A few suggestions for fire ant control, gleaned from Howard Garrett,
AKA The Dirt Doctor over the years.
Aspartame - sprinkle a packet of artificial sweetener (Equal or Nutra
Sweet) onto the mount and the ants will be gone the next day. Always
thought that stuff was poison.
Individual mounds can be treated with a mixture of 1 1/2 oz of citrus
oil and a few drops of soap as a wetting agent fore each gallon of
water. Treat each mound with a gallon of the mixture.
Alternative mound treatment. Homemade concentrate, equal parts of
compost tea, molasses and orange oil. Use 4-6 oz of the concentrate
per gallon of water. However, Commercial products such as Garden-
Ville Fire Ant Control (Soil Conditioner) and GreenSense Soil Drench,
can be purchased instead of making your own.
Spray - Garrett Juice plus orange oil or d-limonene at 2 ounces per
gallon of spray. Mix the following ingredients into a gallon of
water.
1 cup manure based compost tea
1 ounce molasses
1 ounce natural apple cider vinegar
1 ounce liquid seaweed
And
2 ounces of citrus oil
As with all organic insecticides, pesticides and fungicides. You will
need to apply them several times a year. I suggest at least once a
month, until you have control of the situation.
Reference site pages.
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_question.php?id=123
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_question.php?id=204
Just my 2 cents.
Nate - Bastrop, TX - zone 8b |
• Fri 11 Apr 2008 - The Middle Daughter
Hugs Sugar Bear!
Mommy
Edited by GrandmaRosie on Fri 11 Apr 2008 at 4:19 PM