- Joined
- Feb 7, 2020
- Messages
- 9
- Climate
- Sub-Tropical
Hi Everyone,
Hope you are all well.
I had, still have a massive ant problem in my backyard. I have just moved to Brisbane and I set up my new veggie garden, planted some seeds and waited and waited and waited, but only a couple of things grew. It could have been one of 2 things or a combination; 1. we had a downpour of rain a couple of days later so that could have washed some seeds away or 2. the millions and trillions of ants "stole" them.
I think it might be a combination of both but I wanted to at least get rid of some of the ants, just in case. So I searched and found lots of ant nest, at least 4, I destroyed them and spread out ant rid (this is not near my veggie garden). BUT they were still everywhere and in plague numbers, so on the weekend I searched again and noticed one of the small trees was quite dead, with lots of loose bark and lots of ants walking all up and down it. So I pulled off some bark, an ant nest, pulled off a little bit more bark and more ants nests. So I grabbed my saw and chopped off one of the branches. It was FULL of ant nests, I thought to myself 'I'm not letting these ants win!' And next minute, I had chopped the whole tree down. And lucky I did, it was full of ant nests, and I mean every single inch of the tree was full! So hopefully I have gotten rid of enough ants that they will stay away from my veggie garden.
I'd love to hear if anyone else has had any problems with ants and what they have done to get rid of them. Or any advice deterring them from coming into my veggie garden. And if there is already a thread with this discussion, please direct me in the right direction, I'm new to forums and still finding my way around.
Happy gardening
Tash
Hope you are all well.
I had, still have a massive ant problem in my backyard. I have just moved to Brisbane and I set up my new veggie garden, planted some seeds and waited and waited and waited, but only a couple of things grew. It could have been one of 2 things or a combination; 1. we had a downpour of rain a couple of days later so that could have washed some seeds away or 2. the millions and trillions of ants "stole" them.
I think it might be a combination of both but I wanted to at least get rid of some of the ants, just in case. So I searched and found lots of ant nest, at least 4, I destroyed them and spread out ant rid (this is not near my veggie garden). BUT they were still everywhere and in plague numbers, so on the weekend I searched again and noticed one of the small trees was quite dead, with lots of loose bark and lots of ants walking all up and down it. So I pulled off some bark, an ant nest, pulled off a little bit more bark and more ants nests. So I grabbed my saw and chopped off one of the branches. It was FULL of ant nests, I thought to myself 'I'm not letting these ants win!' And next minute, I had chopped the whole tree down. And lucky I did, it was full of ant nests, and I mean every single inch of the tree was full! So hopefully I have gotten rid of enough ants that they will stay away from my veggie garden.
I'd love to hear if anyone else has had any problems with ants and what they have done to get rid of them. Or any advice deterring them from coming into my veggie garden. And if there is already a thread with this discussion, please direct me in the right direction, I'm new to forums and still finding my way around.
Happy gardening
Tash