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Use gloves while spraying as the chilli might irritate your skin.

ANTS:

In traditional gardening, ants aerate the soil — digging tunnels that carry water, oxygen, and
nutrients to plant roots. And they also speed the decomposition of organic material, such as
leaves and dead insects, thereby fertilizing plants. Ants in a garden aren’t usually a concern, but
sometimes they can be a major nuisance, or a sign of larger problems. As they bring with them
the eggs of mealy bugs and aphids.

How to get rid of them naturally:

BORAX
Though commonly sold as a household cleaning product, borax is a naturally occurring boron
salt, rather than a synthetic chemical. It’s toxic to ants when they eat it and can wipe out the
colony.
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH:

Sprinkle diatomaceous earth right on the ants, it gets under their hard shell and cuts up their
small bodies. (please do it ,only if they have become hard to manage).

Fungus:

Fungi thrive on the energy from the plants on which they live, as the fungus grows, the plant
withers. Plant fungus can damage and kill plants as the cover the leaves with white powdery
mildew hence making it hard for photosynthesis to occur,

How to get rid of them naturally,

Well one basic rule to avoid fungus it to water in the morning and avoid watering in the evenings
of after sunset.

Secondly, make a mixture of baking soda with a liquid non detergent soap and water and spray
it weekly .
Mix, 1 tablespoon of baking soda, ½ teaspoon of liquid, non-detergent soap, 1 litre of water.
Spacing plants with for good air circulation can also prevent fungus.

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