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What is the best way to kill ants?
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. What is the best way to kill the ants or reduce there number. I have tried Nippon and boiling water, but to no avail. Many thanks. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.722 / Virus Database: 478 - Release Date: 18/07/04 |
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What is the best way to kill ants?
Yakman wrote:
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. What is the best way to kill the ants or reduce there number. I have tried Nippon and boiling water, but to no avail. Armillatox. I use it neat at entrance holes in paving. not as an insecticide you understand but just as a way of helping the ants clean their nest. pk |
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Robert wrote in message ... "Yakman" wrote in message ... : 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. : : 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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In message , Yakman
writes 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. What is the best way to kill the ants or reduce there number. Stamping on them will sometimes work. Ten with one blow etc. Unless they are invading the house it is easier to live and let live. Otherwise as you have already found the poisons available to householders do little to discourage them. I have tried Nippon and boiling water, but to no avail. You are wasting your time entirely with boiling water. Some of the borax based baits sometimes work, but it is only worth doing to eliminate a colony that is invading the house or kitchen. Even if you killed all the ants in your 12' x 12' space now new colonies will re-appear in every suitable location when the queens fly later in summer. Regards, -- Martin Brown |
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"redclay" wrote in message ... Robert wrote in message ... "Yakman" wrote in message ... : 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. : : 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. ******** 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. ******** Doug. ******** |
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In message , Douglas
writes 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. We had a sudden population explosion in the house (though luckily the living-room, not the kitchen). Last week was graduation week - all week long the window was black with winged ants and worker ants pushing them and (presumably) shouting 'fly! fly!' Hated it, but there was no choice - ant killer. It's very quiet now; I hope the rest will take the hint and move back out into the garden, where the green woodpecker is teaching her baby to catch ants! -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
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What is the best way to kill ants?
In article , Douglas
writes 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. When camping - and occasionally in a house - I've found that a line of neat washing up liquid makes an effective barrier. Presumably, you need a) a hard surface to put it on; b) no other points of entry; c) to renew it fairly often. -- regards andyw |
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On 22/7/04 9:10, in article , "newsb"
wrote: In article , Douglas writes 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. When camping - and occasionally in a house - I've found that a line of neat washing up liquid makes an effective barrier. Presumably, you need a) a hard surface to put it on; b) no other points of entry; c) to renew it fairly often. D) to remember it's there so you don't break your neck slipping on it. ;-) In one house I owned, it was impossible to get rid of all the ants - they were in some kind of hollow in the wall of the kitchen and they returned every year. Eventually, we just drew a line of Nippon or something similar round certain exits and entrances and established some sort of territorial rights for them and for me! -- Sacha (remove the weeds after garden to email me) |
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On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:50:42 +0100, Sacha
wrote: On 22/7/04 9:10, in article , "newsb" wrote: In article , Douglas writes 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. When camping - and occasionally in a house - I've found that a line of neat washing up liquid makes an effective barrier. Presumably, you need a) a hard surface to put it on; b) no other points of entry; c) to renew it fairly often. D) to remember it's there so you don't break your neck slipping on it. ;-) In one house I owned, it was impossible to get rid of all the ants - they were in some kind of hollow in the wall of the kitchen and they returned every year. Eventually, we just drew a line of Nippon or something similar round certain exits and entrances and established some sort of territorial rights for them and for me! They use naphthalene flakes in OZ to deter ants. It seems to work according to this http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...0073.Gb.r.html There's no shortage of rain here http://www.meteonet.nl/fotoverslag17072004.htm -- Martin |
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On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:34:54 +0100, "Robert"
wrote: Why bother, they do little harm I disagree. They undermine concrete slabs and cause them to settle unevenly, and if their nests are in the roots of a plant, that plant can die from lack of moisture in dry weather. And they cause humps in the lawn that get scalped by the mower (and it's not set that low!). -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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Why bother, they do little harm I disagree. They undermine concrete slabs and cause them to settle unevenly, and if their nests are in the roots of a plant, that plant can die from lack of moisture in dry weather. And they cause humps in the lawn that get scalped by the mower (and it's not set that low!). Yes I agree with all of that kate |
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What is the best way to kill ants?
Yakman wrote:
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. What is the best way to kill the ants or reduce there number. I have tried Nippon and boiling water, but to no avail. Armillatox. I use it neat at entrance holes in paving. not as an insecticide you understand but just as a way of helping the ants clean their nest. pk |
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What is the best way to kill ants?
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Kate Morgan wrote: Why bother, they do little harm I disagree. They undermine concrete slabs and cause them to settle unevenly, and if their nests are in the roots of a plant, that plant can die from lack of moisture in dry weather. And they cause humps in the lawn that get scalped by the mower (and it's not set that low!). Yes I agree with all of that And that's serious harm? For heaven's sake, gardening is about living with nature. If you don't want to give an inch, you are the sort of person that regards Monsanto as a "green" company. You can't eliminate ants without creating a totally artficial ecology. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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What is the best way to kill ants?
Yes I agree with all of that And that's serious harm? For heaven's sake, gardening is about living with nature. If you don't want to give an inch, you are the sort of person that regards Monsanto as a "green" company. You can't eliminate ants without creating a totally artficial ecology. Regards, Nick Maclaren. I did not say it was serious harm did I! I just agreed that that is what they did.You have no idea what sort of person I am if you did then you would not make such a remark. regards kate |
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