Ants at home? Avoid them in natural ways

The temperature is rising, spring is coming, summer is approaching and the first ants are timidly appearing on the kitchen counter looking for crumbs and food scraps.

As a first step we keep the kitchen counter clean. If we want to get rid of ants once and for all, we don't need to resort to chemical solutions. Many natural products bring excellent results whether we want to prevent ants or we want to get rid of an entire colony.

1. Lemon juice

We spray openings and cracks with lemon juice and the ants lose their orientation.

2. Cinnamon

Cinnamon powder expels ants. Equally effective is cinnamon essential oil if sprayed under doors, floors and other areas where like-minded but unwanted insects appear.

3. Mint

The essential oil of mint or mint expels ants and gives a nice aroma to the house.

4. Borax, water and sugar

Make a thin ointment with borax, water, sugar and an idea from another viscous food such as peanut butter to attract ants. As soon as they eat the ointment and carry it back to their nest, they miraculously disappear.

5. Boiling water and liquid soap for dishes

Boiling water can kill an ant in the veranda, while in combination with liquid soap it makes an ideal spray.

6. Land of diatoms

Diatomaceous earth or is a mineral of plant origin. Diatoms are a very important group of phytoplankton and are abundant in both marine ecosystems and inland waters (lakes and rivers).

If you scatter land of aisles around your house (without wetting it) then in a few weeks you will get rid of the ants.

7. Chalk

Paint a perimeter with chalk and ants will not cross it.

8. Baking soda and powdered sugar

Ants carry an acidic substance that protects them from enemies. Add a mixture of baking soda and powdered sugar and place in strategic places. Rather, consuming the mixture causes an explosive chemical reaction in their body and we do not see them again.

9. Coffee beans

Close the cracks and holes from which they come out with coffee beans. They will not dare to move the "stone", but will prefer to go far.

10. Corn flour

For some reason the ants eat cornmeal and "leave us healthy".

11. Wheat cream

For some reason it causes an explosion in their body and we forget them.

12. White Vinegar

The material with countless uses. In the case of ants, we make a solution with vinegar and water to mop the floor and clean the counter and the ants disappear.

13. Aspartame

Aspartame is a well-known sweetener. We mix aspartame with apple juice and we have a nice neurotoxin for ants. We put it in the coffee without fear.

Source: econews.gr