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Old 22-07-2004, 09:07 AM
Douglas
 
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Default What is the best way to kill ants?


"redclay" wrote in message
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: I have a small 12' x 12' garden, mostly paving slabs, with a border

all
: round. I have had a problem with many ants over the past few years.

This
: year though there seems to be more than ever, coming from 5 or six
sources.
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: What is the best way to kill the ants or reduce there number.

Boric acid mixed with sugar or honey at the rate of 1/2 teaspoon to one
ounce. Another good bait is ground pecans or walnuts mixed with boric

acid
at the same rate. Ants do damage, they "raise" aphids both root and

leaf.
They will get into fruit.


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At one of the houses I lived in the little blighters used to swarm all over
the kitchen cupboards.
I tried everything but no luck. They would come and go at random. Something
to do with the season or the climate or an ant 'race' (culture)
development?. In the jungle I have seen Marching Ants but you get to hell
out of it, - but quick.
Doug.
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Doug.
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