What to do with ants in cucumber beds in a greenhouse

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Ants willingly settle in greenhouse beds. And fighting a colony of these insects is an extremely difficult task. Ants reproduce quickly; the phase between the laying of eggs and the formation of pupae takes only a month, so during one growing season, several ant generations take root in the greenhouse. There are different ways to quickly get rid of ants in a greenhouse with cucumbers: mechanical, chemical, folk.

How to get rid of ants in a greenhouse on cucumbers

Sprinkle regular salt on the ant nest (or on a cluster of them), the ants really don’t like it, and they usually leave on their own, but the cucumbers won’t do any harm from the salt. Don't skimp on the salt, they'll go away faster.

The ants themselves are very beneficial insects, but sometimes, when they take over space in garden beds and greenhouses, they cause significant damage to plantings. Ants appear most often in greenhouses, the base of which has wooden boards. In addition to the fact that ants eat some vegetables, such as cabbage, they make their nests among the beds and damage the young root system.

There are many ways to get rid of ants in a greenhouse. One of the most original ones is to prepare a mixture of jam and yeast, which is infused for a couple of hours and the result is a low-alcohol sweet drink. Place the bait right in the greenhouse and wait for the ants to get drunk. Drunk ants, like people, forget about their responsibilities and stop feeding the young. You can repeat this procedure several times and the nest will die.

The anthill exists as long as the queen lives in it. The royal queen can be found and removed from the anthill, but if you don’t want to stir up the ant’s nest, make a mixture of sugar and borax and sprinkle it on the path, the insects will quickly take this delicacy to the queen, after which she will die, and with it the entire kingdom.

Ants don’t like the smell of kerosene, so you can prepare kerosene water, this is done like this: two spoons of kerosene per large bowl of water. Water the anthill with the resulting solution and repeat this procedure several times, as the smell is washed away by rain.

A generally accepted method of fighting ants is the use of garlic. Take a large head of garlic (the stronger the smell, the better), crush it in a bucket and fill it with water, let it brew for a day and water the anthill with this water. The remedy is proven, the ants really go to another place.

You can act more radically, dig up and fill the center of the anthill with gasoline and vinegar essence.

You can destroy the queen and her subjects with such a trick. In an old dish, you can pour sugar into the teapot and put a piece of cloth, the queen will make a new nest there, and all the ants will move into the teapot with her. All that remains is to destroy or throw this portable anthill away. Then find out where the ants in the greenhouse came from; perhaps there is a plant with aphids or rotten boards nearby. Most often, ants grow in beds - pyramids and alpine slides, so if you have a similar structure on your site, prevent ants from trying to settle in the wrong place in advance.

Also offer:

1. rub tree trunks with garlic (so that ants do not spread aphids on them)
2. water, sorry, urine, an anthill.
3. Tomato tops really help, but you need to change them often.
4. any odorous liquids, water the paths where the ants walk with vinegar.

Reader comments:

Do ants interfere with cucumbers? I have an anthill in my cucumber bed and everything is growing.

My ants are spreading aphids; I’m also tired of fighting.

Basic ways to get rid of invasion

The gardener's task is to reduce the ant colony. It is advisable to combine different methods of pest control, this way you will be able to achieve a positive result faster. Moreover, the fight must be waged against aphids, and not just against the “shepherds”

Mechanical

Fighting with mechanical methods involves using a shovel or shovel. These devices turn over layers of earth, destroy ant nests, and expose holes with stored eggs and pupae. The soil lump with the nest is raked with a shovel, placed in a bucket, filled with water, and taken out of the greenhouse. You need to work with a shovel carefully so as not to injure the delicate roots of the cucumber located in the upper soil layer.

How to get rid of ants on cucumbers during fruiting

I am already learning to live calmly, no aphids, no ants and weeds can make me feel discomfort. We'll make it in time, and everything will be fine!)

For me, it’s better for me and you to have local disasters happen in a single garden than on the scale of the entire country, the world.

In Russia, agriculture has always been associated with risk. You will live in peace when you stop gardening and go to the dacha only to relax.

Advantages of the variety

Cucumber “Ant F1” is suitable for both fresh consumption and canning. With proper agricultural technology, the yield of marketable fruits is 10-12 kg/m². Other advantages of the variety include the following:

• self-pollinating;
• female type of flowering
• high yield, practically independent of weather factors;
• short-fruited and large-tuberous green plants;
• ultra-early harvest formation;
• unpretentiousness;
• excellent taste;
• marketable appearance and suitability for sale;
• resistance to PTO, cladosporiosis, powdery and downy mildew.

How to get rid of ants in a barrel of cucumbers

Who the hell needs all this?

Dependence on raw materials excludes the development of industries! The task of the Russian Federation is to supply raw materials to world markets, and to use the money received to buy grub, clothes, etc. Most of the factories and factories in the Russian Federation are bourgeois, especially those related to food production, building materials, etc., everything that is vitally necessary is produced by the bourgeoisie, both overseas and on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Yeah... that's right... you're ready to go to the village - the salary is 5,000 rubles. - after 3 years - 10,000 rub. This is so patriotic! Ready? How many are ready?

Depriving ants of their “farm”

Ants build entire colonies of aphids and protect them, which is their greatest harm. Yes, aphids by themselves can appear in a greenhouse - even without ants.

But, if they were the first guests, then soon you will see how these small workers themselves drag aphids onto your plants, plant them there, and then visit periodically.

For ants, aphids are “cash cows” of their kind. The thing is that they need sugar to survive, and therefore hardworking ants create entire “farms” of aphids on your plants, and then go milk them.

By the way, you can get rid of aphids quite quickly by simply spraying them with the popular drinks Pepsi or Cola. There is no need to dilute anything, just put it in a spray bottle. With subsequent watering, the aphids will easily be washed off the leaves, and the ants will leave offended after them.

Get rid of aphids immediately - at least mechanically remove the infected leaves and treat the plants with this solution: 2 tsp. liquid soap to 2 cups of water. An infusion of garlic and tobacco will also help you get rid of aphids.

How to get rid of ants and aphids on cucumbers

last year I experienced an invasion of aphids on my beautiful plum tree (the size of an oak tree - spreading - shadow on half the plot0 well; so, the leaves twisted. The aphids - it’s like snow is falling, you can’t treat them - there were a lot of berries - the aphids DO NOT TOLERATE ASH, they fried the old boards and I scattered the ashes under the plum tree, and crushed half of it and sprinkled it on the plum - I threw it directly with a shovel (HIMSELF - LIKE A STOKER WAS - WELL, YES, it doesn’t matter) in short - I retreated now - I’m a scientist, IN THE SPRING I SCATTER THAT ASH under the trees AND I make an ash bowl and straight I water it with a ladle = noapsaran - WE are stronger and smarter than the aphids this year and ashed the roses - they even took it very well - they were in the ashes for a couple of days - and then the aphids sprinkled with the ashes

you drive them all under the table and quickly file the legs

I save myself from ants at the dacha with unrefined sunflower oil - stir up the anthill and pour half a glass into it. From aphids-vinegar. Either spray with a weak solution, or place jars filled with 70% acetic acid in cucumbers and trees.

Combined options for destroying an anthill

These include mechanical methods in half with a chemical analogue. You can put a dark cloth with sugar sprinkled on it or soaked in plenty of molasses in a bucket and place it near the ant’s nest. Soon the queen and her family will move into this container, and after that it will be possible to safely take her outside the site.

There is another effective way to remove ants from a greenhouse with cucumbers: take 2 cups of vinegar, vegetable oil and shampoo for 10 liters of water, stir well and pour into the ant nest, and then cover with dark oilcloth. Within a week, the “undesirable” neighbors will leave the greenhouse.

How to deal with ants in a greenhouse with cucumbers

in practice - no way. There are many ways, but not one has yet rid my garden of ants. If you drive them away from one place, they start nearby

oh, I tried so many folk methods, but in the end I bought some kind of chemical and they were blown away by the wind

The ants themselves are very beneficial insects, but sometimes, when they take over space in garden beds and greenhouses, they cause significant damage to plantings. Ants appear most often in greenhouses, the base of which has wooden boards. In addition to the fact that ants eat some vegetables, such as cabbage, they make their nests among the beds and damage the young root system. There are many ways to get rid of ants in a greenhouse. One of the most original ones is to prepare a mixture of jam and yeast, which is infused for a couple of hours and the result is a low-alcohol sweet drink. Place the bait right in the greenhouse and wait for the ants to get drunk. Drunk ants, like people, forget about their responsibilities and stop feeding the young. You can repeat this procedure several times and the nest will die. The anthill exists as long as the queen lives in it. The royal queen can be found and removed from the anthill, but if you don’t want to stir up the ant’s nest, make a mixture of sugar and borax and sprinkle it on the path, the insects will quickly take this delicacy to the queen, after which she will die, and with it the entire kingdom. Ants don’t like the smell of kerosene, so you can prepare kerosene water, this is done like this: two spoons of kerosene per large bowl of water. Water the anthill with the resulting solution and repeat this procedure several times, as the smell is washed away by rain. A generally accepted method of fighting ants is the use of garlic. Take a large head of garlic (the stronger the smell, the better), crush it in a bucket and fill it with water, let it brew for a day and water the anthill with this water. The remedy is proven, the ants really go to another place. ► You can act more radically, dig up and fill the center of the anthill with gasoline ► vinegar essence. ► You can destroy the queen and her subjects with such a trick. In an old dish, you can pour sugar into the teapot and put a piece of cloth, the queen will make a new nest there, and all the ants will move into the teapot with her. All that remains is to destroy or throw this portable anthill away. Then find out where the ants in the greenhouse came from; perhaps there is a plant with aphids or rotten boards nearby. Most often, ants grow in beds - pyramids and alpine slides, so if you have a similar structure on your site, prevent ants from trying to settle in the wrong place in advance. They also suggest: 1. rub the tree trunks with garlic (so that the ants don’t spread aphids over them) 2. water the anthill, sorry, with urine. 3. Tomato tops really help, but they need to be changed often. 4. any odorous liquids, water the paths where the ants walk with vinegar.

Use boric acid

Purchase special options. Study the instructions to know all the features of use, since there are many products and each has its own differences.

Place them in the path of insects. Observe the action, if necessary, purchase and set fresh traps

Purchase a special chemical . Study the instructions and prepare the solution according to the manufacturer's recommendations.

Excavate the anthill down to the pupae . Fill the hole with solution and then cover it with soil. Usually one treatment is enough to kill insects. You can spray the soil for effectiveness, but it is not advisable to spray it on plants.

Method 1 . Grind the yolks of three eggs. Add 5 g of boric acid to the mixture and mix the mixture well. Roll small balls and place them wherever there are ants.

Method 2 . Dissolve a teaspoon of boric acid in 200 ml of hot water. When the liquid has cooled, add 20 g. honey and 50 gr. Sahara. Mix well, pour the syrup into the lids and place in places where insects accumulate

Dissolve 400 g in a bucket of water. soap _ It’s better to grate it on a coarse grater in advance to simplify and speed up the process.

Add 2 tbsp. l. phenol and 10 tbsp. l. kerosene _ Before treating the soil, loosen and weed. Water all surfaces thoroughly

How to remove ants in a greenhouse with cucumbers

There is no need to even talk about any kind of prevention... no means can remove this muck when it actually appears. I just organically hate them... I sprinkle them, I spray them, I lay out traps... it’s useless. But I have a lot of stones on my site and a forest nearby... and how many ants there are in the area... you never even dreamed of... by the way, neither do the majority of people giving advice here. In general, I stopped fighting them throughout the whole area... only in the greenhouse... 2-3 times a season, laying out granules of ant poison (namely granules, not powder) on their paths and directly into the holes where they go underground... more or less helps... in any case, at least the soil is not lifted from under the roots of the plants.

pour boiling water before planting

scatter pictures of the anteater around the garden beds

Pest prevention

To protect cucumber crops from pest attacks and prevent the appearance of ant nests in the greenhouse, you must:

1. Remove trash, boards and other unnecessary things that litter the space from the greenhouse. It is under garbage heaps that ants prefer to make their home. It must be taken into account that insects are able to inhabit several areas: feed in one place, breed in another. Therefore, the entire soil surface of the greenhouse must remain clean.
2. Every fall, loosen the soil, remove weeds, and fight aphids.
3. Before planting cucumbers, you should treat the soil with an aqueous soda-flax solution. For 1 m2 of area take 5 liters of product.
4. To prevent the appearance of ant nests, add lime to the soil under the cucumbers.
5. Before sowing, it is important to treat cucumber seeds with drugs that help prevent insect attacks.

How to treat cucumbers in a greenhouse against ants

The main thing is to constantly fight insects, inspect them every day and remove them with a stream of water; if there are a lot of aphids, I crush them with gloved hands. Aphids are not such a difficult insect, especially on hibiscus. Those branches that are full of aphids can be cut off, washed under running water, and placed in a glass of water for rooting. Hibiscus loves both pruning and trimming only the leaves; every autumn and spring I trim hibiscus 4 cm from the ground and they grow back. Aphids are very fond of young leaves or buds; they must be washed off frequently with water under the tap or in the bathtub under the shower. Maybe your ants help aphids spread throughout your plant? I had ants in one pot in the summer and when I brought the hibiscus home from the garden, the ants smuggled into the flower room and caused me a lot of trouble, I had to replant the plants. If there are a lot of aphids, I wash them off with soap and water, then wash them off with a shower, but constantly until I remove them all. Victory to you over such unnecessary creatures on earth - insects!

General mobilization on the right flank, a tank division in the center and military aviation forward. then a tactical retreat and COUNTERATTACK of aphids with hibiscus =))) For the homeland, FOR hibiscus =)

Heh... nothing will help except chemistry.. We also resisted.. folk remedies dadadadada.... Right now they were sprayed in compliance with strict norms and rules. And everything is COMPLETE ORDER!!.. and so... it was just teeming, nothing helped

Description of the ant

Ants are social insects. They live in families consisting of 2 castes - sexual individuals (females and males) and working individuals, which are underdeveloped and sterile females. Sex castes are winged; worker ants do not have wings.

The size of insects depends on the species and caste and reaches 0.1–5 cm in length. In some species, females are larger than worker ants, while in others they are practically the same in size.

The insect's body is protected from damage by a chitinous shell and consists of 3 parts: head, chest and abdomen. Body color can be black, yellow, red, brown with various shades.

There are 3 simple eyes on the top of the head. Ants' vision is not very good, although their eyes consist of many lenses and are excellent at detecting movement.

The sense of smell is of great importance for insects. They distinguish their relatives by smell and search for food. The antennae on their heads help them with this. They are not only an organ of smell, but also pick up vibrations and transmit signals of help and danger.

Special insect glands produce formic acid to protect against enemies. Ants move on 6 legs with claws. This allows them to climb up.

How to deal with ants in a cucumber garden

in practice - no way. There are many ways, but not one has yet rid my garden of ants. If you drive them away from one place, they start nearby

oh, I tried so many folk methods, but in the end I bought some kind of chemical and they were blown away by the wind

The ants themselves are very beneficial insects, but sometimes, when they take over space in garden beds and greenhouses, they cause significant damage to plantings. Ants appear most often in greenhouses, the base of which has wooden boards. In addition to the fact that ants eat some vegetables, such as cabbage, they make their nests among the beds and damage the young root system. There are many ways to get rid of ants in a greenhouse. One of the most original ones is to prepare a mixture of jam and yeast, which is infused for a couple of hours and the result is a low-alcohol sweet drink. Place the bait right in the greenhouse and wait for the ants to get drunk. Drunk ants, like people, forget about their responsibilities and stop feeding the young. You can repeat this procedure several times and the nest will die. The anthill exists as long as the queen lives in it. The royal queen can be found and removed from the anthill, but if you don’t want to stir up the ant’s nest, make a mixture of sugar and borax and sprinkle it on the path, the insects will quickly take this delicacy to the queen, after which she will die, and with it the entire kingdom. Ants don’t like the smell of kerosene, so you can prepare kerosene water, this is done like this: two spoons of kerosene per large bowl of water. Water the anthill with the resulting solution and repeat this procedure several times, as the smell is washed away by rain. A generally accepted method of fighting ants is the use of garlic. Take a large head of garlic (the stronger the smell, the better), crush it in a bucket and fill it with water, let it brew for a day and water the anthill with this water. The remedy is proven, the ants really go to another place. ► You can act more radically, dig up and fill the center of the anthill with gasoline ► vinegar essence. ► You can destroy the queen and her subjects with such a trick. In an old dish, you can pour sugar into the teapot and put a piece of cloth, the queen will make a new nest there, and all the ants will move into the teapot with her. All that remains is to destroy or throw this portable anthill away. Then find out where the ants in the greenhouse came from; perhaps there is a plant with aphids or rotten boards nearby. Most often, ants grow in beds - pyramids and alpine slides, so if you have a similar structure on your site, prevent ants from trying to settle in the wrong place in advance. They also suggest: 1. rub the tree trunks with garlic (so that the ants don’t spread aphids over them) 2. water the anthill, sorry, with urine. 3. Tomato tops really help, but they need to be changed often. 4. any odorous liquids, water the paths where the ants walk with vinegar.

Reviews from gardeners

Svetlana, Ufa. Review of Anteater

The resulting solution was poured generously onto the piles of ants, then with a shovel she stirred up the piles and poured more inside. They immediately began to run headlong.

Source: otzovik.com

Elena, Lyubertsy

For more than 25 years I have been using a simple method - unrefined sunflower oil. It was just necessary to lubricate the paths on which they run. Now, if there are infestations in the greenhouse, then I water their habitat around with a thin stream. If possible, then of course I dig a nest.

Source: forum.littleone.ru

Ants in the cucumber bed, what to do?

in this fight you will be left without cucumbers. I put plastic bottles with the bottom cut off for the planted seeds, at least a liter; you don’t need to screw the lid on, otherwise the seedlings won’t sprout. I have an anthill right on the cucumber bed, so until the cucumber throws away the real leaves (the rough ones), I don’t remove the bottle.

buy glue for insects and use the instructions

I know that people sprinkle mustard, red hot pepper, and some also try ash.

Characteristics of the variety

Cucumber “Ant F1” belongs to ultra-early ripening hybrids and forms a harvest in an average of 37-38 days after germination. Forms indeterminate, medium-climbing plants with weak branching, female type of flowering. The number of ovaries in the nodes is three or more. The leaves are medium in size, green in color, slightly wrinkled with slight wavy edges.

This hybrid is parthenocarpic. The length of commercial greens is 8-11 cm, weight - about 100-110 g. The fruits are large-tubercular, oval-cylindrical in shape, with crispy and juicy pulp without bitterness or voids.

Watering

Water the cucumbers only with warm water, at least 24-25℃, and at least 1-2 times a day. Cold water does not allow the plant to develop normally, overcooling the root system. Early ripening Ant cucumbers love constantly moist soil and prefer drip watering. This is not difficult to organize using plastic bottles. Mulching the soil with sawdust, peat or straw helps to avoid rapid drying out of the top layer and creates a good environment for earthworms to live.