What happens if ant poison gets on edible plants?

10 years ago

I just realized that the patio garden is already up and going, but the apartment complex will definitely spray for ants at some point. This would happen right around the edge of my patio, where many of my pots sit. I'm afraid that some of the poison may hit my my vegetable plants.

Is this something I should be concerned about? I do not know what they use, but it is probably nothing organic... The ants here can get bad, so I'm quite sure they only deal with heavy weapons.

Will this affect my plants in any way? If the poison hits the soil or the foliage of my plants, will my fruit be affected? Would the fruit be safe to eat?

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jean001a
10 years ago
Depends on what they use.

Any chance of temporarily moving the pots?
Or covering with a tarp?
Embothrium
10 years ago
Yes, you do not want to leave the pots sitting where they will be sprayed.

Unless they might have the ants in them they are trying to kill, in which case you would be protecting the pests in addition to your plants.

If this space where you have your pots is right off of a commercially maintained lawn other chemicals, including nasty broadleaf herbicides may be also be getting applied in the vicinity of your plants.
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SproutingLexi
Original Author
10 years ago
Thank you for the responses! It prompted me to go check with the apartment complex. Thankfully they said that they have switched to an "on request" treatment with the little pallets instead of praying everything. So if an ant issue arises, it can be handled with proper care.