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Posted: 5/23/2020 6:45:18 PM EDT
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Boiling hot water poured in the mound. You might have to do it a couple of times.
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Posted: 5/23/2020 7:08:23 PM EDT
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I prefer Extinguish Plus bait but you could mix up a few gallons of liquid seven and drench the mound. Will work better if poke a hole as deep into the mound as you can before drenching.
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Posted: 5/23/2020 10:29:37 PM EDT
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Stick your garden hose in the mound and run water till you drive them away.
Once clear of the edibles nuke 'em from orbit, it's the only way to be sure. |
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Posted: 5/24/2020 9:16:25 AM EDT
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I had a tomato pot fully occupied as an ant mound last year over the winter. A full coat of diatomaceous earth over all of the soil killed them all, and the jalapeño plant i put in there with the mixed up dead ant and dtme soil grew REALLY well
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Posted: 5/24/2020 9:28:01 AM EDT
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Search up products with spinosad that are labeled for garden use. Some are even on the registry for organic farms.
You are correct to find something for garden use as many of the normal ant baits and killers should not be used in the garden. |
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Posted: 5/24/2020 10:25:02 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/24/2020 1:48:31 PM EDT
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Sevin dust will do just fine
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Posted: 5/24/2020 10:39:37 PM EDT
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Diamataceous earth has worked for us.
Youre trying to preserve the plant and kill the ants, correct? Wouldn’t boiling water cook the plant too? |
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Posted: 5/25/2020 6:55:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Diamataceous earth has worked for us. Youre trying to preserve the plant and kill the ants, correct? Wouldn’t boiling water cook the plant too? It's all going to depend on where the mound is in relation to the plant.If t's 8 or 9 inches away, you would probably be fine. If you have a bunch of tomato plants, and only one ant mound, losing one plant is not as big of a deal as poisoning the entire bed with something nasty. It's just one more tool in the tool box, and probably the most "organic" outside of owning an anteater. How does diatomaceous earth do with "good" insects? |
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Posted: 6/21/2020 12:11:27 PM EDT
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thanks for the replies...i poked a couple holes in the mound and stuck a water hose in - i guess they didnt like it and left.
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