John Savage wrote:
"Dave -Turner" writes:
from what ive read - mix some borax powder with some powdered
sugar, they take it into their nests and eat it and get food
poisoning. interestingly borax is used in some French caviars, but
despite its use as a pesticide its LD50 is similar to that of table
salt. I still wouldnt wanna eat it though

My Mum has an early well-worn recipe book, the collected wisdom of
late 19th through to mid-20th century Australian women. Along with
recipes for jugged hare, making your own vinegar from plums, and
making bread using wild yeasts harvested from the air and cultured on
mashed potato, was a method for keeping milk for up to 3 days without
refrigeration. It involved disolving borax (at quantities something
like a tablespoonful per pint, from memory) in the milk.

Evidently, it must work without poisoning the consumer, though I've
never tried it.

Boron's a mineral, isn't it?

I'm planning to get a crapload of borax and sugar, as the ant thing is huge
on my place, and every struggling tree I see has a parade of ants on it. I'm
a-gonna git them!

Am a bit concerned about animals though, especially the dogs. Do they eat
it? Do they get poisoned?


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g'day ant,

don't think it will kill a mammal as such and probably not tenough to
make them sick? with the ants they take it back to the nest and feed
the queen and the young and it is them ants that die, and when that
happens i guess the domino effect takes place and that is the end of
the nest.

you could mix the borax in honey as well, or make the sugar miz tacky
solluable, and also to keep the weather out and maybe pets away use a
1/2 gal icecream container over the bait tray. you only need use jam
jar lids or even bottle lids.



On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 10:29:41 +1000, "ant"
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Where do you get Borax from?! I tried Bunnings (I hate bunnings) and Coles
(hate them too) and neither had it. Where do you get it from?

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Where do you get Borax from?! I tried Bunnings (I hate bunnings) and Coles
(hate them too) and neither had it. Where do you get it from?

I just got some from foodworks, but I'm sure Coles and other supermarkets
would have it as well. You'll find it in the laundry section, with washing
powders and stain removers.

Jen

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Where do you get Borax from?!

You should find it in the Laundry soap section of a supermarket. It's
prime use (domestically) is for washing things like blankets. The
brand I use is Hovex and it's in a plastic container about the sixe of
a smallish can of corn.

Farm1 wrote:
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Where do you get Borax from?!

You should find it in the Laundry soap section of a supermarket. It's
prime use (domestically) is for washing things like blankets. The
brand I use is Hovex and it's in a plastic container about the sixe of
a smallish can of corn.

I did look there, and didn't see it.
Might be buried under all the stuff that pays more for a better spot in the
supermarket. It's a particularly crappy Coles, this one.

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Farm1 wrote:
"ant" wrote in message

Where do you get Borax from?!

You should find it in the Laundry soap section of a supermarket.
It's
prime use (domestically) is for washing things like blankets. The
brand I use is Hovex and it's in a plastic container about the
sixe of
a smallish can of corn.

I did look there, and didn't see it.

Now was that a boy's look or a girl's look? And did you look high on
the shelves and low on the shelves? Slow movers like Borax would
probably be either high or low on the shelves.

You could try some of the more "ethnic" supermarkets like the one at
Karabar. If you have trouble getting it, let me know and I'll get
some at my local and send it to you.

Farm1 wrote:
"ant" wrote in message
Farm1 wrote:
"ant" wrote in message

Where do you get Borax from?!

You should find it in the Laundry soap section of a supermarket.
It's prime use (domestically) is for washing things like
blankets. The brand I use is Hovex and it's in a plastic
container about the sixe of a smallish can of corn.

I did look there, and didn't see it.

Now was that a boy's look or a girl's look? And did you look high on
the shelves and low on the shelves? Slow movers like Borax would
probably be either high or low on the shelves.

You could try some of the more "ethnic" supermarkets like the one at
Karabar. If you have trouble getting it, let me know and I'll get
some at my local and send it to you.

It was probably hidden with the washing soda! I'm going to put my brother on
the job, he'll find it.

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I got mine from PharmacyDirect, but that is what happens when the nearest
big supmarket is 100 miles not those new fangled french things (kilometres).
Jim

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Farm1 wrote:
"ant" wrote in message

Where do you get Borax from?!

You should find it in the Laundry soap section of a supermarket. It's
prime use (domestically) is for washing things like blankets. The
brand I use is Hovex and it's in a plastic container about the sixe of
a smallish can of corn.

I did look there, and didn't see it.
Might be buried under all the stuff that pays more for a better spot in
the supermarket. It's a particularly crappy Coles, this one.


I found it right next to washing soda, I think fabric softeners were very
close too. Mu one was by Harpers in a 500g white plastic container with a
red lid. It's only a small supermarket too.

Hopefully that'll help.

Jen

Jen

Jen wrote:

I found it right next to washing soda, I think fabric softeners were
very close too. Mu one was by Harpers in a 500g white plastic
container with a red lid. It's only a small supermarket too.

argh, I knew it! Rotten coles.

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Boron's a mineral, isn't it?

Yes but needed in small quantities.

I'm planning to get a crapload of borax and sugar, as the ant thing
is huge
on my place, and every struggling tree I see has a parade of ants on
it. I'm
a-gonna git them!

Am a bit concerned about animals though, especially the dogs. Do
they eat
it? Do they get poisoned?

Humans can be poisoned by Borax so I assume that dogs (being mammals)
could be too.

Why don't you just find the ant nests (look under rocks etc) and put
the mix in the holes or under the rocks where the nests are likely to
be or set up stations under heavy rocks that the dogs can't get to.