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Fire Ants
An American In Turkiye

Posted on 09/15/2004 7:31:58 AM PDT by An American in Turkiye

Anyone have a tried and true way of killing fire ants? I bought some white, nasty powder from Ortho and all it did was make the ants move their mound. After 5 attempts, I poured boiling water on them. Killed them all, along with a patch of my grass. Any suggestions would be welcomed.


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KEYWORDS: fireants
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To: An American in Turkiye
Even though the title has nothing to do with Dan Rather/CBS, I figured this would be yet another vanity thread on the subject.

I would suggest putting a bounty on dead ants and paying neighborhood children to kill them for you. Their parents will appreciate your lessons on economics and the value of hard work.

61 posted on 09/15/2004 7:51:19 AM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: nuconvert

do ants have "exoskeletons"......if so, what about a big bag of diomateous earth all around the mound. they walk on it, get it internally, and it rips them up inside.

what about boric acid....wreaks havoc with their nervous system and dries them up.

i know these things because my son just moved into a cockroach infested rat trap in Richmond VA to attend school. gotta love those university landlords.


62 posted on 09/15/2004 7:51:26 AM PDT by applpie
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To: An American in Turkiye
I bought some white, nasty powder from Ortho and all it did was make the ants move their mound.

That Ortheen powder made by Ortho should kill them. I have used that for years in Texas. The biggest problem is to make the ants track the powder into the mound to kill the queens.

What I do, is
Stand up-wind from the mound.
Stir the top of the mound to make the ants defend the mound
Sprikle the powder on the crawling ants.

63 posted on 09/15/2004 7:51:41 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Charter member of the VRWC - and proud of it. - - - Hear BS on See BS.)
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To: Wombat101

LoL.
They *FIZZ* to death.


64 posted on 09/15/2004 7:52:19 AM PDT by nuconvert (Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
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To: An American in Turkiye

There is no problem that can not be solved by the proper application of high explosives.


65 posted on 09/15/2004 7:52:51 AM PDT by SMDC/TLX
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To: davetex; An American in Turkiye
Fuel air bomb, or maybe a MOAB.

My thoughts exactly. One MOAB, stat!

66 posted on 09/15/2004 7:53:07 AM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
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To: An American in Turkiye

I've bookmarked this for future reference. But my fire ant problem is not that bad, although I have been bit many times. We have those aerobic system systems and you have to be very careful or they will get into the electric system there and that can be an expensive system. The last time the septic man came out he got bit about 200 times. I was unaware that they had gotten in there. The nasty thing is that you don't know they are on you until they all bite at the same time. Then you look down and find yourself covered. Ouch!!

Andro is what I use. I have found a better way to dispense it. Take an empty top and drill several holes in it then put it on the top of the new container. You can then shake it out on the mound rather easily. They will be gone within the day although I suspect they merely go elsewhere.

I have wondered if it were possible to devise some kind of hot poker device to fry the bastards in the hole. I don't know if that will work though as the nests are supposed to go about six feet in the ground. You have to kill the queen.


67 posted on 09/15/2004 7:53:10 AM PDT by RichardW
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To: An American in Turkiye

You should nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.


68 posted on 09/15/2004 7:53:11 AM PDT by kenth (Even John Kerry's recreation depends on which way the wind is blowing...)
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To: An American in Turkiye

Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.


69 posted on 09/15/2004 7:53:31 AM PDT by I still care (Proud member of the FR branch of the Pajama brigade.)
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To: applpie

Trust me. You don't get rid of roaches.


70 posted on 09/15/2004 7:53:34 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: Pyro7480

Conventional explosives would only piss them off and throw them at you.


71 posted on 09/15/2004 7:54:02 AM PDT by kenth (Even John Kerry's recreation depends on which way the wind is blowing...)
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To: An American in Turkiye

Forget the chemicals. Go natural. Here's the way:

http://www.dirtdoctor.com/radio.php?id=325

Howard Garrett is a very knowledgable Texas landscape specialist. The details are:

1. Spray the infested area or site with any compost tea, orange oil and molasses mix. Garden-Ville Auntie Fuego and GreenSense Soil Drench are two commercial products.

2. Drench the worst mounds with the same products that contain orange oil, molasses and compost tea mixture.

3. Treat the site with beneficial nematodes. These living organisms and must be used before the date deadline on the package. If they are dead they won’t work. They can be applied with a hose end sprayer or a large watering can.

4. Go organic. Fire ants don’t like the competition. The biodiversity of microbes, insects, and other animals is the best long term control of fire ants and many other pests.


72 posted on 09/15/2004 7:54:03 AM PDT by cowtowney
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To: ahayes
Take off and nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Damn! Beat me to it!

73 posted on 09/15/2004 7:54:33 AM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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To: An American in Turkiye

Three years ago, after trying many products, I used Over N Out, from WalMart. Haven't treated my yard in the 3 years since, though probably will next spring. You have to put it out solid like fertilizer, and just when you think it isnt going to work (takes 4-6 weeks) you start to notice you can't find any fireants anywhere. A huge plus is no treating the mounds each #$&@ day as they appear. One treatment and your done for AT LEAST a year if not more.


74 posted on 09/15/2004 7:55:48 AM PDT by texas_mrs (texas_mrs)
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To: An American in Turkiye

I read here that you take a burlap sack and soak it in diesel gasoline,wring it out, then lay it over the mound after dark. The next day all the ants should be dead.


75 posted on 09/15/2004 7:56:23 AM PDT by winodog (JFK is a double minded man, unstable in all his ways)
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To: An American in Turkiye

Try the N. Koreans, they just killed some a few days ago. Warning, makes big mushroom cloud. ;o)


76 posted on 09/15/2004 7:56:26 AM PDT by fish hawk
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To: kenth

LOL! If the queen gets char-broiled, then it is only a minor setback. ;-)


77 posted on 09/15/2004 7:57:50 AM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
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To: texas_mrs

Over 'n Out. Truly great stuff


78 posted on 09/15/2004 7:58:02 AM PDT by Vermonter
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To: An American in Turkiye

Diazinon powder, the higher the percentage of diazinon in the powder the better. Read the directions. works on scorpions too!


79 posted on 09/15/2004 7:58:07 AM PDT by Calamari (Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
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To: An American in Turkiye

"...Any suggestions would be welcomed..."

Don't try it in Germany....
____________________________________
Germans banned from killing ants
Google | 4-29-03
Posted on 05/02/2003 12:28:21 PM EDT by WKB
Ananova:
Germany has introduced new laws making it illegal to kill ants and appointed 85 ant protection officers to protect the insects.

Homeowners and gardeners who attempt to destroy an anthill or underground nest will face hefty fines if caught.

They must now apply for a permit from their local forestry office to have the ants carefully moved to local woods.

"People with an ant hill in their garden must under no circumstances resort to the use of poison," said senior ant protection officer Dieter Kraemer.

"This is a violation of federal nature protection laws and punishable with hefty fines."

He added that ants were highly valued by German foresters for eating insects which attack trees.

A high ant population can prevent costly and environmentally unfriendly woodland spraying aimed at pests such as the Nun moth which attacks pines and other conifers.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/904639/posts



80 posted on 09/15/2004 7:58:29 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (What part of SHALL PASS NO LAW do they not understand?)
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