The effectiveness and use of birch tar from ants

Gardeners know how much ants annoy plants every summer. Everyone fights them with their own methods, but it is worth considering the effectiveness and use of birch tar from ants. Moreover, many gardeners successfully use this tool and recommend it to others.

Ants are afraid of many remedies. Specially developed against them drugs that can be found in any garden store. But experienced summer residents, who prefer more environmentally friendly methods of control, oppose chemicals Birch tarbelieving that it helps to get rid of ants for a long time. But at the same time, of course, this method does not mean that you can process the site once and forget about the ants for the whole summer. The procedure will need to be repeated periodically.

Tar is extracted from birch bark by heating it in a tightly closed container. But it is better to do it industrially than at home. Therefore, it is easier to purchase a finished product that is sold at a pharmacy or garden store. It is a dark viscous liquid with a rather pungent odor. The summer resident will only have to choose the method of use, then dilute the composition in the required proportions.

In addition, there is also tar soap, which also has a good effect in the fight against ants and other insects. Someone prefers to use it. Making a soap solution is also easy.

Determining the required dosage for treating areas with vegetables, berry bushes or fruit trees is not difficult at all. For a ten-liter bucket of water, 10 grams of tar will be enough. After stirring the tar in the water well, you can start spraying or watering the soil. You can combine both. Most often, ants that have taken a liking to a tree or shrub are actively spreading in the soil under it.

If, for example, it is supposed to simply spread fabric strips at home or near plants, they can be moistened with a more concentrated solution. Strong-smelling strips of fabric along the beds, under trees, or in places where ants congregate in the house will scare away insects.

Ants are very active at precipitating trees and shrubs in summer. They live in the garden on any trees - they can be found on apple, cherry, apricot, peach. In the garden and at the dacha in the greenhouse, they can feel great on vegetable beds. They can often be found in the apartment as well. The use of birch tar is excellent in the fight against these insects. If nothing is applied, ants can reproduce very quickly and it will be much more difficult to get rid of them. Therefore, the struggle must begin immediately.

When it comes to gardening, there are several ways you can control pests.

• Watering the soil with a diluted compound helps to destroy the ants in the ground. And if special places of accumulation of insects are noticed, whole anthills, a more concentrated solution can be poured there. You need to water the plants in this way several times per season.
• Spraying is mandatory and for the purpose of fighting, when insects have already chosen the branches, stems and leaves of the plant, and for the purpose of prevention, in order to prevent their appearance. To do this, the diluted solution is poured into a spray bottle and thoroughly sprayed on trees, shrubs and other plants. Do this on a clear day, early in the morning or late in the evening in calm weather. You need to repeat the procedure every two weeks until the ants leave the bush or tree. For the purpose of prevention, this can be done only three times per season.
• As far as trees are concerned, another method also works successfully. You need to take strips of fabric or a tightly folded bandage (the width of the strip is from 5 to 10 centimeters), soak well with birch tar and wrap the trunk. Ants will no longer attempt to encroach on such a tree. This option is especially good for prevention purposes. Then you don't have to deal with solutions, spraying and other procedures. Periodically, these dressings need to be renewed by wetting them in a new solution. If the tree has been affected, it should be sprayed and then wrapped around the trunk to enhance the effect.
• Summer residents have come up with another good method that brings double benefits. Many people use mulch for plants - it retains moisture, slows down the growth of weeds, and it is very convenient. But in the fight against ants, she can help if you soak it with a solution of tar. It is convenient to use sawdust for this purpose. To do this, you can soak them with a solution of tar and water and distribute them in the beds, near trees and shrubs or in flower beds. If the mulch is already on the surface of the soil, there is no point in harvesting it. You can take the same spray bottle, fill it with liquid and spray the mulch abundantly, the ants will bypass it, like other insects.