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Suggestions for ants in flower bed

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,473
    That's an idea @steveTu. No idea if it works. I have a jar of cloves and boiling a few with the bacon gets really pungent so it might work. In any case, I don't find the smell unpleasant - clears the tubes😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    I am ging to look out my clove oil.  I have it in for toothache - very effective - but I haven't needed it for ages (touch wood).

    Too much clove oil is unpleasant to smell, but it is the basis of a lot of flower scents called spicy.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,473
    edited May 2023
    I've just bought some. I don't want to pour water in the porch so I'll try sprinkling it about neat
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,473
    No idea if it'll work but the porch smells really nice😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,023
    Please let us know if it works @B3. I have ants marching up the walls of my house in France and dead ants dropping into the bath 😲

    Conkers against spiders don't work, they dob't take any notice.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,473
    It's cheap . It smells nice. Try it. Someone a few pages up  had the idea of boiling up some dried cloves. That might be worth a go.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BluejaywayBluejayway Posts: 379
    We started to get ants inside the house so I put a pot of mint outside, right near their entry point.  Haven't seen an indoor ant since but time will tell :D
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