When buying a summer cottage, a person never thinks about what may encounter a number of difficulties that the inhabitants of his land ownership bring. They undoubtedly bring invaluable benefits to nature, but the close proximity with a person brings the latter many inconveniences. Therefore, it is necessary to understand by applying an antidote to the country.
Muravyov there are more than five thousand species, they live in educated colonies that can accommodate thousands of insects. The family is headed by a female, the rest are working ants, striving to ensure its comfortable existence along with the larvae.
Activation of ants occurs in May, when the first plants, which cause great interest in ants, are just beginning to grow. In search of a shelter for building a house, many ants settle in summer cottages, causing enormous damage to surrounding plants: they feed on fruitful shrubs and trees, juice of berries and fruits, seeds. A sod ant nibbles the roots and sprouts of cabbage, radish, potatoes, etc., and only a cure for ants in the garden can help prevent its destructive activity.
Part of the nutrition of ants is the pad of garden and garden aphids, the most harmful. Moreover, the ants carefully protect the army of aphids from their enemies, watching the flies, predatory bugs and others posing a threat, as well as drag aphids onto young shoots for reproduction and resettlement.
Fighting ants is not easy, but possible.
Remedies for ants in the country are used both chemical and folk. Chemicals, of course, are effective, but their use on their own land is unacceptable for some summer residents and their favorite animals. The preparations "Anteater", "Miracle-Bogatyr" and other Intexids effectively cope with insects, but it will often not be quite reasonable to use them.
The folk remedy for garden ants in the country is distinguished by its humanity in relation to wildlife. You can make an attempt to dig up an ant's nest, and then transfer it to a container and carefully transfer it outside the site, of course, the farther, the better, ideally, of course, carried to the forest. Trees should be cleaned of aphids, this is enough to get rid of insects. With the continued life of ants, you can tie
the tree trunk with gauze or cotton wool soaked in carbolic solution. You can also lubricate the ring around the circumference of the trunk with a width of 10 cm with a mixture of linseed oil and soot, tar closer to the ground or sprinkled with peat to darken. Try to cultivate the land around the anthill and the path of movement in such a composition: one glass of vegetable oil - one head of garlic. You can stick the arrow of winter garlic in the nest of an anthill. Ants cannot stand pungent odors and will leave this place.
As a remedy for ants in the country, you can use sweet bait. Mix borax or
boric acid with honey (sugar), pour into shallow containers and place in the places of ant accumulation, making sure that pets do not creep up to the poison. You can cover with a cap, while leaving a gap for the passage of insects. The mixture should be changed periodically to fresh, and when the ants disappear, leave it for 2-3 days for control.
Funds from ants in the country are presented in great numbers, and which of them to choose, decide the owners of the garden plot.