Fire ants in vegetable garden
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2024
- This video shows how I treat fire ants in vegetable garden organically with a homemade orange oil and tee tree oil soap recipe.
Dr. Woods Naturals Castile Liquid Soap Tea Tree, 32 Fluid Ounce
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They're gone but not dead. A Vinegar mixture will 'chase' Fire Ants as well but just like this treatment they leave within 24 to 48 hours but because their 'Tunnels' run underground within a couple of seasons they do return to 'RECLAIM' their _Apartment Complex!_ 😄
@@Ms.Byrd68 This is a very effective form of pest control. No, it does not kill them but for those that come in contact with this mixture - the exoskeleton is removed leaving them exposed to the elements where they won't survive as well as predators "Crickets". The nest then become inhospitable for the colony and as you say, "they relocate". That's the point. You want them out of your garden.
LOL I know it’s about the mixture you’re making , but it’s the sound design that’s doing it for me😂😂😂 The way you got the music playing but still have the ambience of the birds chirping in the background is perfect 👌🏽
Music is universal. I use it in my videos to invoke emotions. We are hunting the fire ants but the birds singing create an ecosystem that allow the process to become normal.
Great observations and very intuitive.
Great video on getting rid of fire ants!!!
I use often and works every time. Thanks for the comment.
@@growingoutthebox I will definitely be trying it out those ants can be relentless!!!
Love your video,will try that.I boiled extremely hot peppers and poured the liquid on a hill once,my eyes burned and the tough fire ants began cleaning hot pepper seeds out and away from the nest.They are still there,live and learn☺
This works
The music has me feeling like I'm going to enjoy this fire ant battle. That insect spray you shows works great. You only had 22 subscribers last month. I love the way you present your content. "different"👍👍
You gonna make me pin your comment talking like that! 😀 I really do appreciate all of you and it pleases me to know that the content I'm trying to do has a reception.
The New Orleans Gardener called it "Interesting" I hope so.
I can't stop dancing. I stepped in the ant pile. 😢
Oh wow! That's not good. Sounds like you really need this. Fast.
You know, you can also just buy orange oil and save the labor of doing this.
3 tbs orange oil, 6 tbs blue Dawn soap per gallon of water. Pour on mound and they're done in hours.
Hey there and yes it is more convenient to purchase the orange oil. If you have watched any of my videos you would have probably figured out that I just like the process of most things 🙄. Anyone tells you its not more convenient to just go to the store and purchase produce instead of growing it would not be honest. I enjoy the year it takes to grow garlic and I can just drive to the grocery store and get that as well. What you can’t purchase is peace of mind.
Thanks for your input and I hope you come back to visit.
Interesting video 🎭 really good to know ✨thanks for sharing my friend 👍
Thanks for watching. This works for termites also. Please subscribe if you have not.
@@growingoutthebox will do my new friend 👍
I have never seen ants become disoriented 😂 this is a very good way to get rid of any naturally. Where did they go? Appreciate you sharing this🙌🏾
That I honestly don’t know. It’s like they disappear without a trace. I’m thinking the crickets come in and clean up the mess because I always noticed several crickets showing up after spraying. Yes, crickets eat ants. They usually lurk around ant nests and eat the vulnerable young ones first. As crickets are omnivores, they pretty much eat anything, including plants and small insects live or dead.
Great question.
That is a wonderful mixture. I will be putting that one in my garden recipe book. Thank you for sharing.👍🏾
It’s not often I have fire ants in my garden area because I I typically spray around the base of them to repel. I believe this will serve you well. 👍🏽
Thank you for sharing this tip my brother because I have some ants 🐜 in my raised beds and of couple of my potted trees that need to go immediately! Your knowledge and wisdom is highly appreciated! Stay blessed!
-Calvin
That’s called growing together my brother. I’m learning from you all as well. As always, I really do appreciate the support. Over 125 subscribers in 2 months. 🙏🏽
Wow, what a great idea! I will try it to see if I can get rid of the ants in my garden! Best wishes,
Let me know when you do it? I’d like to know what the results are.?Please subscribe if you have not?
A very informative I must try this to get rid of them ants
Thanks for sharing this quick and easy recipe. I'll definitely use it this week coming on the tons of ant hills in my yard.🤗
Make more than what you think you will need and don't disturb the nest before applying. The better soaked the more effective.
I will definitely be whipping up some of this immediately! I can't find anything that works on these darn ant mounds. They just move to a different spot. This looks like it destroys the ants not just the mound. I like it. 👍🏼 Thanks for sharing.
It's extremely rare that I get ants in my raised beds because I spray this on the wood that comes in contact with the ground. It also works on termites. The oil itself can be used for cooking, burns, acne, burns. It's the Limonene in both the citrus zest and the TeeTree that makes it effective and safe.
I am absolutely going to do this! Thanks for sharing 💜
Every video worth a download..! Thanks!
Oh how sweet of you Molly. Please do and share if you think someone can benefit from it. 🙏
My issue is not ant's but I really like this video. I learn something new almost every day. New subscriber. 😄
I don't know how I missed your comment but I make it a priority to answer all. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to watch as well as subscribe.
I think the ants will appear somewhere else or maybe in another yard, their tunnel is very very long and this oil in my opinion only killed the ones that were on the surface.
Hey thanks for your input and I would not disagree at all. The point is not to kill "every" fire ant while it is effective at destroying the exoskeleton of any ants that the mix comes in contact with making them vulnerable to not only the elements but insects like crickets that will eat the ants in their vulnerable state. It removes them 100% from the area treated.
Love the video …I need to try this
New subscriber here! This is the 2nd video of yours I've seen and they are BOTH GREAT!!! Very informative!And I love how you get straight to the info! So glad I found this channel!!! ♥️
Thank you so very much for the kind words. Like most of us, I'm still learning so click that notification bell. Also, I just put a new video up this week. I'd like to know your thoughts. ua-cam.com/video/TkEXezHXQxg/v-deo.html
Owwweeeee another great science project for me to try I gotta find an ant bed to practice on LOL Thank you for sharing
Find a ant bed to practice on 😂 .... That's so funny because my wife said I looked like I was enjoying killing the ants. LOL... "I hope that's not a bad thing" because I really did!😅
This is going to be very helpful in the days to come. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
I also spray it around my raised beds. It works against termites also.
@@growingoutthebox I have to remember to get the ingredients for the spray stuff you made. To keep the wrong insects off my plants.
I do remember you say you spray only at night or when the sun isn’t up or something like that.
@@MrsQueen Absolutely. The oil will act as a magnifier and burn leaf spot. Even water will do it which is why drip irrigation has become so popular. It's often times not the spray itself but the time of day being applied. How's that shed coming along. Haven't seen any updates.
@@growingoutthebox I have to get back to working on shed very soon. Not sure if I should put sheet rock or leave it as is.
@@MrsQueen Sheet rock would be ideal. It will change the entire personality for the better. Seeing what you have done so far makes me proud of you. I’m having to pick and choose building my raised beds this season and use more box store starts for lack of the time it takes tending seeds. It’s people like you that inspire me. 🙏🏽👍🏽
I have a ant issue also. I will try this. Thanks for sharing your organic method.
Be Blessed
Let me know how it turns out.
Great tip. Thank you! I just tried a few pots of boiling water on mine for the first time…looks like it has worked so far but just realized it wouldn’t make their home uninhabitable. May need to try your method.
I don't have a problem with ants. I just don't want them in my raised beds. You should try it.
Hi friend thanks for the visit let's keep connecting 🔔
Thanks how we grow, right!? 👍🏽
Great video! I live in central Texas so this helps!
You got my sub buddy!
Thank you very much. I know you are going to love the results. Make sure you drown the mound. For 100% eviction I would do a 5 gallon batch. Thanks again for helping the channel grow.
@@growingoutthebox not a problem my friend!
How did it work? I’m also in central Tx 🙂
Thanks
Wow, that’s a great tip thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching Ms. Lashus.... You can also spray this around your raised bed.
Magnificent video, quite informative. I will say, however, that as great as this video is, it’s the background music that makes it shine. Please develop more informative videos while ensuring to use the same accompanying soundtrack. Super stuff indeed!
I have a passion for music but as the channel has grown I can't help but think about what if the owner on the music decides they don't want anyone to use the music as with the tictoc situation a few months ago. A lot of my audi got removed. So I don't use music as much.
@@growingouttheboxI’m glad, your not using the music any longer. It was very annoying to me, wasn’t needed for this type of video. I turned the volume down! 😅 😂 A calmer sound would have been more preferable. Otherwise I appreciate this vital information, I can pass it on to my mother who has a lot of fire ants in her yard! Thanks for sharing! 😊👍🏽😁
Fascinating! Where did the ants go?
That I honestly don’t know. It’s like they disappear without a trace. I’m thinking the crickets come in and clean up the mess because I always noticed several crickets showing up after spraying. Yes, crickets eat ants. They usually lurk around ant nests and eat the vulnerable young ones first. As crickets are omnivores, they pretty much eat anything, including plants and small insects live or dead.
Beautiful echo system
@@growingoutthebox our ecosystem is an incredible design! The more I learn about it, the more I’m convinced of its Designer. Thanks for another amazing video! Watched with my daughter who enjoyed it as well😊
@@theplantninja-texasgardener Absolutely! I think that mulch video is a winner!
@@growingoutthebox thanks! Spray dyed mulch is not very organic though 😛
@@theplantninja-texasgardener No it is not lol…. But, I have been working on a plant based stain for my raised beds. It can be used to die mulch also. I’m trying to see how long it will last or if the oil will grow spores over time because it’s food grade. I’m thinking something with vitamin e which acts as a preservative. Seeing you mulch video further fuels my interest.
Wonder if its the orange oil or the insectiside in the orange
(Unless these are organic or homegrown)
Nice video format.
You my friend are over thinking. If it is organic oranges you want they are available. The acid in citrus peel as well as the tea tree plant has the active compound d'limonene. Find anything with this compound and you will more than likely have the same effect.
Thank you, I love knowing the science behind how and why things work. The suspense music works, getting ready for war. Love it!
The how and why is what makes gardening so fascinating to me also. Being a beginner gardener there is so much I don't know so when I do discover something new I try to explain it in a way that I wish it were explained to me. You would be correct in that the music helps tell the story. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I'm enjoying the Ants be gone jam.
I don't know how I missed your comment. .Thanks for taking the time out of your day to watch.
@@growingoutthebox you're welcome.
That is a brilliant idea! I'm going to try it! Also, does diatomaceous Earth kill them? I do have some of that already.
I have never used DE but to my understanding it should work on the surface. This works on the entire mound. This gets them out of your garden.
Where did they go? 🐜 I watched this amazing video about 5 times! 👍🏽
That I honestly don’t know. It’s like they disappear without a trace. I’m thinking the crickets come in and clean up the mess because I always noticed several crickets showing up after spraying. Yes, crickets eat ants. They usually lurk around ant nests and eat the vulnerable young ones first. As crickets are omnivores, they pretty much eat anything, including plants and small insects live or dead.
Beautiful echo system
Another informative video. Check out the rest in his channel and subscribe!
As always, thank you for all the support. 128 subscribers within 2 months. I am so appreciative. You have been one of my day 1 riders 🙏🏽
Great information do this work terminate? The music got dancing 😂
Yes it works on termites. There are actually some pest control companies that treat with orange oil. I spray it on my raised beds that come in contact with the soil to repeal termites.
I will give this a try… ! Thanks for sharing
Still wondering where did all the ants go?
That’s crazy
I don't know how I missed your comment but I make it a priority to answer all. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to watch. Let's just say the crickets were out that night.
Great video 🙏🏿💪🏾
Thank you kindly sir. I hope it of use to you.
Wow my Brother this is Amazing. I normally use boric acid but your way is much safer... I love it.. thank you 4 sharing your secret.
Trying something a lil different with this video. I also spray the wood on my raised beds with this to deter termites. The ants or termites wont go near it. I've seen it done with blue dawn soap but the dish soap is too strong for my plants. Thanks for the support Bro. I see those subs are climbing. I told you. Just keep being you and they will come. You have a lot of knowledge. I'm going to pin your comment.
You really are an awesome person. I wish we could share our knowledge in person. I bet you're a good friend to have in life.
Thank you for the 📌
@@growingwithpanda6935 Thanks Bro. I’ve been blessed to have had a very productive life. The last 2 years have been quite different. Not bad, just different. Trying to adjust to a simpler life.
Spring is around the corner, and I've seen a couple of mounds pop up in the backyard. I'm definately going to try this. I just hope I have enough patience to do it. Your grandpa would be so proud of you. So, where did the ants go? 😳😂
You can use the orange oil for so many other uses when adding vitamin c. I could have purchased it but the beautiful is in creating. We have an abundance of blessings that nature offers with just a little work. Remember, faith without work is useless. 🙏🏽
So do the ants usually relocate somewhere else and rebuild?
That I honestly don’t know. It’s like they disappear without a trace. I’m thinking the crickets come in and clean up the mess because I noticed several crickets on the night video. Yes, crickets eat ants. They usually lurk around ant nests and eat the vulnerable young ones first. As crickets are omnivores, they pretty much eat anything, including plants and small insects live or dead.
Great question.
Instead of the Dr. Woods Naturals Castile Liquid Soap Tea Tree or some other liquid dish soap, I wonder if the "bubble blowing liquid" bottles we can buy for our children to play with would work as a better surfactant?
If you are just looking for a sufficient then I would imagine yes. What the tea tree has is an active ingredient of d’limonene which strips the exoskeleton from the ants exposing them to the elements and eventually kills them. D’limonene also acts as fungicide and disinfectant. The peppermint acts as a repellent. The oil is your sufficient and the orange zest also contains d’limonene.
Where did they go? That’s a good question. Did they split up to start up new satellite mounds nearby ?
Partially yes. Some won’t make it and the crickets come in and play clean up. Because the mound is now inhospitable the remainder move to another location. We accomplished our goal of getting them out of our garden.
I've seen other native ants come in straight away, and take away the dead ants to eat.
Disappeared? Where did they go did they get up and leave?
The crickets will eat the ants that have come in contact with the orange oil and the mound becomes uninhabitable so any remaining ants move. As long as they are not in my garden I can live with that.
woild it get rid of fire ants ? and what abou the earthworms underneath the soil , would it kill/harm them ?
Yes this will get the ants out of your garden bed and the earthworms will move away
Excellent! I'm going to try it.
Let me know how it turns out.
The fire ants keep rabbits out my garden. Those little guys have saved my strawberry patch and they also eat some of the berries that grow. I don't care as long as they bite the snot out of those rabbits. Every piece of land is different though so I understand
Hey, there is always more than 1 way to look at things. That's why I call my channel "Growing Out The Box". Because I grow in raised beds rabbits have never been an issue. At least so far. We do have a big cat "Marcello" that patrols the garden and does it very well. I thank you for commenting and hope that you have not only subscribed but clicked the notification bell as well. I'm always willing to hear another's perspective. That's how we grow. I doing lots more strawberries next season.
How come the ants didn't run out once the mound was disturbed🤔didn't see one ant
Let’s make a deal…. If you see where the ants come out you’ll subscribe? 🤔 Go to 8:35 in the video. lol….
can this be poured in potted plants?
I have done it many times throughout my garden. Most times the ants are closer to the edge of the container. Test a small amount first and pour close to the edge.
I but coffee grounds in my pots and ants are gone.
Great tip! Thx :-)
Works every time. You can buy Madena organic orange oil on Amazon if you don’t want to make it.
Does this work with natural orange and tea tree essential oils? Does this hurt the plants?
I’m not sure if essential oils are made the same. I use this orange oil to cook with so I know it’s safe. I have purchased medina orange oil and tried it with the tea tree Castile soap and it works. I had okra growing in that raised bed and it didn’t effect it. It may work the same but I personally have never used essential oils. The orange oil is very easy to make and the tea tree Castile soap is listed in my description.
I hope this helps
@@growingoutthebox Thx! I went for it anyway, using small amounts of orange and tea tree EO's with shavings from a laundry soap. I'm now gardening in that area and hoping for the best. 😏
@@bluebutterflywellness2273 If it’s anything like the oil I make you should be fine but this really is a good organic solution
@@growingoutthebox I agree! Ran out of my peppermint castille soap and don't eat oranges, so I had to jimmyrig it for now, but will be prepared next time! 🤣
@@growingouttheboxHi! Nearly a year later and I now have a HUGE anthill but also an outdoor cat I didn't have to consider before. Is this pet safe in case she ingests? TYSM!
Does this work on roaches?
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Got anything for Japanese beetles?
I do have something but I'm only testing it this season. I'm feeling pretty good about it though. Georgia White Clay. I used it last year on my fruit trees and it did pretty good. The japanese love my eggplant and okra so I am going to try it on them.
@growingoutthebox please share if it works on Japanese Beatles. They are horrible and have really destroyed my grape leaves and sweet potato leaves this year!
Aren't the giant white, root-eating grubs the larvae for these Japanese Beatles?
Unidentified Ant: "GO GRAB THE QUEEN!", WE'RE BEING ATTACKED AND GOTTA GET THE HILL OUT OF HERE!" 😂😂😂
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Good video. I like that it is homemade. I buy limonene because I don't have the time or energy to make the homemade stuff. I simply mixed the orange oil/orange oil with water and a big squirt of dishwashing liquid. It worked beautifully, but I don't want to have to keep buying orange oil and having to apply to different Mounds. I would like to be able to scatter this bait under my house and around my house where ants have been going to see if they would take it back to their nest and queen and annihilate them naturally that way. Getting under my house, even though I am on pier and beam, is no picnic. I have made so many different ant baits from sugar, honey mixed with borax in varying amounts, and it's been very difficult to get them to eat it. I'm going to try this since I think ants could be very like wasps in that they want more sweet Foods in the spring but more protein in the fall. We're coming up to fall soon and most possibly a very difficult winter. In that case the ants would be working especially hard to get protein sources for the young and the entire ant colony, before winter comes. I was thinking about mixing something with the bait where they would eat it more readily and not eat it immediately and just die themselves, but that they would bring it back to the nest. This video is perfect in the suggestion of egg yolks, a good protein source, and is nice and smelly to attract them. I noticed in the comments that many people like the music but it's definitely individual tastes. It really got annoying to me after several minutes. Would be great if you could change it up to go from your beginning suspense sounds to some kind of Mission Impossible type theme.. real music,.. not just a constant sound like a rubber band being plucked with an accompanying single drum beat. That really did get irritating very quickly. I just turned the sound completely off when that was distracting me from your video. I'm going to write down your recipe and try it. Can't wait to see how well it works! Good job on the video. It's good that you are open to criticism as well as compliments. That's how we improve and get better in anything. God bless!
Likes and dislikes well noted. You are engaging and that's always a good thing as long as it is civl. All videos aren't for everyone. Just as all music is not for everyone. I listen to R&B, Pop, country and even rap. When it's a song I don't care for I simply move past. Respectfully, if you look at any of my videos you'll hear that music is a dominant factor and very intentional. My channel is relatively new so I am still learning. Not beyond change because to do so would be to limit growth. With that being said. You would be the first to voice a dislike for the style of video I produce. Not that others haven't thought the same. Just no other have voiced it. What I do know it that my channel is different. I won't say for better or worse. It matches my personality. I'm very passionate and extremely intentional. I want everyone to like me but even on my best days I would still find someone that don't. That my good friend, I can live with. Being different and being first are often times synonymous. What wasn't, now is.... and only time can tell what was right.
Be blessed
Hurricane orange peel knocked them out
They hate the orange peel.
I’ve used Seven, that only helped a little. The granular pest control is annoying because you have to wet it in immediately after application, but not too much. I’ve switched to Orange Guard, but it’s too expensive and there are too many fire ant hills in the area that I’m aiming to treat. So I’m going to try this. It seems like a little goes a long way. Which I need because I’m on a budget.
This always works for me. You have to really soak the mound.
I just tried something new. I used baby powder try it out let me know how it works for you ☺️☺️
Okay. Just sprinkle it on or mix it with something. You know I’m going to try jt. That’s some “Growing Out The Box” ish. 💪🏼
@@growingoutthebox No mixing - straight baby powder Dollar store will work. I guess it affects their breathing.
My big cousin told me about it.
@@MrsQueen That would be a great video. Just have to make sure that the baby powder doesn’t affect any beneficials or can be used in a vegetable garden. Most people won’t care but a lot in the gardening community get tight but cheeks about anything that affects beneficials. You might be on to something.
@@growingoutthebox 😆😆 I totally understand and you are right some maybe offended some may not care. I didn’t do any research 🤪, but I’m sure you will 😁🙏🏼.
I dont have a big mound, the pricks are underneath and have little tunnels and entrances everywhere, like 15 holes. I'm screwed. Good thing I didn't invest too much into the spot. Little assholes.
Everywhere you see them I would at least try this. It really works.
Mine have dug tunnels that open inches away from my plants. Destroying the ant hill won't kill them all since most are probably chilling on my veggies as I type
@@YAHOO872 You don't need to kill them all. You just want them gone and this will make it inhospitable for them to live.
Now you tell me⁉️😩 Jk 😂thanks for sharing this with us 🌱❣️
So you haven’t been watching my videos! 🥴…. lol. This will do the job. Thank for “finally” watching. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@growingoutthebox aw maaaan🤣don't do me like that 🤣
Noooo! Let them know they are not welcome 😒 show them who is boss.
The only thing in the garden that does not have a natural predator. I can deal with them over the yard. Just not in the garden.
my cousin is asking if you can use orange oil for cooking as well lol
The oil that I make, yes. It is cooking oil simply fused with orange zest. You of course can cook with the zest as well. I hope you have subscribed? Please do if not and I really appreciate you watching.
@@growingoutthebox i have a dog that digs in the yard and i dont want toxic chemicals so needed a better way of dealing with fire ants
@@8-bithaunted525 We lost our poodle 🐩 in 2020 after 17 years so I do understand. Everything I use is organic. Thanks for subscribing.
Annoying
Yes they are.
@@growingoutthebox 😂🎉🎉
NERVOUS is spelled "n-e-r-v-o-u-s" (not "nUrvous", FYI.
OK.... So are you suggesting that I take a video down with over 16,000 views that has helped many solve their issue because you recognized a typo? That's like getting a bag of free groceries and declining because it's in plastic bag. Instead of complaining about the clouds let's be thankful for a new day🙏🏽. Be blessed.
It’s not that serious, it actually is better than using the correct spelling like a play on words! 🤡