Ants are eating my tomatoes! What is the best homemade insecticide?

Question

I have never herd of ants eating to matoes but when I picked one there was a whole in the side of it, and ants crawling in the whole.

Answer 1

I don't think ants like tomatoes, maybe they are just cross pollinating the flowers?

Possibly a bird pecked a hole in the tomato and then the ants came in....that is what I think happened. Still I am surprised that they eat them.

You could try a weak dish detergent solution...

Answer 2

As weird as this sounds, I sprayed MY tomatoes with LISTERINE!  I had these gnats that were taking tiny bites out of them; and it worked!   Avon Skin-So-Soft also works on ants, so you might put some paper towels soaked with it around the plants (or on the edges of the pot, if they're in pots)

Answer 3

I've heard that planting marigolds next to your tomatoes that helps repel bugs