What a wonderful natural remedy! I never would have thought of this. Thank you for being so observant of natures workings and sharing this non chemical solution!
Thank you more...every comment and every thumbs up makes CZcams share the video to help even more people that may need the information;) Thanks a million for taking time to support n write
Let them battle it out. A few weeks ago I found all these dead ants on a pathway . the only thing I could conclude was they went to war as I dontnuse any pesticides on my property except for a barrier against my house and that was just one time because I saw cockroaches in my yard and didn't want them making it into my home. They never did. I also used baking soda around the perimeters of my home too.
Thank you so much! I've tried this twice and have managed to get rid of two giant, annoying, and in-my-way ant hills! It really works! I am amazed and thrilled to know I will be able to fight what has been a constant frustration for years!! I will be forever grateful. Grow grow grow!!
I did a science fair project about this when I was in 5th grade. Friends and their parents thought it was nonsense. I do this everytime I get ant beds, which happens every damn time it rains in the South...
Lol... I just found a bunch of ants in my cucumber container and was trying to figure out how to savage the compost they are in. 😂Time to find another ant pile. Let the ant wars begin!!!!🔥🔥
Thank you! Thank you! This worked so well! We started using this method in our gardens a couple of months ago, after watching this video, and it has worked each time. We could never bring ourselves to use chemicals near our gardens, so we would always just put up with the ants. Now we don't have to. Thank you so much for sharing!
Amazing ! I'm 62yr old gardner who never knew this b4 & have put up with ants for yrs because I refused to use poison. Im so happy to have this knowledge finally !!! THANKYOU !
unless there invasive ants don't kill them they supply the roots with oxygen and kill some pests like grasshoppers whats your home state so I can tell the details of whats invasive and what's not for you if your in the northeastern USA some common invasive ants are pharaoh ants (those golden ants you find in your house) and Myrmica Rubra (europian fire ants) they can also be good for soil decomposition and seed disposal
@@noenmichaelgonzalezrodrigu1672 that's a problem but if there isn't a problem there good for your plants they dig around the roots and supply them with oxygen those sound like leafcutters they will travel in large trails to get leaves to feed a fungus garden they grow and eat try using a natural deterrent they probably weren't nesting there try drying some citrus fruit peels like oranges or lemons
That is an interesting concept I’ve never heard of before! We don’t have an ant pile in our garden and honestly I can’t find any in our yard, but we have ants all over the plants in the garden. Ive tried cinnamon and cayenne pepper to no avail. The ants foster the white flies and aphids and make a buggy mess in the garden.
Of all the videos you've made, this is the one that's helped me the most since I first saw it. Just moved an anthill on top of another one again. Wanted to come back and leave a comment haha.
Clearly you are from the South! Love this! It cracks me up how gardeners in more northern climates say-leave the ants alone. Clearly, they do not have the 🔥 🐜. No one can just leave fire ants alone because they attack!!!💚💚💚💚💚
You mentioned this in another video and I gave it a try. It worked! It took a couple "transfers" lol, but it definitely worked. Thank you so much! And thanks for this video of the before and after!
Yeah the last one I just showed empty and piles and it was with a container.....this time I wanted to show in real time for(you know how people are).........wasnt no ants in that container...you know those types lol
Makes perfect sense to me. I found that nature has many ways of dealing with problems and we just have lost the knowledge but thanks for finding this method and sharing.
Thats what I say...seems controlling interest makes more money off us going to the store to get their product so even if they know what works they won't tell us cause they won't us buying their man made poison...thanks for the comment and the support it gives the channel....grow grow grow
I used grits! I’d scatter the ant hill. Then pour the grits… they take it back to Queen who is the one that feeds. Grits caused her to explode and kills the mound. Course, they just move.
I’m going to use grits AND this videos solution. I like that grits won’t poison other wild animals or my pets. (Is it pathetic that I feel guilty for making the ants kill each other? 😂)
Brilliant! I am desperate for any advice on how to deal with ants in my compost and my beds. I usually disturb the beds over and over again until they leave, but this is less work. Thanks for sharing!
Should do the trick..if the are stubborn look for a few different ant piles and mix them up, I dont think it actually kills the ants just makes them leave the area
Thanks for this information there will be an ant war in my garden bed tomorrow. BTW I got a free raised garden bed from the glass company in my town too.
unless your in south America good idea most ants are good for gardens they give the roots oxygen and kill some common garden pest like grasshoppers and caterpillars whats your home town so i can tell you what and not to kill
Thanks for posting this, l live in the southeast and used this method very effectively for years! I liked to use two shovels and a helper, then we would shovel down deep at the same time and quickly switch the little murderous stingers! Once l had to repeat but not any more. Go deep, switch quickly and those holding shovel won't get stung and the next day there is a huge difference! Join me in smiling as you pass the ant killer bags in the store! Yeah!!! Thanks again!
I have an ant pile in my blackberry container! I have disturbed the pile multiple times and they won't leave. I have used cinnamon, ginger, and DE! I'm definitely going to try this!!!
They'll be gone in a week.......after a few days check them and if u have to add a little more to them top them off with another colony that'll finish off the last stragglers
Thanks for this useful information. I’ve been dealing with fire ants for years now, but can never find any ant mounds. If I ever do though, it’s going to be game on!
Kinda how it is n both just leave the battle field one to save their queen cause that's all that matters and the other to get back to their queen because she's all that matters
Lol.....i like that haven't heard of it but I like it.....lot of people don't like that mint goes crazy...n they can't control it, but I like the way it smells when you're cutting grass lol
@@GrowFamilyNetwork i found this out last summer when my apricot tree was infested with aphids, the ants were protecting them from the beneficial insects that kill the aphids. this way the ants can suck the secretion that the aphids make. so i planted mind, the ants disappeared, the aphids dissapeare and my tree became full health, i also pissed on the foliage every sunset, so not to burn the leaves. This might have helped aswell, pure gold that stuff
@@jonasdubaere59 That's true about ants actually using their antenna to milk the aphids "honeydew" for food. At the end of the season ants actually take the aphids down into their nests where they have stored the Honeydew so they can all survive the winter. In the spring they all come out, have a party and then repeat the process.😩 I have yet to hear or read about a useful purpose for ants in your garden except that they till the soil. But I think they do more damage than good. Now, I'm pretty sure that's not a good idea to piss directly on the plant. You have to give the microbiological critters in the soil a chance to break it down first.
@@rebeccapresti9650 urine is sterile, keeps away any bugs , animals, fungus , iuse it to sterilize my gardening sizzors too before trimming. 've been doing many experiments and magic does happen. it's filtered blood, not really a waste product.
This worked so good I’m pinching myself! Ants are a big problem here so I’ll make them have a visiting marathon all over my property!! Hey praise God , Thank You!
It is not a dream....hshahahaha...congrats on getting the upper hand....lol..also thanks for coming back commenting and supporting the content n my family...Blessing n luv
Louisiana Gardening Family ...they were killing my newly planted flowers 🌸 and I couldn’t believe it. So your advise was ringing in my ears! They are awful and they aren’t big ants. Destructive! God Bless you and your family! Keep that expert info coming!
Just be careful that the species isn't capable of merging colonies and containing multiple queens (ie: AntsCanada's Golden Empire). Otherwise, you'd just get a much bigger colony.
I had a huge issue with ants last year and I found out why....the ants protect aphids! Then I noticed a had a lot of aphids! it was crazy but this is a great technique....never would have thought to put more ants on top of the ants. Thank you for the video.
I found out the hard way. The ants were feeding off of the aphids. I got some free ladybugs and released them on a honeydew plant that was infested with aphids. the ants devoured them. I was like NOOOOOOOOoO! lol
@@chandrawhite7904 yes unfortunately. The aphids produce a sweet nectar for the ants. Which the ants then protect the aphids. It took secods for the ants to rip apart the ladybugs
Thank you! I am starting garden beds in my back yard this spring and we always have fire ant problems. I have been worrying about what to do when they find their way to my garden bed and this I will definitely try instead of worrying over chemicals etc!
HahHH I dont watch it much at all lol.....too busy...and the only time I have to watch anything its CZcams..cause the kids take the tv that we have lol
I knew this! The question is why didn't I ever do it. Just makes sense. I believe I wanted instant results instead of days. Let nature due its thing, time wins in the end.
No chemical mess on my food! Here I learned something new again, thank you so very much. Kind regards from Belgium. I wish you and your family all the best.
This is Brilliant. I've struggled with ants in my container garden for so long, I Refuse to use Anything but natural & herbal solutions. Thank you for sharing this info. 👍🤗
Those ant holes I use dish soap and a pot of hot water and pour it in the hole and works great !! I covered up about 6 of them last year in my new home
WoW !! Who would have known ???? I have been using borax and sugar mix sprinkled on the mound and they are dead and gone. This also works ! Thanks for the tip.
Hi LGF I subscribed after watching this video a couple of days ago. This morning I was talking to my husband about your video and he was very skeptical because we have done everything imaginable to get rid of fire ants. SO, I forwarded the video to him and after watching it, he was out on the property with a shovel like a crazy man LOL piling ants on top of ants everywhere he could!!! It was hilarious! :) :) :) Thank you for sharing. We look forward to seeing the results and I am excited to have the ant piles out of the garden! :) Maybe the ant battle (war) will run any survivors into the woods NEVER to return! Blessings from N. Alabama ♥
Hahahhaa hopefully....remember what I said at the end I had to double this one up cause they ran the first ones off, but at any rate you'll know in about a weeks time ur results
@@STUCATZOMARINE we sprinkle corn meal flour (fine ground meal) around the ant bed and they eat it but can't digest it, so they just die. Never tried by bay leaves.
@@Birabiro_2000 why you say no? I would as they destroyed my garden every year. Hope this time they gone after I get them in wars. I hate ants especially in my garden.
@@jamclibusmar About 2 tablespoons of cinnamon is enough, no matter how much wood ash you use, no need to mix. I normally put them both in a bowl, sprinkling the cinnamon over the ashes. Make sure you cover the ant pile completely with a thin layer, you don't have to disturb initially, wait a few daytime hours and disturb the pile. If you still have ants make sure your ashes and cinnamon are back on top and disturb the pile again in a day or so.
wow thanks i felt like one just tht in this battle i want both sides to lose lol...thanks for watching and supporting our channel, cooments like yours really motivate us and help our channel to continue to reach people thanks
This is absolutely insane! I love it! My mom has serious anthills throughout her yard. Look out suckers! Thank you so much. I love solutions like this.
Smart! I live in the Southwest where it's all desert we have mounds and mounds of ants,, everywhere we walk there are ants. I will try your trick. Thank you.
Oh my goodness!! Thank you!! We have been dealing with ants everywhere in our yard. I haven’t done anything because, like you, I didn’t want to use a chemical. Thank you!!
Wow! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this. This is so incredibly smart! I never would have guessed that there could be such a simple answer to this problem. No poisons! Yay! Thank you again!
Awww thanks been getting some nasty comments on the music hahaha glad for ur comment ...i thought it was soothing lol...thanks for the comment and yhe support
@@kathykapsner3897 just people ...i say if u don't like a video click on the next one...but hey people will be people....thanks for ur comment tho they are really appreciated more than you know:)
Louisiana Gardening Family pheromones, they give off their own pheromones as each group are related through dna 🧬 as the queen 👑 ant 🐜 births the colony, so each colony will have a different dna profile and pheromone/scent, that’s how they communicate with each other. I love ants but can understand why you don’t want them all over your veggies 🌽. ❤️🦋🙏
@@caralama08 I would hope they would just all leave and go somewhere else because of the invaders...i don't think they really kill Eachother out but I do think they fight a little then all move on....not sure though...cause I never see dead ant bodies after they're gone
Thanks for the nice comment my dear.....just you taking time out to leave a comment when you couldve went on to the next video is something we're grateful for..... Let us kno if you ever try it n what u experience watching them run each other off....Grow grow grow
Man I love learning something new gonna try it next time I get ants in my bed I use diatamatious earth on mine but if I dont have to buy any even better
Man's way and natures way is like east from west sometimes......Its like sitting outside every day, watching nature everyday then one day after a year of trails ...bam.....the epiphany comes...hahahah
If you see me talking on yhe end I think they did try...lol.....but what I had to do was get some other piles too....this was a 3 piler....hahaha....they tried it
We moved from Mi to Louisiana a number of years ago. the lawn was loaded with red fire ant piles. My husband tried to get rid of them (with every method the hardware store had, to no avail. I researched and found this shoveling method. Lo and behold it worked. It was a lot of work to shovel ants on a 5 acre lawn that had been uninhabited for nearly a year, but we did the work. Now no fire ants. This method is the only one I know that will exterminate the red fire ants.
Fire ants?!! I don't know... they some bad ass dudes. I've encountered many of them in North Carolina found out exactly why they call them fire ants. When they bite you it feels like they're burning you with a match! Benadryl or an antihistamine works wonders. If the ant Wars don't work and they survive, use Amdro. It's the only thing I found that works. 👌
I’m going to do this NOW , TODAY !! I have nothing to lose. Ready to give up bc of the ant problems. Horrible fire 🔥 ants here in south Louisiana. 🙏🏻 this works for us, Thank You !!
I’m wondering, if you do this in your yard, will you just be chasing re-located beds of ants all over the place or do they kill each other off? This is very interesting, either way!
More like running them out a specific area....so chase them I would s a y out of your garden into another part of the yard....wanna kill them ? Baking soda and white vinegar n welcome to chemistry class lol
@@GrowFamilyNetwork will baking soda and white vinegar kill your plants though? I’ve got some ants attacking my yard long beans and they’ve got to go… There’s not a particular “pile” in this bed. They’re just living all over the soil under the cover of the thick leaves
Antmageddon!
Hahaha love that...lol
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@@landonbonomini978 thanks for the comment hahaha.....neat
Thanks from another Louisiana gardener!
@@billy19461 thanks for stopping by an supporting a neighbor....;)
I’m the ant that comes back and wonders where everyone went lol
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“I just went to the bathroom…..”
Anti-social 😂
Yeah cause I was somewhere sleep
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What a wonderful natural remedy! I never would have thought of this. Thank you for being so observant of natures workings and sharing this non chemical solution!
Thank you more...every comment and every thumbs up makes CZcams share the video to help even more people that may need the information;) Thanks a million for taking time to support n write
Let them battle it out. A few weeks ago I found all these dead ants on a pathway . the only thing I could conclude was they went to war as I dontnuse any pesticides on my property except for a barrier against my house and that was just one time because I saw cockroaches in my yard and didn't want them making it into my home. They never did. I also used baking soda around the perimeters of my home too.
@@GrowFamilyNetwork hi there I was wondering if you have ever tried dandelion greens and chickweed to make pesto with?
We used to do this for fun when we were kids. Never thought of it for ant control. Thanks!
Hahaha us too lol we just thought they were fighting
Thank you so much! I've tried this twice and have managed to get rid of two giant, annoying, and in-my-way ant hills! It really works! I am amazed and thrilled to know I will be able to fight what has been a constant frustration for years!! I will be forever grateful. Grow grow grow!!
Awww our pleasure...;)...love that it worked for You .....yes!!! Grow grow grow
I did a science fair project about this when I was in 5th grade. Friends and their parents thought it was nonsense. I do this everytime I get ant beds, which happens every damn time it rains in the South...
you can say that again ...hahaha everytime it rains that hightuneel is their first choice to get high that and your pots
Zak F your right! I’m in Alabama! Ever time it rains ant beds pop up over night!!
and if it doesn’t rain every single day in the whole world goes into your garden beds and pots
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Does this just keep creating lots more ant piles in your yard though?
This is brilliant! We just found a colony in our raised beds and was looking for a solution, glad to have found you!
Lol... I just found a bunch of ants in my cucumber container and was trying to figure out how to savage the compost they are in. 😂Time to find another ant pile. Let the ant wars begin!!!!🔥🔥
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Thank you! Thank you! This worked so well! We started using this method in our gardens a couple of months ago, after watching this video, and it has worked each time. We could never bring ourselves to use chemicals near our gardens, so we would always just put up with the ants. Now we don't have to. Thank you so much for sharing!
Your so welcome my sister
Amazing ! I'm 62yr old gardner who never knew this b4 & have put up with ants for yrs because I refused to use poison. Im so happy to have this knowledge finally !!! THANKYOU !
A great analogy as to how the hidden elite make the people fight each other. Illuminate Gardener
lol i like that youre smart
Omg.... UR the George Soros of the ant world....
😂😂😂😂😂
love it and yes.
Let's dump some Corona on the ant pile and maybe the ants will fight the Corona and not U.S.😂
OMG 😲. I did it and it really works!!! I could not believe my eyes!! Thank you so much. That was genius 👍
Here's a video made with you in mind😌😛.. Lol grow grow grow
Stick with us :)
Ants are like soldiers 😆
unless there invasive ants don't kill them they supply the roots with oxygen and kill some pests like grasshoppers whats your home state so I can tell the details of whats invasive and what's not for you if your in the northeastern USA some common invasive ants are pharaoh ants (those golden ants you find in your house) and Myrmica Rubra (europian fire ants) they can also be good for soil decomposition and seed disposal
TWO THINGS I HATE, CHEMICALS AND ANTS. THEY BOTH WILL KILL ME. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS AWSOME IDEA.
Thanks for watching I hope this helps:)
The ants almost made me quit gardening now I will be trying this tomorrow! Awesome. Thank you.
Hahaha
Same here they shedded 4 of my 🌹hybrid rose bushes😡🐜🌿🐜🌿🐜🌿
@@noenmichaelgonzalezrodrigu1672 that's a problem but if there isn't a problem there good for your plants they dig around the roots and supply them with oxygen those sound like leafcutters they will travel in large trails to get leaves to feed a fungus garden they grow and eat try using a natural deterrent they probably weren't nesting there try drying some citrus fruit peels like oranges or lemons
I like that. "Hey, where everybody went?"
Thank you for the video. It is brilliant!
Hope it helps
Never knew this...Look out Fire Ants in my yard this year. Let the Game of Ant Wars begin!
Ant Wars!!!!! 🐜 🐜
@@GrowFamilyNetwork this is awesome! I'll keep this handy tip if I have another ant problem in my garden. Thank -you!💚
@@rebeccapresti9650 grow grow grow
Rebecca Presti would work great for bees and wasps nest
@@earldiddy83 Is that a question or information...
My Husband fights the bees & wasp with spray....your way sound way less expensive 😉😄🤗😍🙇♀️😘
That is an interesting concept I’ve never heard of before! We don’t have an ant pile in our garden and honestly I can’t find any in our yard, but we have ants all over the plants in the garden. Ive tried cinnamon and cayenne pepper to no avail. The ants foster the white flies and aphids and make a buggy mess in the garden.
Ants are Something to watch smh....
Of all the videos you've made, this is the one that's helped me the most since I first saw it. Just moved an anthill on top of another one again. Wanted to come back and leave a comment haha.
Clearly you are from the South! Love this! It cracks me up how gardeners in more northern climates say-leave the ants alone. Clearly, they do not have the 🔥 🐜. No one can just leave fire ants alone because they attack!!!💚💚💚💚💚
Hahaha I recognize that with most animals and how the fewlings about them vary place to place
You mentioned this in another video and I gave it a try. It worked! It took a couple "transfers" lol, but it definitely worked. Thank you so much! And thanks for this video of the before and after!
Yeah the last one I just showed empty and piles and it was with a container.....this time I wanted to show in real time for(you know how people are).........wasnt no ants in that container...you know those types lol
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Bro you did not have to put out a penny to spray poisons that kills beneficials or harm your loved ones, so it's a win win🤗
Not one penny MS Vee....already had the shovel waiting lol
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I needed this laugh
Thanks Sweet Sister 🤣😂😂😂
Hugs and Love to you and your family from Wisconsin
Ya'll having to much fun with the ant wars....🤣😂😅😂🤣
Yes That is a "win win"😃 chemicals are dangerous.
@@GrowFamilyNetwork Good job. Thank you bro😊
Man!! I will be trying this as soon as I get home!! Thank you, thank you, thank you is all I can say. I'm so tired of ants in my garden.
Hahahaa like I say y'all can have the grass but the garden area keep out...lol
Me, too
Also keeping your soil moist keeps them from digging holes for homes. Remember dead dry soil is not alive with micro-organisms
This is the way a Native American taught me in Idaho, it works! Keep pesticides at the store!
Yes yes yes ...thanks for sharing
Makes perfect sense to me. I found that nature has many ways of dealing with problems and we just have lost the knowledge but thanks for finding this method and sharing.
Thats what I say...seems controlling interest makes more money off us going to the store to get their product so even if they know what works they won't tell us cause they won't us buying their man made poison...thanks for the comment and the support it gives the channel....grow grow grow
mary w exactly
I used grits! I’d scatter the ant hill. Then pour the grits… they take it back to Queen who is the one that feeds. Grits caused her to explode and kills the mound. Course, they just move.
I had fire ants! Hated those things!!
I’m going to use grits AND this videos solution. I like that grits won’t poison other wild animals or my pets. (Is it pathetic that I feel guilty for making the ants kill each other? 😂)
Brilliant! I am desperate for any advice on how to deal with ants in my compost and my beds. I usually disturb the beds over and over again until they leave, but this is less work. Thanks for sharing!
I 've found this method works best like I said if they get stubborn let them jump eachother mix a few different colonies....
Wow! Thank you! I was looking for a nontoxic way of removing ants from a newly planted raised garden bed!! This is awesome!
Should do the trick..if the are stubborn look for a few different ant piles and mix them up, I dont think it actually kills the ants just makes them leave the area
Thanks for this information there will be an ant war in my garden bed tomorrow. BTW I got a free raised garden bed from the glass company in my town too.
You did a video? lol
@@GrowFamilyNetwork yeah it's a little cheesy but I want to thank you 😀
This is brilliant! I am definitely going to try this in my garden this year! So sick of fire ants in my garden and containers.
It really works good luck to u
unless your in south America good idea most ants are good for gardens they give the roots oxygen and kill some common garden pest like grasshoppers and caterpillars whats your home town so i can tell you what and not to kill
Thank you for encouraging gardening CZcamsrs such as myself, especially new ones.
Thanks for posting this, l live in the southeast and used this method very effectively for years! I liked to use two shovels and a helper, then we would shovel down deep at the same time and quickly switch the little murderous stingers! Once l had to repeat but not any more. Go deep, switch quickly and those holding shovel won't get stung and the next day there is a huge difference! Join me in smiling as you pass the ant killer bags in the store! Yeah!!! Thanks again!
Hahahaha😂😂😂😂😂
I have an ant pile in my blackberry container! I have disturbed the pile multiple times and they won't leave. I have used cinnamon, ginger, and DE! I'm definitely going to try this!!!
They'll be gone in a week.......after a few days check them and if u have to add a little more to them top them off with another colony that'll finish off the last stragglers
wow been fighting ants in my garden for some time and do not want to use chemicals , going to give this a try thank you !!
WISH YOU ALL THE BEST LET US KNOW IF IT WORKED FOR YOU....
Thanks for this useful information. I’ve been dealing with fire ants for years now, but can never find any ant mounds. If I ever do though, it’s going to be game on!
Research time lol
Makes total sense that one colony would defend itself against the other and they BOTH lose!
Kinda how it is n both just leave the battle field one to save their queen cause that's all that matters and the other to get back to their queen because she's all that matters
I am trying this. I can’t tell you how much I love this. Nature provides a way!
Grow grow grow
Annnnd... it worked for me! Happy dance! Thank you so much for sharing this tip!
just plant mint where you do not want ants, all my fruit trees are surrounded by mint, good fight aphids no ants helping them no more
Lol.....i like that haven't heard of it but I like it.....lot of people don't like that mint goes crazy...n they can't control it, but I like the way it smells when you're cutting grass lol
@@GrowFamilyNetwork i found this out last summer when my apricot tree was infested with aphids, the ants were protecting them from the beneficial insects that kill the aphids. this way the ants can suck the secretion that the aphids make. so i planted mind, the ants disappeared, the aphids dissapeare and my tree became full health, i also pissed on the foliage every sunset, so not to burn the leaves. This might have helped aswell, pure gold that stuff
@@jonasdubaere59 eeuuuww!😝
@@jonasdubaere59
That's true about ants actually using their antenna to milk the aphids "honeydew" for food. At the end of the season ants actually take the aphids down into their nests where they have stored the Honeydew so they can all survive the winter. In the spring they all come out, have a party and then repeat the process.😩 I have yet to hear or read about a useful purpose for ants in your garden except that they till the soil. But I think they do more damage than good.
Now, I'm pretty sure that's not a good idea to piss directly on the plant. You have to give the microbiological critters in the soil a chance to break it down first.
@@rebeccapresti9650 urine is sterile, keeps away any bugs , animals, fungus , iuse it to sterilize my gardening sizzors too before trimming. 've been doing many experiments and magic does happen. it's filtered blood, not really a waste product.
This worked so good I’m pinching myself! Ants are a big problem here so I’ll make them have a visiting marathon all over my property!! Hey praise God , Thank You!
It is not a dream....hshahahaha...congrats on getting the upper hand....lol..also thanks for coming back commenting and supporting the content n my family...Blessing n luv
Louisiana Gardening Family ...they were killing my newly planted flowers 🌸 and I couldn’t believe it. So your advise was ringing in my ears! They are awful and they aren’t big ants. Destructive! God Bless you and your family! Keep that expert info coming!
@@riverunner9978 may God bless your garden to be what you would like it to be:)....enjoy neighbor
Just be careful that the species isn't capable of merging colonies and containing multiple queens (ie: AntsCanada's Golden Empire). Otherwise, you'd just get a much bigger colony.
Good information:)
I had a huge issue with ants last year and I found out why....the ants protect aphids! Then I noticed a had a lot of aphids! it was crazy but this is a great technique....never would have thought to put more ants on top of the ants. Thank you for the video.
Lol
I found out the hard way. The ants were feeding off of the aphids. I got some free ladybugs and released them on a honeydew plant that was infested with aphids. the ants devoured them. I was like NOOOOOOOOoO! lol
The Naked Gardener the ants ate the ladybugs??
@@chandrawhite7904 yes unfortunately. The aphids produce a sweet nectar for the ants. Which the ants then protect the aphids.
It took secods for the ants to rip apart the ladybugs
The Naked Gardener oh WOW! I kept reading that ants protect aphids but I didn’t understand. Now I do! Whoa. Thank you
Thank you! I am starting garden beds in my back yard this spring and we always have fire ant problems. I have been worrying about what to do when they find their way to my garden bed and this I will definitely try instead of worrying over chemicals etc!
You rock. Thank you for this video. Keep the videos coming til you get a tv deal. I don’t watch much tv but we appreciate your sharing.👏
HahHH I dont watch it much at all lol.....too busy...and the only time I have to watch anything its CZcams..cause the kids take the tv that we have lol
TV dead. They should have a blog also. Shit I hate reading but I'll read
I knew this! The question is why didn't I ever do it. Just makes sense. I believe I wanted instant results instead of days. Let nature due its thing, time wins in the end.
Lol.....love the comment...im like you...some stuff ik works I go about looking for other ways then it's like he I know how to do this...lol
No chemical mess on my food! Here I learned something new again, thank you so very much. Kind regards from Belgium. I wish you and your family all the best.
All the best
What an ingenius method ! Will try this, so sick of ants stealing my grass seed!
All the best to you
Lawd.....they put the seeds in all the wrong places.
This is Brilliant. I've struggled with ants in my container garden for so long, I Refuse to use Anything but natural & herbal solutions. Thank you for sharing this info. 👍🤗
Great info brother. We are going to give it a shot this year. Game of Thrones on the raised beds!
You saw them battling hahahaha....
I wonder if you did humans this way, would they react the same?
It's like two dimensions merging lol
Some days ago I stepped in an anthill,ouch! Oh sweet revenge!
One thousands likes to you 👍.
Thank you.
Hahahhaa How sweet it is!!!! Lol
Same here, when i were hiking with my school. Ants everywhere in my body, ooooooooooo
Those ant holes I use dish soap and a pot of hot water and pour it in the hole and works great !! I covered up about 6 of them last year in my new home
Outside?
I asked someone else about the effects of boiling water on plant roots???
WoW !! Who would have known ???? I have been using borax and sugar mix sprinkled on the mound and they are dead and gone. This also works ! Thanks for the tip.
No thank you for giving us your time, you could've went to another video....thanks for clicking ours...:)
Hi LGF
I subscribed after watching this video a couple of days ago.
This morning I was talking to my husband about your video and he was very skeptical because we have done everything imaginable to get rid of fire ants. SO, I forwarded the video to him and after watching it, he was out on the property with a shovel like a crazy man LOL piling ants on top of ants everywhere he could!!! It was hilarious! :) :) :)
Thank you for sharing. We look forward to seeing the results and I am excited to have the ant piles out of the garden! :) Maybe the ant battle (war) will run any survivors into the woods NEVER to return!
Blessings from N. Alabama ♥
Hahahhaa hopefully....remember what I said at the end I had to double this one up cause they ran the first ones off, but at any rate you'll know in about a weeks time ur results
Should be looking like a foreclosed property lol vacant
@@GrowFamilyNetwork LOL! :)
Did it work?
@@girlpower2435 NO! 🥲
When we were kids we would put dirt in our wagon and collect black ants and red ants in the wagon and watch the war.
Who normally seemed to win the battles ? Lol
@@floridagirl386 hahaha funny
Everybody on CZcams with A garden needs to watch this Atleast once....this will save them a lot of trouble I tried it and it works!!!!!!!
Thanks lol
Awesome idea. This is definitely something I will try. I don't like using any chemicals in my yard
As always let us know when it works for you
Thanks bro👏👏👏👏💯🎉
That's what's up
I love finding out ways to take care of pests without using chemicals... I hope you get a million likes👍
ThaNKS a million for the likes and the well wishes...hahahah I need likes and lots of Facebook group shares lol👍
cool now i wont miss GOT so much!!! i can watch ants devour each other for the throne
Hahahaha funny....theyll just run each other off and both leave lol
This is brilliant! I can see it on Discovery channel: Ant Wars!
Lol
it is probably what they do to get all the action shots.
I knew this a long time ago but forgot about it. Thank you for reminding me.
my pleasure thanks for the support :)
Yes, and cornmeal + ground up bay leaves is also effective.
I havr a bay tree now lol I can try this for free
So mix cornmeal and bag leaves together ? Where do you apply it ?
@@STUCATZOMARINE we sprinkle corn meal flour (fine ground meal) around the ant bed and they eat it but can't digest it, so they just die.
Never tried by bay leaves.
Hats off !!!! Would LOVE to know how you figured That one out !!!!!
Lazy...or just remembering something I heard when I was young....now that I have a little land it was time to implement it...lol
Get you some uncooked grits in the ant bed and WATCH. They will eat it. When they do, it will explode in their tummy and kill them
IGIGI RISING ....😳
@@igigirising6150 Nooo 😡
@@Birabiro_2000 why you say no? I would as they destroyed my garden every year. Hope this time they gone after I get them in wars. I hate ants especially in my garden.
This is brilliant! We currently have an 🐜 mound in a raised bed...will try this today! Just subbed...thanks for the tip!
Should be on its way to working for you:)
I tought all ants know eachother and don't discriminate 😂😂😂😂
So because each pile has their own queen they each have a queen? If so I WILL be doing this along my grass line. Thank you so much for this video.
I use the ants on ants method, unless I only have one any pile, then I use cinnamon and wood ash to cover the pile. Both methods work.
Good share.....
How do you mix the cinnamon and ashes?
@@jamclibusmar About 2 tablespoons of cinnamon is enough, no matter how much wood ash you use, no need to mix. I normally put them both in a bowl, sprinkling the cinnamon over the ashes. Make sure you cover the ant pile completely with a thin layer, you don't have to disturb initially, wait a few daytime hours and disturb the pile. If you still have ants make sure your ashes and cinnamon are back on top and disturb the pile again in a day or so.
mikevember could you pls elaborate on this as to ratio of ash to cinnamon
You should be a general, your insight in the behavior of these ants is amazing, loved this vid.
wow thanks i felt like one just tht in this battle i want both sides to lose lol...thanks for watching and supporting our channel, cooments like yours really motivate us and help our channel to continue to reach people thanks
I learn new things everyday even at 69 years old. Thank God and people like you who have experimented and tested and used the idea.
Grow Grow Grow
This is absolutely insane! I love it! My mom has serious anthills throughout her yard. Look out suckers! Thank you so much. I love solutions like this.
Smart! I live in the Southwest where it's all desert we have mounds and mounds of ants,, everywhere we walk there are ants. I will try your trick. Thank you.
Please let us know if it works in your area on your ants...thanks for the comment
You sir are a gentleman and a scholar...
Thanks for yhe comment and the support
I loved it when i found this idea a few years ago. I always will go with the chemical free method if at all possible.
Oh my goodness!! Thank you!! We have been dealing with ants everywhere in our yard. I haven’t done anything because, like you, I didn’t want to use a chemical. Thank you!!
Let us know how it goes for you
Wow! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this. This is so incredibly smart! I never would have guessed that there could be such a simple answer to this problem. No poisons! Yay!
Thank you again!
Thank a lot . I saw fire ants in back yard and they are climbing on my cucumber vines .
thats bold......send them packing..lol
Smart gardener! It’s all about doing things smarter not harder 👨🌾
Smarter not harder is the way lol
Ant Wars! There are some huge fire ant piles at our house in the country that have taken up residency. Next time I'm there imma make Ant Waaars!
Game on lol
Love the background music! Will try this in my garden this summer-my soil looks just like yours-sandy!
Awww thanks been getting some nasty comments on the music hahaha glad for ur comment ...i thought it was soothing lol...thanks for the comment and yhe support
Nasty comments aren’t ever necessary-in my opinion😍
@@kathykapsner3897 just people ...i say if u don't like a video click on the next one...but hey people will be people....thanks for ur comment tho they are really appreciated more than you know:)
My little girl taught me that it does work she said it has something to do with the smell each ant pile has its own smell
Hmmmm never got down to the scienceof it
I could see that...on an level
Louisiana Gardening Family pheromones, they give off their own pheromones as each group are related through dna 🧬 as the queen 👑 ant 🐜 births the colony, so each colony will have a different dna profile and pheromone/scent, that’s how they communicate with each other. I love ants but can understand why you don’t want them all over your veggies 🌽. ❤️🦋🙏
@@caralama08 I would hope they would just all leave and go somewhere else because of the invaders...i don't think they really kill Eachother out but I do think they fight a little then all move on....not sure though...cause I never see dead ant bodies after they're gone
What a smart man! And u don’t need to spend a cent! Pollution free!!
hahahaha thats what im saying lol.....some people say thats too much work casue i had to walk too far with the other ants on the shovel...lol
You are awesome!! Fire Ants are horrible here. I am going to be doing this. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks for the nice comment my dear.....just you taking time out to leave a comment when you couldve went on to the next video is something we're grateful for..... Let us kno if you ever try it n what u experience watching them run each other off....Grow grow grow
Man I love learning something new gonna try it next time I get ants in my bed I use diatamatious earth on mine but if I dont have to buy any even better
Been using that in the high tunnel....never thought to try in on ants
You are amazing! This video is great can’t wait to try it! “Mano y Mano” love it
gonna be epic when you see the showdown..lol
I've never laughed so hard watching a gardening video. Thanks I'll remember this always.
Glad you enjoyed it lol
I hadn't heard of that method before. It does seem counter productive to put more ants in, but it also makes sense. Thank you for the info..
Man's way and natures way is like east from west sometimes......Its like sitting outside every day, watching nature everyday then one day after a year of trails ...bam.....the epiphany comes...hahahah
"Hey! Where everybody went?" 😂
Thats just smart ! Im suprized i havnt never herd of this before, thanks !
Little old fashion remedy in the garden...lol
Me,too
Oh wow I love this. !! No chemicals around my property, thank you!
Hope this really helps you and your family... Grow Grow Grow
I just put in a bed of asparagus. I see some ants working the edge . I will bring them some war.....😱
What if they call it a truce? You'll gonna have double trouble.
If you see me talking on yhe end I think they did try...lol.....but what I had to do was get some other piles too....this was a 3 piler....hahaha....they tried it
Live action ant wars going on there. Great idea.. I wouldn't have ever guessed it. Tysm 😀
Hahahahha I captured the battle lol
We moved from Mi to Louisiana a number of years ago. the lawn was loaded with red fire ant piles. My husband tried to get rid of them (with every method the hardware store had, to no avail. I researched and found this shoveling method. Lo and behold it worked. It was a lot of work to shovel ants on a 5 acre lawn that had been uninhabited for nearly a year, but we did the work. Now no fire ants. This method is the only one I know that will exterminate the red fire ants.
I keep learning from you Brother! Thanks for sharing.
Ant don't play.....lol
Bruh this is genius. I'm mad I ain't think of this. Good shit.
thanks for watching
Best video of the week. I can’t think of a more fitting end to a pile of fire ants 🐜 💀
Hahahahha you got me laughing lol.....let the Wars begin
Fire ants?!! I don't know... they some bad ass dudes. I've encountered many of them in North Carolina found out exactly why they call them fire ants. When they bite you it feels like they're burning you with a match! Benadryl or an antihistamine works wonders.
If the ant Wars don't work and they survive, use Amdro. It's the only thing I found that works. 👌
@@desertodavid lol
I’m going to do this NOW , TODAY !!
I have nothing to lose. Ready to give up bc of the ant problems.
Horrible fire 🔥 ants here in south Louisiana. 🙏🏻 this works for us,
Thank You !!
Nice garden hack. Using competing mounds to threaten each others queens. You sir are the chess player of gardening. Good info.
I’m wondering, if you do this in your yard, will you just be chasing re-located beds of ants all over the place or do they kill each other off? This is very interesting, either way!
More like running them out a specific area....so chase them I would s a y out of your garden into another part of the yard....wanna kill them ? Baking soda and white vinegar n welcome to chemistry class lol
@@GrowFamilyNetwork will baking soda and white vinegar kill your plants though? I’ve got some ants attacking my yard long beans and they’ve got to go… There’s not a particular “pile” in this bed. They’re just living all over the soil under the cover of the thick leaves
Thanks, I have a huge ant pile in my garden ♥
💞time to get them out the garden
I was not expecting to be so entertained when I clicked on this video, you are hilarious
Hahaha....fight it out...it must be the thumbnail lol....so bland
The ants probably consider that they were attacked :) That is a good solution. Thank you.
I think so ....i guess they say hey it's infinite land out there why fight over this piece....
@@GrowFamilyNetwork Ants are smarter then humans!
Never heard of this . Really looking forward to trying this thank you
Please let us know when you try it...and let the yard games begin:)