Thread: fire ants! Argh! Best treatment method?
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Old 15-05-2007, 11:09 PM posted to triangle.gardens
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Default fire ants! Argh! Best treatment method?
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Philip Semanchuk
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My brother who lives in SC and has some experience dealing with them
says that compacting the nest soil works for him. Drop a chunk of 2x4 on
the nest (you might need something a bit larger if it is a large nest)
and pound on it for a little while with a hammer, sledge or the head of
an axe. Obviously this will annoy the ants so you don't want to wear
flip-flops while doing this. =)

I've tried it on a few nests around here and it took a few "treatments"
but eventually the nest died. I like this method because it doesn't
involve insecticide.

That just gets them to move.

Has that been your experience with this method?
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