Perfectly Planting Cucumbers, Squash & Zucchini: Making the Planting Hole & 2 Top Mistakes to Avoid

I show you how to make the perfect planting hole for your cucumbers, squash and Zucchini plants. I show you examples of healthy and unhealthy transplants and discuss 2 basic mistakes people make. This is how you want to plant and start your cukes, zukes and squash.
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[@worknplaymaker7615]

Hi Gary, love your videos so much. Thank you. 2 part Question: What happens if you started to early from seed the root system is very good but they just started to flower as you planted them? They are growing good, but would developing flowers, and female cucumbers stunt their growth of the vine as newly established plants if any should pollinate?

[@jewellindsey2415]

Q

[@kellykamillion6335]

Uncooked grits works wonders even for huge ant mounds. Apply it when the ground is dry for the swelling of the grits in the ants stomach is what kills it. It is the easiest most successful treatment I have ever tried!!!!

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[@marlenepopos12]

Thanks for the tip, do you have any for tiny black spiders in the garden?

[@1Whitewolfe]

It really works. I’ve used it for years.

[@MicheleLaCagnina]

I am so trying that! They're all over my strawberries farming aphids.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Honey mixed with yeast also works well, does the same.👍

[@mrs.t7254]

Gary, i just love your videos! This is my 2nd year gardening. Last year I started from seed and nothing germinated. I’m not exaggerating. Maybe 3 sprouted then soon died. I was given one tiny cherry tomato plant and it thrived! And one tiny bell pepper plant and it only produced one pepper. And that was it for my first year. Lots of tears and frustrations. I spent the winter watching your videos and learning as much as I can about gardening. This year I started everything from seed and everything germinated! I currently have 3 cherry tomato plants, 4 bell pepper, 2 banana pepper, cucumbers, cantaloupe, bush beans, carrots are almost ready to harvest, strawberries, and watermelon growing. Everything is in large containers in a 100% patio garden. And I also had a “winter/early spring garden” with lettuce, spinach, onions, kale, chard. And planted tons of flowers this year and was blessed by many blooms so far. I am in tears! So thrilled to have the experience to grow my own food. Gardening is my favorite part of my day now.

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[@nshue23]

Its hard but pick your peppers asap. The plant will think it got eaten and produce twice the amount. If your season is long enough you will get a 3rd pepper session. The plants whole goal is not producing peppers, but producing seed to further its offspring for next generation. So if it thinks an animal keeps eating them it will keep producing as long as the weather holds out.

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@@nshue23Good advice!!!!!🥰

[@sharonstanley5054]

For ants, surround plants with borax or diatomaceous earth. When raining, it might be a problem, because you must keep your powder dry. If you can find nests, circle entire nest with the above. If you set traps, make it so the ants have to crawl through the borax first. For sugar ants, put a big pile of sugar surrounded by borax. Also, surround their nest holes. Any insect that crawl through borax, boric acid, diatomaceous earth will die.

[@KittyGooris]

Ants.... throw a handful of wood ashes right in the middle of their nest. They will move! Do it every time again until they leave your property. Worked for my garden 👍🏻😃

[@TheCecanbgd]

Thanks :)

[@nasqad3357]

Gonna give that a try

[@airinbone]

Yes, this does work most of the time .

[@Infiniti25]

Kitty Gooris fresh warm/hot wood ashes or just cooled/cold wood ashes that you can store from one burning for many uses over time?

[@pandoraalbright9919]

Very quickly, take a shelvel full of ants and their dirt , from one mound to another mound. The ants will kill each other. A war between colonies. Be very carefully and quick. This was done in the South for years before poison was used.

[@robmoreno6267]

As a bee keeper, I mix one tablespoon of borax with a cup of sugar water and place in an used margarine tub with holes big enough for the ants but not the bees to access. In three years, i haven't had any ants near my hives.

[@mcgritty8842]

THIS!

[@gabrielbayley4247]

wow... watching you this season is so different than in the past... as you dig a hole for planting it isn't as perfect as your old garden was, but knowing that it will in a few short years is what makes the journey fun

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Thanks for watching. Getting it all up to speed slowly. Digging specific holes save money and time. Eventually it will all get mixed with some home grown compost! Please visit my seed shop www.therustedgarden.com for Neem Oil, Peppermint & Rosemary Oil for pest and disease management. Calcium Nitrate for Blossom End Rot and for Seeds and Seed Starting Supplies. Thanks so much!

[@papawsplace]

Gary, I like how you always encourage people that they don't have to use the exact soils, fertilizers and do things exactly the way you do it.

[@connectionoflivesandinterests]

*I Agree he's very helpful. 🌱🍅🥒😁* Sharon in SC

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I really like that he is not one of them type people that thinks one way or one thing is the best and only way of doing things. I like watching different people from different places to get ideas and then make my own out of them.

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[@TheMillennialGardener]

Buy some ant bait pellets designed for use in a spreader. The stuff is cheap a around $5-6 a bag. Spread it all over your lawn. They take it back to the nest and kill the queen. No more queens, no more ants. I have really bad fire ant issues here in my sandy NC soil.

[@CliffWarren]

Exactly right, squash and pumpkins do not do well if they have become root bound. They need to send their roots out, and they do it quickly.

[@feliciacarter1962]

Great info. According to your video, I bought my cucumbers too old. I had eight, but only three survived. The wind snapped all the big ones. Now I know. Thanks

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My seeds I bought from your store are really taking off !

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*Yeppers..... Great results with seeds. 🌱🍅🥒😁* Sharon in SC

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I love your style. It's not some overcomplicated lecture on preparation and soil mixture. Thank you!!

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[@chapteroona]

Had a pretty nasty fire ant problem awhile back, boric acid works quickly but not suitable around pets. Ended up using diatomaceous earth instead, it took quite awhile but was pretty effective. Love your channel!

[@melissafields2459]

Big fan of diatomaceous earth but it kills everything including beneficial insects, so have to weigh the benefits versus drawacks.

[@paulapierce8359]

Boric acid is not toxic to pets , FYI

[@marissamatsuzaki3140]

I’ve had an ant problem where I’m at since last year and it is improving. My most successful measures have been 1. Liberal amounts of cinnamon on top of and mixed into the garden soil 2. Creating borax baits. I chemically destroy ants in the lawn but cinnamon and garlic annoys them out of my vegetable garden with toxins. Cinnamon every day for about 4 days was extremely successful for me.

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[@kathyladow4634]

Fully enjoy learning from your videos. And thank you for having the camera on your work and not on your “selfie”! I had heard about putting a water bottle solution of borax sugar and it honey mixed with a little water placed throughout the garden area to help kill off ants. I haven’t tried yet but I need to get going on this. Just cap the bottle and add a slice in the bottle for ants to get in. Hope we figure this out!

[@gregwakefield1306]

I have had great success using this exact method for the last 2-3 years

[@kathyladow4634]

Greg Wakefield that’s great to hear, going to get on it tonight!

[@johnnieblackburn3182]

So that's why I keep seeing milk cartons in people's gardens and pots. I was wonderin what new watering method that was.

[@chellejones3111]

I planted some cucumbers in the grown there are growing everywhere all outside of my garden makes me smile....😁😚☺️😊

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[@SpearAndMagicHelmetYT]

My squash seedlings that I grew have the beginnings of flowers. I wish he'd explained WHY it's not OK so I knew if I should replant or if they're OK to put outside now.

[@jackiekapcheck1118]

Ugh mine, too ...

[@RagbagMcShag]

I heard it isn't a good thing aswell but last year most of my squash grew fine. I think it's not good that the plant is small and already starting to make flowers cause it probably doesn't put as much effort into making more leaves maybe. But yeah I would just try it out, I couldn't throw em away at that point

[@2MeNew2]

Mine too. They have flowered- couple flowers but no fruit. I am in Alabama...been getting fair amount of rain so couldn't get them out...but gonna get it done today, some are starting to yellow.

[@martine7693]

@@2MeNew2 like for any transplant , pinch out the flowers when planting them..that way the plant will bush out & make sure to some transplant fertilizer...

[@zaria5785]

Martine Arnold I tried punching out the blooms before planting my cucumbers from starters that I bought from a local nursery and it didn’t help. Honestly it just tried to put out more flower buds. I fertilized it and fed it to get some new leaves but it was stunted and I only got 1 cucumber before I had to pull it out.

[@jamescohn4268]

Ant problem, equal amounts of sugar and boric acid, mix in water to make a paste and spoon amounts around your framing of your raised beds. Instant grits work great too, but not if it is going to rain or you use sprinkler around raised beds.

[@marissamatsuzaki3140]

That is a great tip on how they should look when you buy them.

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[@joniboulware1436]

These are such great pointers. I have found that squash will grow their way out of having been overgrown at transplanting. But they tend to wilt for the first week in ground. Then mine perked right up and produced great.

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[@marthacarrillo1756]

Cinamon powder is perfect to avoid ants. Put a circle of cinnamon powder around the affected plants and the ants will be gone.

[@barbrilbetts7578]

Martha Carrillo yes, any type of bugs I’ve found (especially gnats or whatever those little flying insects are). I buy cinnamon specifically for my plants and veggies.

[@sherriemattingly5228]

Cinnamon ants hate it and it is also beneficial for the plants also keeps other pests away

[@StephRenee812]

We have ants bad. I never knew they were bad..

[@tinak.3022]

Cinnamon works so well. I tried it the other day.

[@kerririnehart492]

Thank you for this tip.... It’s awesome too know 😊

[@rickeisha4612]

Thanks for the video for the ant issue mix boric acid and powdered sugar mix together and put down where the ants are. Works wonders !

[@frisbeefreer532]

Last year my tomato plants were near a big ant hill, and i was watering the tomatoes daily (they were in containers). The ants got tired of having a wet nest and left. ByeBye!

[@mydear6788]

First time gardeners and we learn so much from you....planted lots indoor since February in Ontario Canada. I like how you get to the point and show how is right and wrong to grow or even shop for plants. Peppermint oil mixed with water great for ants and rodents. Keep the great videos coming, thank you.😊

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[@AssyrianKing4ever]

My dad has a little garden leased from the city. We used DE food grade to fight the ants

[@olddave4833]

nice of your city to lease you tax payers land that you already own.

[@212southsherman]

DE= ?

[@tcanderson1313]

@@212southsherman diatomaceous earth

[@stephanierhodes350]

I use Monterey ant control and it works to control the rolly pollies and the ants. The isopods will eat up seedlings as well.

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[@anthonyyoung2175]

Can you please elaborate more on planting squash in their prime stage? You briefly mention it but don't explain why that is discouraged. Also, when shopping at the big box retailer or local nursery, if most of the plants are starting to flower but have yet to develop full fruiting flowers, would that be discouraged versus purchasing any at all?

[@anonz975]

Getting flowering plants is better than none at all if you want that crop. Chances are they will produce if you take care of them.

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[@AcornHillHomestead]

Sadly due to light conditions and a very cold wet spring this is how my seedlings did (very leggy) so I will have to plant the squash and melons and hope for the best. Things were so bad this spring I might have to buy all my tomato plants this year and pitch my own seedlings. They look awful and wont likely catch up if I plant them. I need to get started. Im weeks behind last year as it is. Next year I will finally have my own small greenhouse. Starting seeds in a house without much room for a garden as big as mine is just not working.

[@rosannakuerner6182]

Unfortunately I started my zucchini seedlings to early and they are starting to flower. I am going to plant them and hope for the best. Maybe I’ll start another batch and see if it makes a difference.

[@ewellacres]

I have found it extremely important to do some homework behind plants and be able to plant them in their prime.

[@terigeorge5545]

I’ve used instant potato flakes spread around the affected area to control ants. It’s worked so far and that was a year ago.

[@MsSunnyMuffins]

This is my first year having a garden! I've started some summer squash seedlings - still have a week or so before I take them out of their cups but it's been an exciting process! Hopefully my tomatoes germinate too but it might be too hot for them.

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[@RainyJo715]

My cucumber plants were a little past their prime this year too, and I really didn’t have a choice because I’m on the border of zones 4/5, and it was so freezing cold here for the week of the Memorial Day holiday, which really put me into June this year for planting. What I did, is I planted them anyway. They did look pretty healthy, which is good for around here. Usually, all they have are the super stringy, spindly looking plants, that shock and die as soon as you plant them. These did not have any blossoms yet, but have since developed some, and look like they’re doing ok. But as a back up, and I do this every year, I planted seeds, as well. Those cucumber seeds are now small seedlings and looking great. I also did this with my squash. I planted the plants, and back up seeds. Every seed germinated, so I’ll have to clip some, or transplant them elsewhere. Same with my 2 types of beans. They all germinated. But not so much luck with the kajari melons. I only had 3 of 6 seeds germinate in those. So I’m babying them like crazy! I did seeds for lettuce, basil, and sugar snap peas too. But all of my many tomatoes and peppers were plants. We can’t grow those from seed here. Growing season is too short. I skipped the watermelon and the winter squash this year too, due to getting such a late start.:)

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[@qwertyqaz2227]

What specifically would go wrong if you plant one of those older starts?

[@abhaybhatt4286]

The plant's roots are compressed so they're stressed out and try to flower at such a tiny size. Basically the plant thinks it has so space, so it puts all it's energy into producing a tiny fruit to pass it's genes on, and ends up killing itself wasting all it's energy on a single fruit. You could save it, but it's not worth your money to have a plant you need to baby for 2 weeks before it's caught up to the other healthier transplants in the store.

[@zaria5785]

Abhay Bhatt well said! This happened to my pickling cucumber plants. I bought it from a local nursery and it was way overgrown and I kept having to water it every day for a month until I fixed up my garden bed. By then it gave 1 cucumber and then put out like a million flowers bunched up together but would die off instead of setting fruit. It was stunted and I wasn’t able to save it after a month of trying to feed it. The only 2 remaining leaves on it got attacked by spider mites and I had to pull it out eventually. Lesson learned. I’m now growing cucumbers from seed in starter pots and direct sowed them into my garden bed. So far it’s looking good.

[@debbietampasheher3682]

I really appreciate the non examples (ones you do not want use and how not to plant)! I think it just shows how much you care to take the time to create them and/or save the mistakes so we can actually see. It's nice to see the good ones but helps so much more to see and understand why about the bad ones.

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[@AJMaddclan]

Throwing some citrus peels down in the soil really seemed to help with my ants.

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[@vickypeterson7688]

I only recently started using starter plants and honestly I see no difference between direct sowing seeds and started plants, both do well for me

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[@brianking6671]

use grits for ants. they take it back to the queen, she eats it then explodes. takes some time but works great on our farm.

[@blessedamerican3541]

Uncooked

[@ashablack2291]

@@blessedamerican3541 yes, uncooked

[@bigd341]

I use cinnamon for ants and cut worms they don't like it and it keep them away. I put it around the base of my cucumbers and broccoli and then mulch around them. Happy gardening !!😊 Have a great day !!🙂😊

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[@adambowman6401]

Mint-peppermint oil for ants

[@stargazer3467]

Your videos are amazing! So much fun to watch and learn. I’ve been a flower gardener all my life so veggies are new to me - growing them at least. I just had a raised garden bed (4x8) built with trellis down the center. How many cucumber plants can I put in? Distance between them? Thanks for sharing all your expertise with us. Luv the info your subs share too👍👍 Thanks so much! Happy gardening!🥒🥒

[@tylersteele1887]

I watched a video where guy took a shovel full of ants from one area and set them down on top of another area and they went to war and all the ants that did not die left

[@Themurphyshow7]

That's gotta be the most fun solution

[@charlenekociuba7396]

I saw that video too! LOL I was told years ago, that to mix boric acid and sugar, will attract and kill ants. I like the other suggestions, especially the cinnamon as it is cheap spice.

[@amyjocross8665]

My Dad used to do that! He loved to watch them "war".

[@StephRenee812]

@@charlenekociuba7396 I use that all over yard to keep the cats away. Because my dogs got fleas, another of cats in my neighborhood.. no more cats. But ants we have them bad even in our home. Been like that here for many generations.. our house was built in the late 1800's

[@RagbagMcShag]

@@charlenekociuba7396 dont freaking put chemicals in your garden lol

[@mattingly1217]

Man you really juiced up the ground for those guys... this fall I'm gonna broad fork in some peat moss just to help the dirt out... keep up the good work! Your garden has come a long way... can tell you have been working hard on it

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[@unorthodoxmolossers4860]

Cant you pinch off the flowers? Will they still grow? I hope so because all of mine look like that

[@CFdeedee]

The thing is with flowered plants is that the plant will start focusing on growing fruit instead of growing big! Sometimes pinching off the flower would work in making your plant grow bigger like tomatoes ! As for cucumbers the plant would produce male flowers first to attract the bees (Helps for pollinating) and then it would produce the female flowers, in case there are no bees you'll have to hand pollinate your female flowers .. as for squash and zucchini I'm not sure about it, never grew those !

[@BrightestBlessings7899]

We put out dishes of sugar mixed with borax, in 2 metal lids (with holes punched in them) taped together, facing each other. I put them in places and taped it up so well critters and kids could could not get into it. Ants love the stuff. They take it back and feed it to their queen. Bad year for ants here too! Chrysanthemum oil (diluted) will chase them out but be careful of its toxicity. Brightest Blessings!

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[@michaelp6421]

Looking forward to what others share regarding ants. I moved in April and the new house has ants ALL over the grass and garden areas. I set some natural borax traps but would like to know what some of the other solutions are.

[@MollyMcBooter]

Michael P take a shovel and scoop up a chunk of one ant hill then dump it on top of a different ant hill. The ants go to war and kill each other off.

[@southsidecarly7427]

Quite a few people in the notes are saying to use cornmeal or grits, I need to try this

[@ann7318]

I put some kitchen scraps with seeds (not sure if melon or pumpkin yet) in a container that I covered with dirt for containers back in March I think. It was still cold, and did not think they would grow. I am in zone 6b, and we had some cold weather in March and April. They have sprouted and are doing fantastic. I am not sure what they are yet, but it does not matter to me.

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[@gvas7560]

Look up the Dirt Doctor KZbin channel. I tried his fire ant recipe and it actually worked. Hope that helps. Keep up the good work God bless you

[@YEEHAA1st]

I’m glad you are using bait in your garden for the ants... Other formulations of insecticides can indiscriminately kill some beneficial insects... The baits that you can buy at the local Home Depot or Lowe’s are usually a boric acid or abamectin based bait which is fine but it is difficult to eliminate a colony... I own a pest control business in Montgomery County. I don’t know how close you are to me , but I could always drop off some of my ant bait stations for you to try... I work in Montgomery, Howard, Carroll and Frederick counties... My name is Kim Taylor... Thanks for the great videos!

[@culdesacgrocerygarden]

Well darn my cucumber starts are a month old. It just keeps raining and storming here!

[@janetbecker4282]

Have you tried diatomaceous earth

[@nckruse]

Me too so do we just plant them anyway

[@RodeoCowgirl-55]

Just reading while I am on break from garden. I took care of my tomatoe plants with BT as I read about BT. So I keep eye on it. To my surprise, I found 2 mean ones big as my finger on my pepper plants. That is new to me as all this time I reading all about gardens, it didn't mention anything tomatoe horn worms or BT on pepper plants.

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[@lookingglassmimzy]

Grits have always solved my ant issues.

[@debbielente4766]

Hi there. How does grits help with getting rid of ants?? Thank you

[@johncoody9947]

@@debbielente4766 the ants eat them, drink water and explode because the grits swell in them

[@debbielente4766]

Thanks John. I was thinking about this last night. Really!

[@lorrainedurgee1761]

I also put cinnamon from Costco, for mushrooms growing in my flower beds...in the spring..sprinkle it all around ..

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always great to find good videos

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[@branrufarm]

I've had good luck with spreading a line of used coffee grounds around the perimeter of the garden. I've also tried it directly on the bed. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Don't know why.

[@Just-Nikki]

I got rid of a TERRIBLE ant problem with diatomaceous earth and borax and sugar traps. I know those are common solutions but they were very effective for us.

[@DGreenThumb]

Your video is very informative and will help lot. Thank you and mabuhay

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[@rosaleon3646]

I sprayed with cinnamon and the ants will stay away from the plants.

[@kristinapham3082]

Thank you so much for this video. It came very handy, I'm just about to plant a whole bunch of plants.

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[@anitawalters5672]

I had a really bad ant problem in my little green house and used diatomaceous earth sprinkled it with a large spoon all over the floor and they went away. I just left a good amount on the floor and they haven't come back.

[@simoneserraglini731]

Per le formiche acqua + farina di mais, la polenta un pochino alla volta tutti i giorni, la portano nella tana e li scoppia lo stomaco e per un bel po non ti daranno fastidio...

[@dbaker0226]

@garypilarchick I find here in Canada zone 5/6 I need to start my zucchini, squash etc indoors around February/March in order to get more of a planting season. Some years september is the cut off and other years its October/November like last year. You never know what you get.

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[@pascalwilliams5379]

Hi beautiful, how’re you doing?

[@jenniferjuniper9118]

Yes !!! Ants ! Everywhere , thousands of them ... even in the house. Will read with interest !

[@filzaahmedi1011]

Your seedlings look great! My zucchini are 6" leggy ...please suggest how to handle a leggy zucchini seedling? Can we plant the stem deep like the tomatoes?

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[@scuttlezebra2963]

Thank you!!!! I have been searching about what to do with over matured seedlings. Mine have flowers and few leaves, I think I’ll sacrifice them and start fresh.

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[@GardenKatt]

I use borax and sugar mixed together with warm water. Cut 16 oz. Water or soda bottle about 2 inches from bottom. Pour in mixture and sink in garden in multiple places. The ants will clean it out and die off in 2 weeks or less. Works every time. I learned that living in alabama where we had red ants galore. Still works here in Kentucky. Make sure you use enough sugar to conceal borax. Oh, sink to about level with ground. I used similar method for slugs except substitute bear for borax mixture.

[@patricacompton9603]

crushed egg shells work great, like broken glass to ants they hate them. Also crushed clam shells like you would get for chickens, and its good for the garden.

[@mrsmincey9731]

I added compost,manuer and a soil conditioner to my raised beds this year since they were drying out fast. It's been extremely hot here in GA. Have you used a soil conditioner in any of your beds before. So far so good for me but time will tell with my melons, peppers, and tomatoes.

[@rainepanda]

I've seen many times people use coffee grounds for ants. It shouldn't effect the soil too much but the ants will take it back to their hill and it's the caffeine that kills them. I'm trying it out this season in Texas so hopefully it works!

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[@bdarmstead2]

Check out khang starr. He shows a diy way of getting rid of ants. He has very helpful information on his channel.

[@lindaestell6613]

@J Bruce If you have the misfortune of stepping on a fire ant mound, you will quickly understand the why.

[@jelatinosa]

@J Bruce also, in my experience, ant will bring aphids and sucking insects onto your plants.

[@zabaloch]

All of my cucumbers, zucchinis and squash died a few days after planting. The day I planted it was 90+ degree temperature and the next few days was also the same high 80s temperature. What temperature is good for planting cucumbers and like plants?

[@thecyclingcouple4438]

great video sir Gary. New for this year, I grew my own squash, pumpkin, gourd, cucumber, melon, honey dew, tomatoes, peppers (lots of them), eggplants, okras, bittermelon, brocolli, winged beans, calamondin, sweet patotoes, moringa, onions and celery. Im so excited for the weather to get warm in Toronto.

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[@cafedunier]

For ants, find their nests, then take a scoop of ants from one nest and dump them on the other nest. Next, take a scoop of ants from the other nest and put it on the first nest. This creates an anti war and they will eradicate each other.

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[@ethanboyd7843]

The is the American Method Wait until they form a North and South Antland with bitter guerilla warfare and economic depression spiraling sectarian violence for 50 years lol!

[@ethanboyd7843]

Or wait until one finds oil and spray the others with Raid!

[@restorenperformcoaching5983]

Insectarian violence 😂

[@ethanboyd7843]

@@restorenperformcoaching5983 Ohhh! One Upped me!

[@tamarabrown5665]

There's a you tube video I believe borox powder, water a piece of frozen waffle and a little cottage cheese container. poke holes in container, put waffle in mix borox and water pour over waffle leave a little fluid on bottom ants come in take pieces back to colony, killing the queen etc. Not sure if this is exact but you can find it on you tube.

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Use diatomaceous earth around your plants for ants.

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[@claudettemonty4077]

If I plant my cucumbers too early (30th of March) and I cannot plant them outside it’s snowing today!!! Surprise! It was 75’F last week! 3 leaves presently there!

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[@deanspencer13]

Some good advice,.. I've grown Uri Guri Orange winter squash like Monty Don says ..far too early..but still got crop. Like your method's !

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[@KeithOutWest]

Gary, I use diatomaceous earth for ant control. All natural, very cheap, very effective. Good luck!

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[@SoldbyPhil.realtor]

Hi Gary, You mention that you don’t want to buy a squash plant that is already flowering because it’s past its prime, but do not mention what difference that will make. Are you suggesting that starting with a plant that already has flowers will not continue growing and produce fruit? Thanks Gary

[@laurenrshe-her1996]

Philip Seblano same question here. Why not buy them? I bought small squash plant at a sale but it’s just about to start flowering.

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The just stay smaller and produce less. Youll get production. Sometimes they are also fertilizer stressed at that point as they took all the life out of the container. Weeks down the line they can recover. Check out my new Amazon Influencer's Shop. Anything you buy on Amazon helps The Rusted Garden when using my link. Ill be putting what I use in videos there for 2019. It is all set up by categories. Thanks. www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden

[@SoldbyPhil.realtor]

Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) Thank you... The reason why I had asked is because I started my yellow squash and zucchini plants from seed. After just four weeks they were already starting to flower but it was still too early to put them outside due to weather. (I am in New York zone seven) My (25 squash plants) are now outside in full bloom... but I was just wondering what to expect in the coming weeks... Thanks Gary

[@NTSRFR4]

Ants don't like coffee. I have used it in the garden and usually they are gone the next day. Some can be resistant though, so make it strong. The other thing they don't like is compost tea.

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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN No problem, good luck. I'm watching your video on radishes right now.

[@kuvasz93]

I read about making a concoction of boric acid and grape jelly and set them where the ants are. Hope it helps

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[@donwilliams1193]

Thanks Gary for your videos.

[@christinacheng12]

Great informative video. I like how you show us what NOT to get/do, those tips are super helpful for a new gardener like me!

[@jasssssssful]

Hi! For your ant problem, use Borax. Its a natural mineral salt used in organic gardening since it is not harmful to humans and other beneficial insects. To be effective, mix it with syrup which will attract the ants or buy the pre-made product (i.e. Terro Liquid Bait). Spread the solution around the nest and wait a few days. Ive been using this method for 2 years during spring and by June, all ant colonies are wiped out

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[@dianapollex3266]

Seen a video today where a gardener had anticipated problem. His solution was to get a shovel full of dirt with other ants and put over the existing ant hole. They go to war and within 7-10 days all the ants are gone. It was amazing

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[@streeterboyzoutdoors]

Can you trellis the squash and zucchini plants as well.

[@simonebourgeois9544]

Borax works good on ants I having the same ant problem at my raised bed at my local community garden

[@margaretarmstrong4001]

50:50 sugar:22 mule team borax. Add enough water to make a paste. If you get to much water, soak some cotton balls in it and place right at the nest site. Good luck. It works great.

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[@PrashantVideography]

use neem leaves boiled with some garlic cut to pieces.. cool it off and apply them around.. serves as repellant

[@Diane56ful]

Great info. Thanks Gary!

[@jackangie1]

try sprinkling fine corn meal around for the ants......works great for anthills or in the house around baseboards.

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[@davidg813]

You have to find the ant nest and then spray it with the kind of bee spray that is made from chrysanthemum oil I'm pretty sure that the ortho brand is one of them

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[@fergyjenkins6353]

Mix 3 parts icing sugar and 1 part borax add hot water to make a runny paste, apply near ant holes

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[@frankmaximchuk3686]

For ants. Borax, sugar and a little water to make a dry paste so the ants can carry it back to the nest. Put the solution in a small water bottle and cut a 1/2 inch to 1 inch hole so the ants can go in and out and lay the bottle where the ants are. Ant be gone.

[@spartacus3015]

I read cinnamon powder sprinkled around helps prevent ants, gnats and fungus. Might be worth a try.

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[@mikeandjoyjourney7556]

thankyou mr gary i have learned so much watching your videos thankyou

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[@helennelson3120]

Thanks for sharing. I learn so much from you.

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[@lorrainerovig4743]

Ants RUN from my door sill when I sprinkle on red pepper flakes. Might work around plants too.

[@arleammohammed5476]

You can use fastac it is what we use in the Caribbean for ants and It work very good. Not sure you have that there.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

I grow in chimney pots with homemade compost with chicken poo pellets, blood fish and bone and seaweed.👍

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