Ants in compost

[lottena]

after a few months I finally turned my compost and was so pleased to find dry, crumbly warm material at the bottom- until I stirred it up and there were tons of black ants, grasshoppers, and ant larvae. I have an ant problem in my yard so I'm wondering if my yard waste contributed to it.

What do I do?

[cynthia_h]

"ANTS in my compost pile." Discussion at

https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13678

Maybe some suggestions in that thread will help your situation.

Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9

[rainbowgardener]

Also see my post "things ants don't like" in this thread:

https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9437

and try searching ant control in the search box at upper left of most pages

[lottena]

thanks, these ideas are helpful. I don't want to ditch my compost so I'll try to kill the ants with boiling water and then sprinkle powder around my compost bin and cinamon around and in it.

[rainbowgardener]

Great, keep us posted on the outcome... that's how we all keep learning, if folks let us know what actually works for them. Good luck!