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Re: Eggplant ants

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Teri:  How poison is Mule Team borax for fleas?  We have them outside, and,
of course inside.  We have bombed our house twice  ... just seems to feed
them.  Several years ago when the sand fleas infested the area, my doctor
said just pour plain old salt inside the house.  We did and in 10 minutes
there wasn't a sand flea anywhere.  That was probably 6 years ago.  But the
salt didn't work at all this year.  Is boric acid more or less poisonous
that 80% Sevin Dust? I'm not up on poisons  ...  Nickie
----- Original Message -----
From: Teri Epp <kitty@cwnet.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: Eggplant ants


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> Yup-= you can even get it in the grocery- works great sprinkled in the
> cupboards for roaches(eeek!)-you can sprinkle mule team boraxo( main
> ingredient-boric acid)on the carpets and kill fleas- it works like
> diotomaceous earth- I believe- something about roughing up their
exoskeltons
> and then they dehydrate to death- but since it IS a poison- don't think I
> would use it in the garden-of course- I could be all wet. I am sticking
with
> the diluted solution of simple green- I put 1/2 teaspoon in a quart of
> water- spray it on and then wash it off in about 5 minutes- hope it
doesn't
> kill me.Use to drink bubble bath when I was little and I survived that so
I
> am optomistic.Plain old dishsoap in water does a number on aphids. I am
not
> infested- so these methods work well for me-We don't have fire ants here-
> thank goodness-just lots of wasps and yellow jackets- they are building a
> nest in one of my compost pile and I am afraid to go near it- could use
some
> suggestions on how to deal with that!_Teri
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Malachi 3:16 <mal316@ix.netcom.com>
> To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 11:16 AM
> Subject: Re: Eggplant ants
>
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> > At 07:23 AM 6/5/00 -0700, you wrote:
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> > >I hope this isn't a dumb question.....but,where do you
> > >get boric acid from???
> > >Valerie
> >
> >   I got some originally for an eye problem in the pharmacy dept. at
> Walmart
> > ( after reading the directions, forget using it in the eye  LOL). So I
had
> > some on hand when this thread was being covered on a list a long time
ago.
> > I imagine most any pharmacy or drug store would carry it.
> >
> >     Susan S. in Sunny Central Florida  :)
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