Tiny ants/ant mounds in pepper plant and oriental pea pod soil, killing plants

tholt 6/15/2013, 8:18 am

How do I get rid of them without killing the plants?? The plants have 2-3" single pepper on the plant, but now the foliage is turning yellow and the other peppers are very tiny.

quiltbea 6/15/2013, 10:24 am

I understand sprinkling cinnamon around the plants keeps away the ants. I never tried it myself, but its been mentioned on this forum before.

**llama momma** 6/15/2013, 10:46 am

If you have one nearby, check out Odd Lots/Big Lots for inexpensively priced spices.

**walshevak** 6/15/2013, 11:02 am

I have had good luck with cinnamon.

Kay

yolos 6/15/2013, 1:30 pm

There are many threads on this forum where the subject of ants has been discussed. Here is one such thread.

https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t10795-any-new-tricks-to-get-rid-of-ants?highlight=ants+farming+aphids

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