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dub_sauces

dub_sauces

Hey, are ants on my pepper plant leaves a bad sign? I know that ants use aphids for their honeydew but i dont have aphids, i checked very carefully. If its just an ant exploring a new thing that just showed up in its territory all of a sudden then thats fine, but if i need to blast them with something then i def want to do it sooner than later.
 
Funny I just noticed this on one of my plants today for the first time just a rogue ant exploring on one of my plants lol. Anyone have any experience on this is it something we should worry about or not?


dub_sauces said:
Hey, are ants on my pepper plant leaves a bad sign? I know that ants use aphids for their honeydew but i dont have aphids, i checked very carefully. If its just an ant exploring a new thing that just showed up in its territory all of a sudden then thats fine, but if i need to blast them with something then i def want to do it sooner than later.
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I'd only be worried/take action if there's a heap of ants colonising your plant. You should be able to tell if that's what they're doing before they do any serious damage.
 
Cool, thats what i figured. It wasnt a colonization effort, just some lone ants wondering where fully grown plants came from out of nowhere...
 
Don't ants "farm" aphids for their sweet secretions? Or is it another insect? Or am I just having a warped PBS documentary flashback?
 
Keep eye on them, if they stop messing around, good for you. If not and your plants are in flower pots, you can add one bigger flowerpot-under-plate (can't find translation for this word) and fill it with water to prevent them getting there.
 
I'm having problems with ants in my greenhouse, they are carrying aphids eggs to my plants. I heard that sodium tetraborate is effective but I don't want to contaminate my soil with excess of it. I'm using hot water right into their nest to stop their expansion.
 
I actually have a small ant colony in one of my container plants.  I let them stay out of curiosity and so far no noticeable issues and the plant seems healthy.  They probably get pissed when we I water the heck out of my plant, but they keep sticking around :)
 
Mike
 
I guess it depends on the type of ant. I don't have much experience with different ants, but I've always had the big, black Carpenter ants crawling around my garden. I've never noticed them doing any damage. In fact, I think they help with pollination. But that's just my observation.

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ako1974 said:
Don't ants "farm" aphids for their sweet secretions? Or is it another insect? Or am I just having a warped PBS documentary flashback?
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I had that same pbs warp... So there has to be something to it
 
diatemaceous earth usually works for me to keep ants down and actually most crawling insects...just sprinkle on the soil in your bed, around in your pots, etc...
 
razorblades to soft body insects and will actually cut the legs off of ants...anything I can do to torture those little bastards I am going to do..
 
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