Hot take: for ant farms, a plain $4 plastic jar from the hardware store beats the $40 gel kit every single time

Spencer Perry · 2026-10-09T04:35:04.170916+00:00

The gel kit cost me 40 bucks, the ants died in 9 days, but the jar of sifted backyard dirt from my yard in Tulsa is on month 3 with a queen and actual tunnels you can watch, so has anyone else had luck with cheap setups over the fancy kits?

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