I just looked at my 3 red currant bushes and I am shocked to see black ants all over them! The berries are all still green and there isn't a red berry in sight. I am worried that when the berries do ripen, I will have the same problem as I did last year. Last year, random bugs, includings ants, stuck their nectar sucking tubes into my berries and sucked a third of them dry! Is there any natral remedy for the black ants on my bushes? I have nver used pesticides on my plant, and I am not planning on starting any time soon!
2007-05-29 13:58:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
fine cinnamon around the trunk of the plant will stop the ants. the cinnamon is so fine that the ants cant walk over it(either they slip or they suffocate i cant remember =P)
The ants were probably farming aphids on your berry plants(yes they do that), mix some plain dish soap and water in a spray bottle and spray this on your plants. it's pretty much the same as some of the store brand bug killers it's just dirt cheap and will not harm your plants.
the soap mixture should get rid of any aphids or suckers.
2007-05-29 15:03:58 · answer #1 · answered by jesse s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good home remedy for this. Powder some cinnamon in a blender and sprinkle it over the bushes ants are driven away by cinnamon you can also put the powder around doors to prevent them from coming into the house
2007-05-29 14:08:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get rid of the ants, get rid of the problem. It's not your berry bushes you have to treat, but the source of the pest. ants are a hugh hugh problem this year. treat the ant colonies for extintsion, and spray your plants with an insect spray made from chrysanthemum flowers, called schultz expert gardener insect spray. it's so friendly that you can apply it to veggies the day you pick them. home depot had it last year, check it out & good luck!
2007-05-29 14:21:11 · answer #3 · answered by OONKIE 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look for Aphids. Ants harvest the honey dew aphids excrete after feeding on plants. Very symbiotic relationship. To get rid of the aphids (food source for the ants) place shallow containers of soapy water around your shrubs after giving them a serious spraying of water to knock the apids and ants off. Aphids drown in the water, ants have no food.
good luck
And thanks Chicano por la muy interesante cinnamon. I'll try that.
2007-05-29 14:19:28 · answer #4 · answered by reynwater 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Redcurrant Bush
2016-12-11 13:49:38 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 05:53:03 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋