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title: "I have a question about ants. When should I worry about them? They…"
description: "I have a question about ants. When should I worry about them? They live my passion flower vine, caladiums and now my herb garden. I’ve been using diatomaceous…"
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# I have a question about ants. When should I worry about them? They…

_brittany님이 2023-07-19에 게시함_

I have a question about ants.

When should I worry about them? They live my passion flower vine, caladiums and now my herb garden. I’ve been using diatomaceous earth around the edges of my pots and then tonight I find them going into the drainage holes of my herb planter. Help.

## 4개의 댓글

### Roundshouse Plants님이 2023-07-19에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Ants shouldn't be a problem. They are just apart of outside. They don't eat the plants. Some people even like them in their pots because they help aerate the soil. Ants like sugar so if you have honeysuckle or other sweet flowering plant, they will keep coming. I've used a Borax solution with good result's. You can find directions/recipe online.

### pg님이 2023-07-19에 댓글을 남겼어요.

On a whim, check for other pests that may bring the ants in. Ants often farm and protect pests that produce honeydew, a sugary, sticky substance….think aphids/mealybugs/etc.

### Danika님이 2023-07-19에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I just watched a thing about how ants are a necessary and beneficial insect to fig trees specifically, and they eat and attack a certain kind of mean wasp, that which will kill off another kind of good pollinating wasp which pollinate the fig flowers so it can make fruit. So without the ants, the tree cannot make its fruit. Interesting world!

#### brittany님이 2023-07-20에 답변했습니다.

Very interesting. The ants we have are the little black ones.

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