8 1 NATURAL PESTICIDES -8.19 - NATURAL WAYS TO GET RID OF ANTS

 

ORGANIC FARMING COURSE AGRO-ECONOMY

8 1 NATURAL PESTICIDES -8.19 - NATURAL WAYS TO GET RID OF ANTS

 

Ants are helpful in some respects, but there are times when they end up causing damage to your Garden. Here are a few non-toxic methods to help you. If you have used other methods that worked, please let us know.

 

USE CITRUS PEELINGS

Collect citrus peelings (orange, lemon, etc.), ground them up and mix with water. Spray the liquid concoction over the ant mound. This method is an effective natural remedy for getting rid of carpenter ants and other garden ants. If you don't want to make this, you can buy Orange Guard. It is a liquid spray that includes only natural ingredients (the main ingredient is orange peel extract, otherwise known as d-Limonene). This product is not harmful to garden soil or surrounding environment and is EPA-registered. Since all ingredients are food grade, it also won’t damage your crops.

 

USE BOILING WATER

If you can see the anthills, pouring boiling water over them several days in a row is a great way to reduce or eliminate an ant colony. You should use at least 3 gallons of boiling water for each ant mound.

 

USE BORAX MIXTURE

Spraying a mixture containing borax is effective to kill garden ants. For this purpose, combine equal amounts of borax and sugar and spray the mixture randomly in the garden or wherever you notice garden ants. Sugar attracts the ants to feed on the mixture and the borax kills the ants. By following this method, you will be successful in getting rid of sugar ants. I also heard recently that a Family had used a mixture of peanut butter, honey and borax to get rid of some colonies. They rolled mixture into small balls and left by the nest.

 

SPRINKLE GRITS

Grits or hot cereals are a good choice for getting rid of ants in the yard and garden. Sprinkle it in the garden, especially in the ant mounds and hills. After ants feed on the grits, they expand in their stomach and kill them.

 

CINNAMON

While not the cheapest method, sprinkling ground cinnamon along the perimeter of your garden (or any surface area, for that matter) will repel ants, but not kill them. Create a thick line that will force ants to climb over and watch both red and black ants refuse to do so. Cinnamon will also reduce the number of ants in your compost pile if they are bothersome.

 

Grow Mint Herb

Ants hate any type of strong odour. The pungent aromatic scent of mint leaves acts as natural pesticide for the ants. So, do not delay in planting mint in your garden so as to get rid of the troublesome ants. The permanent solution for garden ants is to grow and maintain mint plants throughout the year.

 

 

KOZI YA KILIMO HAI KILIMO-UCHUMI

8 1 DAWA ASILI -8.19 - NJIA ASILI ZA KUONDOA Mchwa.

 

Mchwa husaidia katika mambo fulani, lakini kuna wakati huishia kusababisha uharibifu kwenye bustani yako. Hapa kuna mbinu chache zisizo na sumu za kukusaidia. Ikiwa umetumia njia zingine zilizofanya kazi, tafadhali tujulishe.

 

TUMIA MICHUZI YA MCHANGANYIKO

Kusanya maganda ya machungwa (machungwa, limao, nk), yasaga na kuchanganya na maji. Nyunyiza mchanganyiko wa kioevu juu ya kilima cha mchwa. Njia hii ni suluhisho bora la asili la kuondoa mchwa wa seremala na mchwa wengine wa bustani. Ikiwa hutaki kufanya hivi, unaweza kununua Orange Guard. Ni dawa ya kioevu inayojumuisha viungo vya asili tu (kiungo kikuu ni dondoo la peel ya machungwa, inayojulikana kama d-Limonene). Bidhaa hii haina madhara kwa udongo wa bustani au mazingira jirani na imesajiliwa EPA. Kwa kuwa viungo vyote ni vya daraja la chakula, pia haitaharibu mazao yako.

 

TUMIA MAJI YA KUCHEMSHA

Ikiwa unaweza kuona vichuguu, kumwaga maji ya moto juu yao kwa siku kadhaa mfululizo ni njia nzuri ya kupunguza au kuondoa safu ya mchwa. Unapaswa kutumia angalau galoni 3 za maji ya moto kwa kila kilima cha chungu.

 

TUMIA MCHANGANYIKO WA BORAX

Kunyunyizia mchanganyiko ulio na borax ni bora kuua mchwa wa bustani. Kwa kusudi hili, changanya viwango sawa vya borax na sukari na nyunyiza mchanganyiko nasibu kwenye bustani au popote unapoona mchwa wa bustani. Sukari huwavutia mchwa kula mchanganyiko huo na borax huua mchwa. Kwa kufuata njia hii, utakuwa na mafanikio katika kuondokana na mchwa wa sukari. Pia nilisikia hivi majuzi kwamba Familia moja ilikuwa imetumia mchanganyiko wa siagi ya karanga, asali na borax ili kuondoa koloni. Walivingirisha mchanganyiko ndani ya mipira midogo na kushoto na kiota.

 

NYUNYIZIA GRITI

Grits au nafaka za moto ni chaguo nzuri kwa kuondokana na mchwa kwenye yadi na bustani. Nyunyiza kwenye bustani, haswa kwenye vilima vya mchwa na vilima. Baada ya mchwa kulisha grits, hupanua ndani ya tumbo lao na kuwaua.

 

MDALASINI

Ingawa sio njia ya bei rahisi zaidi, kunyunyiza mdalasini ya ardhi kwenye eneo la bustani yako (au eneo lolote la uso, kwa jambo hilo) kutawafukuza mchwa, lakini sio kuwaua. Unda mstari mnene ambao utalazimisha mchwa kupanda juu na kutazama mchwa mwekundu na mweusi akikataa kufanya hivyo. Mdalasini pia itapunguza idadi ya mchwa kwenye rundo la mboji yako ikiwa wanasumbua.

 

Kukua Mint Herb

Mchwa huchukia aina yoyote ya harufu kali. Harufu yenye harufu nzuri ya majani ya mint hufanya kazi kama dawa ya asili kwa mchwa. Kwa hivyo, usichelewesha kupanda mint kwenye bustani yako ili kuondoa mchwa wenye shida. Suluhisho la kudumu kwa mchwa wa bustani ni kukuza na kudumisha mimea ya mint mwaka mzima.