Small black ants don’t usually eat vegetables, but fire ants are another story. Not only can they inflict a painful sting, but they cause damage to many vegetable crops, such as okra, potatoes, corn, cucumbers and watermelon. They cause the most damage to young, tender plants.Click to see full answer. In this regard, are ants good or bad for a vegetable garden?Garden ants can actually be beneficial in the vegetable garden – they act as pollinators by crawling around from bloom to bloom looking for nectar, and they can kill off harmful caterpillars. These ants do not typically harm vegetation by striping leaves from plants.Furthermore, will ants hurt my plants? A Ants seldom feed directly on plants, but they can sometimes damage plants in other ways. When ant colonies build their nests under plants it disturbs the roots and deprives the plants of water. Ants feed off the honeydew excreted by various insects such as mealybugs, scale insects and aphids. Subsequently, question is, how do I get rid of ants in my vegetable garden? How to Control Ants in Your Garden Get rid of aphids and other sap-sucking pests. Distribute artificial sweetener near the ants. Sprinkle ground cinnamon or cayenne pepper around your plants. Place food-grade diatomaceous earth by trails and nests. Set a borax (or boric acid) and sugar poison trap. Do ants eat plant roots?In fact, most species of ants aren’t interested in plant roots as food, but their presence is a sign that the soil is dry and low in humus, which is decaying plant material and other organic matter. Ants rarely destroy garden plants, though in turfgrass, they can build large anthills that kill patches of grass.

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