How do I get rid of ants in my blueberry plants?
I don’t want the fruit to become toxic from ant poison. I also have lettuce planted near them. Will ant poison make my greens toxic?
You can always add something around the base of the plants to slow or dissuade the ants… but they’ll eat or bypass anything natural. Any chemicals will show-up in your fruits & veggies for sure. Maybe a little-plastic upside umbrella-like device (make one) around the base, so the ants can’t grip and climb, then fall-off and give up?
My advice: Go inside and busy yourself, and you’ll forget all about them… there’s no problems or reason to fret because you saw ants on your blueberry bushes. Not only are the plants used to this – but there’s nothing wrong or toxic about it. The ants will not take-away your blueberries — if they could/did, there wouldn’t be any blueberries in muffins or pancakes. There might be one/two berries broken or open — and maybe that’s your solution.. to remove those few. They’re sipping the sweetness, as they would a peony bulb before it opens — and there’s little problem there. Any spray you ultimately consume. Stay cool; take it easy; relax.
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