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FireAnts!!!!!

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glen

Lifer
We have a huge fire ant nest in the yard. I suppose I could go to the local store and get some poison, but I also like to know what I am dumping in my yard and what it will affect. With all the folks on these forums, I bet one of you is an expert and can tell me the best way to get rid of them, or the pros and cons of the different meathods of extermination.
 
Just buy the fire ant poison. Sprinkle on hill, spray with water. Won't damage the yard. Well, at least the stuff we used to use never damaged the yard.
 
Originally posted by: Roger
With fire ? 😉🙂

Sorry Glen I could not resist 😉
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Oh, I know. that is what I would have done when I was a teenager. Like mix saltpeter and sugar, and cover the nest, then stir it up. Then, light it. I wonder if teenagers still do that these days? It sure looks cool, but it is a wonder I never started a forest fire in my idiotic teenage years.
 
Most of the commerical fire-ant stuff will work. I used to get mine at Home Depot

Sprinkle the granuales around the nest.

They will come up to bring it back in.
Repeat 2-3 days until they no longer are taking it in. - Dead Nest.

Works great.
 
Dump a fifth of Jack Daniels on the mound.
Then throw in some sand.

They will get drunk and have a rock fight.....
 
Originally posted by: glen
What are the pros and cons of hydramethylnon and chlordane?
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Chlordane isn't readily available since the EPA banned it a while back. You may still be able to find products containing it at some shady neighborhood nurseries, etc, but it probably isn't very effective since it's probably been sitting around for 10 years. It does work wonders though...
 
Take the door off your microwave, find an extension cord, place over ant hill, hit start. 😀

If you want something a little more practical, see if you can find some Diatomaceous Earth. It's effective and environmentally friendly. Here's a link.
Probably the most effective naturally occurring protective powder is diatomaceous earth. This is a geological deposit made up of the fossilized skeletons and tests of siliceous marine and fresh water organisms, particularly diatoms and other algae. These skeletons are made of hydrated amorphous silica or opal. When crushed, they break up into tiny pieces of glass'' (so tiny that the material feels like talcum powder). This is easily picked up by the hairy bodies of most Insects. whereupon it scratches through their protective wax layers; and they also absorb some of this material. the result being that the insects lose water rapidly . dry up and die
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