MAJOR PROBLEM!!!! HELP!!!!

[BlueBerry Nug]

i just went to see my plants and some god damn ants decided to make their fucking home in the same pot where my best female is growing. What am i supposed to do about this,neem oil?? i want to stay organic what will kill these fucks without hurting my plants?

BlueBerry Nug Reviewed by BlueBerry Nug on 07-13-2007. MAJOR PROBLEM!!!! HELP!!!! i just went to see my plants and some god damn ants decided to make their fucking home in the same pot where my best female is growing. What am i supposed to do about this,neem oil?? i want to stay organic what will kill these fucks without hurting my plants? Rating: 5

[rhizome]

Boric acid based ant poison- boric acid in cane sugar. Put out a couple of traps, let the ants feed on them, return to nest- nest will die in 2-3 days. I don't remember the brand name of what I use, but it was the cheapest option at an agway.

I'd also have a look for aphids- they often co-infest.

[BlueBerry Nug]

the only other problem i have are a few white flies i just havent gotten to the store yet no aphids tho or spider mites. Thank you very much for the info Im gunna go grab that stuff today thank you once again

[AtomicBlaze42o]

I have ants in my pots and they don't seem to bother the cannabis. They know if they do I'll squash them. I told them that. :thumbsup:

[the image reaper]

I have ants in my pots and they don't seem to bother the cannabis. They know if they do I'll squash them. I told them that. :thumbsup:

ya, it's always best to 'negotiate' before going off to war ... :wtf: ... my outdoor pepperincini pepper plants are literally covered by tiny black ants (REAL tiny) ... doesn't seem to bother the peppers :smokin:

[extinctx11]

Thing is when it comes time to smoke them you'll be finding ants in the buds.
Boric acid has been used for years some ants know what it is and know better they have adapted.
You may need to use a proper ant-killer, but the easiest thing to do would be to transplant to another pot using clean new soil, shake out your existing rootball to get all the ants off it, then clean the plant up as much as possible. Spray it with Neem oil if you can get it, even the soil, or some "safer" spray "bug off" its organic and safe on buds.

After all of this lay ant POISON granules by the pot, so the ants coming to the pot will find the granules first and take them home and bye bye ants.

[BlueBerry Nug]

ANTS in the Garden
Friend or Foe

Surprisingly, ants are not quite the friends we once thought. Although ants are often seen swarming over plants in the garden which are infested with aphids, attracted by the sweet honeydew, (produced by the aphids,) ants can actually promote the spread of aerial aphids, and increase the activity of root aphids.

Cinnamon is both repugnant and fatal to ants. As you sprinkle it or water it into the soil you will see the ants scurrying out of their nests. Ants are also susceptible to pyrethrum drenches and other biological insecticides. With a spoon, sprinkle ground cinnamon, which can be purchased at any herb shop or grocery store, on the top of the planting medium. Then make a drench using two rounded tablespoons of ground cinnamon per gallon of hot water. Let the water cool to room temperature then add a liquid pyrethrum insecticide into the solution as directed. A surfactant such as Coco-Wet will make the solution more effective. Use the solution as a drench.


Ants in plants

o0o0o thanks you i never though cinnamon would be a ant repellant. I never went out and got some ant killer because i didnt notice any damage to the plants from the ants but yesterday i was out their and i noticed that they are eating the green off the stalk but other then that no damage. once again thank you everyone

[ohkelly]

A pyrethrin drench would solve your problem, too. It's a natural insecticide extracted from a species of chrysanthemum. Almost zero toxicity to humans, it breaks down into totally harmless compounds very quickly.

Oh, and if you've got lots of ants, you may even see a flush of green on your plant when they die. Ants are high in nitrogen.

[Dr. Bloor]

I had an an problem and aphid problem. 'Terro' ant baits can help control them. Try to find where the ants are getting in and put the trap there to keep them from getting near your plants. Put several of them out and it they will usually handle them. If there are several ant colonies, and there usually are, the traps may not kill them all, but they will at least keep them from your plants.
To put a quick stop to them on the plant wrap some blue painters masking tape around the base of the stem and paint it with tanglefoot. the ants get stuck in it and the painters tape easily peels off the stem leaving no damage.