in the summer cottage from anthills one harm and problems, if you look, the desire to feel sorry for these insects will quickly disappear.

Firstly, the root system of trees suffers. This place is one of the most beloved for ants. Here they build their homes, breaking deep passages in the ground. As a result, even the most powerful tree, whose roots are damaged by such neighbors, can live no more than five years.
Secondly, ants grow and graze aphids, and then drag it into the anthill, thereby infecting plants and soil with these gluttonous insects. Therefore, a parallel struggle is needed here with both ants and aphids.

And for those who do not understand enough the importance of exterminating ants, it should be clarified that this is not only a struggle for the harvest, but also a guarantee that the wooden buildings located nearby will last a long time. The fact is that these insects can turn any wood into dust, and visually it will not be noticeable immediately, but the day may come when it turns out that it is necessary to repair or even remodel the building.

Thus, on the plot, the ants do not bring benefits, but harm and pose a serious danger to garden crops, crops and wooden buildings. And it is necessary to wage a fierce struggle against pests until complete victory, otherwise there will be no sense.

Destroy the anthill on the site

You must understand that the site is different from a closed living space. Ants are able to migrate and move to different territories. Even if all insects are etched, then after a short period of time they can be replaced by new ones, therefore, to control pests in the area, patience and perseverance must be shown.

What to consider

To combat ants in the garden, you need to consider the following points:

• the implementation of various methods of getting rid of pests requires compliance with a certain technology. One method acts immediately, others may require periodic repetition with a certain time interval;
• you should not use only one method, you need to try several, experiment, look at the result and ultimately choose the most effective method in your case;
• take into account the effect of the applied funds on plants, when choosing a method, one must take into account where the anthill is located and the planted area.
• the best time to fight ants is autumn, as the plot is prepared for winter, the entire crop is harvested, the flowers are cut and you can safely enter the battle with insects. In spring and summer, of course, the struggle also needs to be carried out, but it will not work as actively as in the fall.

Ways to fight

To understand how to destroy an anthill on a site, it is important to know that ants appear most often where the site is rarely treated, because they do not like to be disturbed.That is why the main preventive measure is land cultivation. If you find an anthill, you must first dig it deep and destroy it.

The most harmless to the garden and its plants are folk methods:

• pour hot ash into the anthill;
• pour boiling water on the anthill;
  
• ants cannot stand the smell of garlic, so to protect the trees you need to tear the arrows of winter garlic and tie tree trunks with them, or just grate the bark;
• pour sugar syrup into several bottles and place in the area next to the minks, when there are a lot of insects in the bottles, pour boiling water over them;
• pour sunflower oil into holes;
• ants do not tolerate urine, if you fill it with an anthill, you will definitely get rid of them for a long time;
• pour lime or tobacco dust into the anthill, then pour water, the resulting reaction can kill insects;
• pour soda on the anthill and ant paths;
• spread bitter wormwood, wild mint and elderberry leaves next to the anthill.
• mix ten liters of water, two glasses of sunflower oil, a bottle of vinegar and any shampoo. Pour the ant dwelling with this mixture, and cover with a film on top;
• soak orange peels in water and pour anthill with this solution;
• put minced meat next to the anthill with the addition of ground borax;
• dissolve a piece of laundry soap in a bucket of water, add ten tablespoons of kerosene and carbolic acid, move well. With this mixture to spray trees and anthill, after a while the ants will disappear;
• grease the tree trunks with tar at the base;
• water the anthill with a concentrated solution of water with boric acid;
• sprinkle ant cinnamon with ground nests;
• wet the rags with carbolic acid and place them near the anthill and in the places where pests are located, the smell will scare them away and force them to leave the territory.

Recommendation: Plant a lot of velvet in the garden, its pungent odor, released with essential oils, repels ants.

Advice on how to transfer the anthill: To do this, you need to make a path from their anthill, watering it with a sweet solution, to a new residence, for example, under stones. Pour sweet water beneath the stones, too. Ants will immediately choose a new place.

Use of chemicals

Important! All insecticides have a toxic effect and are primarily a threat to the soil grown in the area of ​​crops and fruit trees. It is important to carry out processing in accordance with the instructions and using personal protective equipment.

Now many chemicals are sold to get rid of ants. Processing them must be done several times until complete pest control:

• Diazon is a very effective agent that causes paralysis in pests. After treatment, after just a couple of days, neither ants, nor their larvae will remain. But the protective effect of this drug lasts only three weeks, then the ants may appear again.
• Absolute gel - first of all, the female dies from it and the ant colony ceases to multiply. A special syringe is included, with its help the agent is injected into the anthill.

There are many ways to get rid of the anthill on the site. Of course, scaring away or destroying pests with a more loyal to plants method is a laborious and longer process, but also more humane. Nevertheless, it is better to have a garden with ants than a lifeless piece of land flooded with poisons.

In any case, no matter what method you choose, do not forget that your fight against these pests should be ongoing. Check all the secluded places of your garden for the presence of new anthills, in case of detection do not hesitate. Only in this way will you be able to reduce the invasion of ants to a minimum.