ants

i have black ants running all over my grow room can they pose a prob if so what can be used safe in my grow room...they are so damn annoying to see for the most part

Ants can carry in other pests such as mites not to mention bacteria. Raid those bitches, I would use Raid foam and just glide it across the cracks and crevices of the room... Also, keep your place clean and you shouldn't worry about it... If it's not you- tell your neighbors to quit being such slobs

Issue resolved.

ants will actually bring aphids and things in and farm them for their excretions. they then use this to grow fungus that the ants consume. they will place a few on your plants and let the pests reproduce and then actually farm them. get rid of the ants.

and raid is safe fume wise for the plants.

is there a non chemical way of riding them

If you mix a teaspoon of borax (cleaning section of supermarket) with 2 or 3 tablespoons of icing (confectioners) suger and put small piles of the mixture around the plants, the ants will eat it.

When they eat it and go back to their nest, a gas builds up in their gut.

Ants can't fart.

They go POP !!

Other ants then eat the gooey sugary ant guts and the process repeats itself ... POP ... POP.

The section of the ant nest that was working the area where your plants are kinda gets decimated and the ants will stay clear for several weeks - if they reappear, repeat the behavioural management process

I use this method to control ants that visit my home and it works a treat.


G.O.D.

take it from me. i started having ants, thought nothing too bad of them, then next thing i know my plants got infested with aphids and now im fighting to keep my baby alive. i only have like 10 days of growing left too :/