Beginner Gardening: Ants! Everywhere! How to get rid without hurting veggies??, 0 by GardenersCorner

GardenersCorner wrote:
Haley:
I just had the same problem. Looked it up and asked in the Pepper forum.
I found out that it could be aphids. The ants are attracted to the aphids ( forgot why again)
But from what I read its not the ants hurting the plant but the aphids.

My plants looked good one day bad the next.
I washed them with Insecticidal soap - then switched to Neem oil and it seems to be doing the trick.
You have to stay with it, keep spraying to get rid of them. It can take a couple of weeks .


Someone did suggest something for the ants- I'd have to go back and look at the thread to get the name



Sylvia