Slug and Ant deterant

colinpeckham7 · December 2020

Hi, will copper tape deter ants as well as slugs

Buttercupdays · December 2020

No.

If ants are a pest in your pots they are either nesting or farming. They like to nest in dry soil so keeping the pots well watered may help; raise them on pot feet or half bricks so the plants don't drown and to make access a bit harder.

If they are farming aphids, then deal with those by spraying them off or squishing and the ants will go elsewhere.

BenCotto · December 2020

And copper tape isn’t much of a slug deterrent either in my experience. They seemed to be trained by the SAS in circumventing it.

Fairygirl · December 2020

I don't think people realise that slugs don't just crawl along the soil surface @BenCotto

If you have drier conditions especially, they head further underground to stay cool and moist. Then they just come back up to the surface, so a ring of anything is fairly pointless as a deterrent. It's all been well marketed though, and possibly works more efficiently in pots.

colinpeckham7 · December 2020

Thanks everyone. I live in Sub Tropical Ballina NSW Australia and technically on an Island. Small ants are the main problem, so I am going to try the 3M copper tape and hope it works.

Dovefromabove · December 2020

It won’t deter ants ... why would it? ... they don’t have the slime that slugs have that reacts and causes a chemical reaction with the copper which may (or may not 😉) deter them

https://www.slughelp.com/copper-snails-slugs/

You asked us ... we said ‘No it won’t deter ants’. You can choose to ignore us if you like, but the science agrees with us ... you’ll be wasting your money.

Your money ... your choice. 😊

We use ExAnts organic spray to deal with ants around the house, front porch etc. it’s made from essential plant oils and the smell seems to drive them
away. It works for us. It’s made in Germany and bought it via Amazon.

Good luck with your garden ... it sounds a lovely spot. I have family in Tas. 😎

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