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INSECT CONTROL RECIPE

Ant Control

A vinegar trail-breaker that disrupts the scent path ants use to march back to your kitchen or garden bed, sending scouts looking elsewhere.

Antcontrol
Prep: 5 minutes
Yields: about 2 cups
Organic-friendly

Ingredients

1 cup white vinegar
1 cup water
Spray bottle

Instructions

1

Mix the vinegar and water together in a spray bottle.

2

Spray directly along visible ant trails, entry points, and doorframes.

3

Wipe the area down after a few minutes to remove both the ants’ scent trail and the vinegar smell.

4

Repeat daily for a few days until the trail stops reforming.

Tip: Trail-breaking only stops the ants you can see. If the trail keeps reappearing, pair this with a bait station like our Ant Bait recipe to deal with the colony itself.

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