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FarmerBob

Oct 1, 2016 7:01 AM CST

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Name: Farmer Bob Miers
Tennessee
Farming is fun to me!!

I have 2 pots of tomatoes that ants have infested, how to get rid of them without damaging my plants

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DaisyI

Oct 1, 2016 10:10 AM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Hi Bob,

Next time you water, mix up some insecticidal soap and water with that. Make sure you get all the soil in the pot. For ants, contact with insecticidal soap is instant death. Be ready with a spray bottle to get all those who try to abandon ship.

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Weedwhacker

Oct 1, 2016 11:53 AM CST

Name: Sandy B.
Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b)
(Zone 4b-maybe 5a)

DaisyI said:Hi Bob,

Next time you water, mix up some insecticidal soap and water with that. Make sure you get all the soil in the pot. For ants, contact with insecticidal soap is instant death. Be ready with a spray bottle to get all those who try to abandon ship.

Daisy -- will that work on outdoor ants? Like, to pour it on the anthills?

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DaisyI

Oct 1, 2016 12:48 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Yes, works great. But its a contact poison. You may have to do it more than once.

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Weedwhacker

Oct 1, 2016 4:43 PM CST

Name: Sandy B.
Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b)
(Zone 4b-maybe 5a)