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Chemicals?? Was ants everywhere
On 5/4/04 2:55 PM, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote: "Paul Anderson" wrote in message ... "flower faerie" wrote in message ... Hello I have lots of ant hills appearing all over my lawn. I prefer not to mow the lawn too short but want to try and get the ants to live somewhere else like in the flower borders. Also I dont want to put down ant powder. any ideas? ff We have found that Talcum Powder does the trick. It's not totally chemical free but I guess it's much less damaging than other powders suggested here! Talcum powder, like any solid, liquid or gas is a chemical. What on earth is all this paranoia about "chemicals"? As far as I know, talcum is just finely divided Mg3 (OH)2 Si4 O10. The other powders which have been suggested here were Vim and Ajax. I may be wrong, but I think both of them are just powdered chalk. Franz Hi Franz I think the resistance to 'chemicals' is the side affects of using certain chemicals. Chemicals that kill aphids, for example, also kill the predatory insects such as lady bugs and the worms in the ground. It is this kind of 'chemical' that we do not want to use because of those harmful side affects. I don't think that talcum powder falls into the 'bad chemical' category. Talcum, then, is not the kind of chemical that we are trying to avoid. Gary Fort Langley, BC Canada |
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