Someone mentioned growing mint in order to discourage ants. Well I have a lovely Catnip plant that is suffering because it is overrun with ant. they crawl up and down, they heave the soil out and it dries out much faster than it should because the soil is completely aerated and fluffy cause of the ants. In the hot Summeer Heat I've lost many plants to dehydration while watering regularly only to discover an ant colony has moved into the potted soil and taken over.
So I might try the DE on my Catnip cause I need to move it and don't want to move a whole colony of ants and possibly lose my moving truck deposit because of infestation.
Ants killed my potted Japanese Maple tree, they've killed many container garden plants. I don't hate them for being, but I hate what they do to my plants that I love and care for.
Plus I want to encourage worms but I'm afraid the ants attack the worms.
I'll be moving to a house with a flat yard and will probably have new ant problems there, but I dont' want to relocate them with my plants. Any suggestions for removing an ant colony from a potted plant like catnip that has fine roots?
