What a wonderful natural remedy! I never would have thought of this. Thank you for being so observant of natures workings and sharing this non chemical solution!
Thank you more...every comment and every thumbs up makes RU-vid share the video to help even more people that may need the information;) Thanks a million for taking time to support n write
Let them battle it out. A few weeks ago I found all these dead ants on a pathway . the only thing I could conclude was they went to war as I dontnuse any pesticides on my property except for a barrier against my house and that was just one time because I saw cockroaches in my yard and didn't want them making it into my home. They never did. I also used baking soda around the perimeters of my home too.
Thank you so much! I've tried this twice and have managed to get rid of two giant, annoying, and in-my-way ant hills! It really works! I am amazed and thrilled to know I will be able to fight what has been a constant frustration for years!! I will be forever grateful. Grow grow grow!!
Lol... I just found a bunch of ants in my cucumber container and was trying to figure out how to savage the compost they are in. 😂Time to find another ant pile. Let the ant wars begin!!!!🔥🔥
I did a science fair project about this when I was in 5th grade. Friends and their parents thought it was nonsense. I do this everytime I get ant beds, which happens every damn time it rains in the South...
Amazing ! I'm 62yr old gardner who never knew this b4 & have put up with ants for yrs because I refused to use poison. Im so happy to have this knowledge finally !!! THANKYOU !
Thank you! Thank you! This worked so well! We started using this method in our gardens a couple of months ago, after watching this video, and it has worked each time. We could never bring ourselves to use chemicals near our gardens, so we would always just put up with the ants. Now we don't have to. Thank you so much for sharing!
That is an interesting concept I’ve never heard of before! We don’t have an ant pile in our garden and honestly I can’t find any in our yard, but we have ants all over the plants in the garden. Ive tried cinnamon and cayenne pepper to no avail. The ants foster the white flies and aphids and make a buggy mess in the garden.
Of all the videos you've made, this is the one that's helped me the most since I first saw it. Just moved an anthill on top of another one again. Wanted to come back and leave a comment haha.
@@noenmichaelgonzalezrodrigu1672 that's a problem but if there isn't a problem there good for your plants they dig around the roots and supply them with oxygen those sound like leafcutters they will travel in large trails to get leaves to feed a fungus garden they grow and eat try using a natural deterrent they probably weren't nesting there try drying some citrus fruit peels like oranges or lemons
unless there invasive ants don't kill them they supply the roots with oxygen and kill some pests like grasshoppers whats your home state so I can tell the details of whats invasive and what's not for you if your in the northeastern USA some common invasive ants are pharaoh ants (those golden ants you find in your house) and Myrmica Rubra (europian fire ants) they can also be good for soil decomposition and seed disposal
You mentioned this in another video and I gave it a try. It worked! It took a couple "transfers" lol, but it definitely worked. Thank you so much! And thanks for this video of the before and after!
Yeah the last one I just showed empty and piles and it was with a container.....this time I wanted to show in real time for(you know how people are).........wasnt no ants in that container...you know those types lol
Thanks for this information there will be an ant war in my garden bed tomorrow. BTW I got a free raised garden bed from the glass company in my town too.
I used grits! I’d scatter the ant hill. Then pour the grits… they take it back to Queen who is the one that feeds. Grits caused her to explode and kills the mound. Course, they just move.
I’m going to use grits AND this videos solution. I like that grits won’t poison other wild animals or my pets. (Is it pathetic that I feel guilty for making the ants kill each other? 😂)
Clearly you are from the South! Love this! It cracks me up how gardeners in more northern climates say-leave the ants alone. Clearly, they do not have the 🔥 🐜. No one can just leave fire ants alone because they attack!!!💚💚💚💚💚
Brilliant! I am desperate for any advice on how to deal with ants in my compost and my beds. I usually disturb the beds over and over again until they leave, but this is less work. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I am starting garden beds in my back yard this spring and we always have fire ant problems. I have been worrying about what to do when they find their way to my garden bed and this I will definitely try instead of worrying over chemicals etc!
HahHH I dont watch it much at all lol.....too busy...and the only time I have to watch anything its RU-vid..cause the kids take the tv that we have lol
Kinda how it is n both just leave the battle field one to save their queen cause that's all that matters and the other to get back to their queen because she's all that matters
Lol.....i like that haven't heard of it but I like it.....lot of people don't like that mint goes crazy...n they can't control it, but I like the way it smells when you're cutting grass lol
@@GrowFamilyNetwork i found this out last summer when my apricot tree was infested with aphids, the ants were protecting them from the beneficial insects that kill the aphids. this way the ants can suck the secretion that the aphids make. so i planted mind, the ants disappeared, the aphids dissapeare and my tree became full health, i also pissed on the foliage every sunset, so not to burn the leaves. This might have helped aswell, pure gold that stuff
@@jonasdubaere59 That's true about ants actually using their antenna to milk the aphids "honeydew" for food. At the end of the season ants actually take the aphids down into their nests where they have stored the Honeydew so they can all survive the winter. In the spring they all come out, have a party and then repeat the process.😩 I have yet to hear or read about a useful purpose for ants in your garden except that they till the soil. But I think they do more damage than good. Now, I'm pretty sure that's not a good idea to piss directly on the plant. You have to give the microbiological critters in the soil a chance to break it down first.
@@rebeccapresti9650 urine is sterile, keeps away any bugs , animals, fungus , iuse it to sterilize my gardening sizzors too before trimming. 've been doing many experiments and magic does happen. it's filtered blood, not really a waste product.
Should do the trick..if the are stubborn look for a few different ant piles and mix them up, I dont think it actually kills the ants just makes them leave the area
I have an ant pile in my blackberry container! I have disturbed the pile multiple times and they won't leave. I have used cinnamon, ginger, and DE! I'm definitely going to try this!!!
They'll be gone in a week.......after a few days check them and if u have to add a little more to them top them off with another colony that'll finish off the last stragglers
Thanks for posting this, l live in the southeast and used this method very effectively for years! I liked to use two shovels and a helper, then we would shovel down deep at the same time and quickly switch the little murderous stingers! Once l had to repeat but not any more. Go deep, switch quickly and those holding shovel won't get stung and the next day there is a huge difference! Join me in smiling as you pass the ant killer bags in the store! Yeah!!! Thanks again!
unless your in south America good idea most ants are good for gardens they give the roots oxygen and kill some common garden pest like grasshoppers and caterpillars whats your home town so i can tell you what and not to kill
Makes perfect sense to me. I found that nature has many ways of dealing with problems and we just have lost the knowledge but thanks for finding this method and sharing.
Thats what I say...seems controlling interest makes more money off us going to the store to get their product so even if they know what works they won't tell us cause they won't us buying their man made poison...thanks for the comment and the support it gives the channel....grow grow grow
Thanks for this useful information. I’ve been dealing with fire ants for years now, but can never find any ant mounds. If I ever do though, it’s going to be game on!
No chemical mess on my food! Here I learned something new again, thank you so very much. Kind regards from Belgium. I wish you and your family all the best.
Hi LGF I subscribed after watching this video a couple of days ago. This morning I was talking to my husband about your video and he was very skeptical because we have done everything imaginable to get rid of fire ants. SO, I forwarded the video to him and after watching it, he was out on the property with a shovel like a crazy man LOL piling ants on top of ants everywhere he could!!! It was hilarious! :) :) :) Thank you for sharing. We look forward to seeing the results and I am excited to have the ant piles out of the garden! :) Maybe the ant battle (war) will run any survivors into the woods NEVER to return! Blessings from N. Alabama ♥
Hahahhaa hopefully....remember what I said at the end I had to double this one up cause they ran the first ones off, but at any rate you'll know in about a weeks time ur results
Just be careful that the species isn't capable of merging colonies and containing multiple queens (ie: AntsCanada's Golden Empire). Otherwise, you'd just get a much bigger colony.
@@Birabiro_2000 why you say no? I would as they destroyed my garden every year. Hope this time they gone after I get them in wars. I hate ants especially in my garden.
Awww thanks been getting some nasty comments on the music hahaha glad for ur comment ...i thought it was soothing lol...thanks for the comment and yhe support
@@kathykapsner3897 just people ...i say if u don't like a video click on the next one...but hey people will be people....thanks for ur comment tho they are really appreciated more than you know:)
This worked so good I’m pinching myself! Ants are a big problem here so I’ll make them have a visiting marathon all over my property!! Hey praise God , Thank You!
It is not a dream....hshahahaha...congrats on getting the upper hand....lol..also thanks for coming back commenting and supporting the content n my family...Blessing n luv
Louisiana Gardening Family ...they were killing my newly planted flowers 🌸 and I couldn’t believe it. So your advise was ringing in my ears! They are awful and they aren’t big ants. Destructive! God Bless you and your family! Keep that expert info coming!
Those ant holes I use dish soap and a pot of hot water and pour it in the hole and works great !! I covered up about 6 of them last year in my new home
This is absolutely insane! I love it! My mom has serious anthills throughout her yard. Look out suckers! Thank you so much. I love solutions like this.
@@STUCATZOMARINE we sprinkle corn meal flour (fine ground meal) around the ant bed and they eat it but can't digest it, so they just die. Never tried by bay leaves.
I had a huge issue with ants last year and I found out why....the ants protect aphids! Then I noticed a had a lot of aphids! it was crazy but this is a great technique....never would have thought to put more ants on top of the ants. Thank you for the video.
I found out the hard way. The ants were feeding off of the aphids. I got some free ladybugs and released them on a honeydew plant that was infested with aphids. the ants devoured them. I was like NOOOOOOOOoO! lol
@@chandrawhite7904 yes unfortunately. The aphids produce a sweet nectar for the ants. Which the ants then protect the aphids. It took secods for the ants to rip apart the ladybugs
Wow! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this. This is so incredibly smart! I never would have guessed that there could be such a simple answer to this problem. No poisons! Yay! Thank you again!
I knew this! The question is why didn't I ever do it. Just makes sense. I believe I wanted instant results instead of days. Let nature due its thing, time wins in the end.
WoW !! Who would have known ???? I have been using borax and sugar mix sprinkled on the mound and they are dead and gone. This also works ! Thanks for the tip.
wow thanks i felt like one just tht in this battle i want both sides to lose lol...thanks for watching and supporting our channel, cooments like yours really motivate us and help our channel to continue to reach people thanks
This is Brilliant. I've struggled with ants in my container garden for so long, I Refuse to use Anything but natural & herbal solutions. Thank you for sharing this info. 👍🤗
Smart! I live in the Southwest where it's all desert we have mounds and mounds of ants,, everywhere we walk there are ants. I will try your trick. Thank you.
Ants running off ants....What a world.... Thanks for the comment and the support your viewing time gives the channel as we try to grow our subscxriber base...:) thanks
I’m wondering, if you do this in your yard, will you just be chasing re-located beds of ants all over the place or do they kill each other off? This is very interesting, either way!
More like running them out a specific area....so chase them I would s a y out of your garden into another part of the yard....wanna kill them ? Baking soda and white vinegar n welcome to chemistry class lol
@@GrowFamilyNetwork will baking soda and white vinegar kill your plants though? I’ve got some ants attacking my yard long beans and they’ve got to go… There’s not a particular “pile” in this bed. They’re just living all over the soil under the cover of the thick leaves
Oh my goodness!! Thank you!! We have been dealing with ants everywhere in our yard. I haven’t done anything because, like you, I didn’t want to use a chemical. Thank you!!
@@jamclibusmar About 2 tablespoons of cinnamon is enough, no matter how much wood ash you use, no need to mix. I normally put them both in a bowl, sprinkling the cinnamon over the ashes. Make sure you cover the ant pile completely with a thin layer, you don't have to disturb initially, wait a few daytime hours and disturb the pile. If you still have ants make sure your ashes and cinnamon are back on top and disturb the pile again in a day or so.
Awesome!!! Do you have any problems or ideas to get rid of squirrels 🐿 moles, chipmunks 🐿 or possum? We’re in TN and the squirrels 🐿 think 💭 they run the garden!!!
Lead farmer 73 channel....he bought this Squirrelenator off Amazon or eBay I think...n he catches them 2 n 3 at a time with that thing them he relocates them...
HHaha I'm laughing cause I remember the first-time I plug a bug zapper in my room...somehow little nats n flies had got in on me during the summer...they paid dearly lol
Louisiana Gardening Family pheromones, they give off their own pheromones as each group are related through dna 🧬 as the queen 👑 ant 🐜 births the colony, so each colony will have a different dna profile and pheromone/scent, that’s how they communicate with each other. I love ants but can understand why you don’t want them all over your veggies 🌽. ❤️🦋🙏
@@caralama08 I would hope they would just all leave and go somewhere else because of the invaders...i don't think they really kill Eachother out but I do think they fight a little then all move on....not sure though...cause I never see dead ant bodies after they're gone
Thanks! I learned something. Also, I really like that you used real music in the background--much more aesthetically pleasing than the typical vaguely music-like computer generated drivel that infects far too many RU-vid videos!
