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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:43:35 GMT, "Robin"
wrote: ===I'm getting a ton of red ant hills around my pond; of course ===I don't want to use any ant killer. Any ideas? === ===Robin ===http://community.webshots.com/user/robinandtami === I got them also, (fire ant type) and they seem to love getting under ther small upper pond. The other area I have problems with around the pond is my pump box which is basically a water meter or shutoff box that I house my pump in the ground with. Its always nice and warm and ants love it. I have been usiing a white powder that is sold in a red plastic bottle to kill fire ants, whose name escapes me now since its been ahile since i used it all up but it was something like Prowl or something, but anyway it started with a letter P. Its a fine white powder (cautions you its hazzardous to fish etc) but all it takes is a tiny teaspoon full on a mound and it starts working imediately. Within 24 hours the mound is dead, not moved, but dead. Then I shovel out the loose dirt and replace it with new dirt. I dispose of the old dirt on other mounds sufficient distance from the pond so they are not a potential source of poison in the pond. As long as I do it when its not supposed to rain I feel safe, and so far its been working. I do sprinkle it around inside my pump box which so far has kept the ant out of it for some time now......... I tried hot water but it usually does not do much in the line of killing the ants around here at least not sufficient to kill of a mound. Graanule type of killers have too much potential to blow around and get in the water and fish may interpret it as feed, so I don;t use things like amdro and spectrum etc.......the white powder type stays where put and all it takes is a little bit for about 24 hours. Regards Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com Opinions expressed are those of my wife, I had no input whatsoever. Remove "nospam" from email addy. |
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