How do I prevent ants on my Lemon tree??

Question

Each and everyday I go out and check my trees!! I have a lemon tree and I have had it for a while!! But lately there have been tonnes of ants on it!! Eating it away!! I tried pruning it and cutting off the dead bits but they won't stay away!! How do I stop them from coming??

Answer 1

make a cinnamon paste with water and cinnamon and spread on the lower part of the tree. and sprinkle cinnamon and soil together then add around the tree. ants hate cinnamon and will stay away from the tree if you do this.. I use a cinnamon paste in window sills and doorways to keep them out of the house

Answer 2

Ants On Lemon Tree

Answer 3

get u some Old Fashined Hominey Grits and sprinkle it around the tree the ants eat that and it swells up inside of them and kills them, much safer for Fruit Trees than insectides

Answer 4

You can get rid of ants by using pest control.
I found the information at http://www.pests.in

Answer 5

Barriers
Sprinkle leaves and flowers from sage, mints or tansy around the outside of your house or plants that are bothered by ants. These plants can also be used as a living barrier for ant control, bearing in mind that they are invasive in their growth habit and using cuttings from these plants as a barrier is more effective. We grow tansy in an out of the way place to harvest the cuttings.

Vinegar sprays in and around the hose foundation will repel ants. Keep way from the soil and concrete. Lemon juice concentrate can also be used: mix 50/50 with water and spray.


Ants will not walk through a line of talcum powder or chalk dust. Diatomaceous earth may also be used as a barrier in and out of the household.


Using a silica areogel/pyrethrum spray applied to the base of plants like eggplants and peppers can control fire ants from girdling the stems and killing the plants. This is a good barrier as it stays "put."


Caulk all cracks and crevices in the building to deny them access. Be sure to use high quality pure silicone caulking as these are less likely to shrink or crack once applied.


Distribute cucumber parings as a repellant. Cucumbers contain a compound known as "trans-2-nonenal" that repels ants as well as cockroaches!


Try sprinkling some of those instant grits around the nests. See what happens!


For fire ants: Pour half a cup of Epsom salts into the nest and all around it.


Sticky barriers like Tanglefoot makes an excellent barrier and can be applied to tree trunks to disrupt the ants from farming of aphids. This will naturally biodegrade itself towards the end of the season. NOTE: On young trees with smaller trunks or those with thin bark (aspens, birches etc.) do not apply directly to the bark surface. Instead use some thin fabric tied around the trunk with the sticky stuff applied over this. Remove at the end of the season.


On smaller plants a bit of petroleum jelly smeared around the base will stop ants immediately.

Direct Controls

Pour apple cider vinegar down entrance holes to the nest.

Using a sugar soaked sponge works well for light invasions of ants. Use a large sponge with big holes in it. Soak it in a strong solution of sugar water and place it where you want to catch the ants. Rinse the sponge out every day in a container of soapy water. Fix it up with the sugar water again and repeat as often as necessary.

Dust such as Silica Aerogel can last a long time. Their mode of action is to dehydrate the ants. They work slowly and are easy to use in tight areas such as cracks or crevices.

Make a strong hot water and hot pepper tea. Use the hottest peppers you can find, finely chop them in a food processor, mix with hot water. Pour directly on the nest.

Douse the nests with boiling water several times. Cruel and can be effective.

Repeated flooding of the nest every few days using your garden hose can often be enough to get them to relocate. You must be persistent with this method.

Make teas from tansy, catmint, peppermint or sage to use as repellant sprays for ants.

Use equal parts of sugar and baking powder. Place around ant infested area and nests.

To make teas: Take enough cuttings from these plants to tightly pack one 8 ounce cup. Bring 1 quart of water to a boil. Stir in the plants. Take off the heat and allow to cool. Strain this mixture, add 1 teaspoon of castile soap and use as a direct spray. You can also substitute 1 teaspoon of coconut oil soap in place of the castile.

Best to you and your lemon tree.