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Southern-Grower
10-17-2005, 09:42 AM
does anyone have a idea about getting rid of ants with eggs around a mound, without poison?????????

i've done the grit and corn meal thing to no avail!!

AnnaJW
10-17-2005, 04:24 PM
I'm glad you asked this question, because I have the same problem!

Anna

Bonheur
10-17-2005, 06:45 PM
I've had success getting rid of fire ants using dried molasses.

Casa Del Gatos
10-18-2005, 05:53 AM
Water. Lots of it. They will move, then you can poison the new mound. I have had really good luck with the Bayer ant killer dust. It only takes a little bit per mound.

Also, Rotenone (pyrethrins) will get them, just don't let the spray get on the nanner leaves!

rsieminski
10-18-2005, 07:24 AM
How about the old powdered sugar/boric acid trick?

bigdog
10-18-2005, 10:11 AM
I've had good success with diatomaceous earth around my strawberries in the past. Use it liberally, and apply again after it rains (even though it'll still work after rain).

JoeReal
10-18-2005, 02:46 PM
How about the old powdered sugar/boric acid trick?

The ants have easily evolved to pick out easily only the sugar crystals from the boric acid crystals. Moreover, the queen ants have a recipe of making an offspring type that is more tolerant of ingesting boric acid. :ha:

rsieminski
10-18-2005, 03:39 PM
Boric Acid is not very poisonous. I guess, if the little critters ate enough of it, they would die. It works because like diatomaceous earth, it's an abrasive to their little bodies, and dehydrates them. Maybe this happens when they are learning to seperate the sugar from the mix? It works on contact(carrying, walking through, etc.). The sugar is used to attract them.

Southern-Grower
10-18-2005, 05:07 PM
ty all for yur suggestions..

as i tryed to flood the A**H***s to no avail..

so i'm using that granular tasty smelling stuff..

i did this on the raja in gh and it did work, just don't like it..

i put on top without water and they smelled that stuff and ran off..
then i on hands and knees and removed all granules from soil ..

i'm still here and ate 90+ bananas from plant..

bananalover
10-19-2005, 06:27 PM
Ok what is. . .granular tasty smelling stuff..?

Southern-Grower
10-20-2005, 04:12 PM
spectracide fire & ant killer