How to avoid ants in flour

vivbass · Mar 21, 2008

Hi to all,
anyone plz suggest me some remedies to avoid ants in flour....becoz of summer season,suddenly my Aata dubbha full of ants...here i didn't get neem leaves...
i heard for cockroach if v keep umbrella in the night in the kitchen,then in the morning all the cockroaches will b there in the umbrella...but for ants,i don't have any idea other than turmeric powder...

Mythraeyi · Mar 21, 2008

Hi,

I have read that putting a couple of bay leaves (tej patta) in the flour keeps bugs away. I've never tried it though.

vivbass · Mar 21, 2008

Hi Mythraeyi,
thanx for the tips,i'll try & give u FB.

srinivasan_vanaja · Mar 21, 2008

hi vivbass,

we get "lakshman rekha chalk" in the stores. just buy it and draw a circle with the chalk around the "dubba" on the shelf. and let me know the results.

vivbass · Mar 22, 2008

Dear Vanaja,thanx for ur suggestions,ok,i'll buy it & give u FB....

padmavathi m · Mar 22, 2008

dear vivbass,

i put few neem leaves inside the dubba....................i haven't seen any ants inside the flour till now..............

love
padma

vivbass · Mar 22, 2008

Dear Padma,thanx for ur reply,but here i didn't get the neem leaves...outskirts of hyderabad.

Nandshyam · Mar 22, 2008

put some dry red chillies, split.. heard that works too !!

obviously yoru atta will be bit spicy.. but Andhra is famous for spice anyways, yeah

vivbass · Mar 22, 2008

Dear Nandhu,
thanx for ur reply....sure i'll put some chillies..
btw,iam not from andhra,iam from chennai,so my aata will b normal only,hahahahaBig Laugh

vivbass · Mar 23, 2008

Hello Nandhu,
thanx for ur reply..i put the tejpatta,if still ants attack the dubbha surely i'll put the chillies...
btw.iam from chennai,not from Andhra,so my aata is normal aata only,not very spiceyBig Laugh