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Re: Eggplant ants

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Nickie,
I don't think that Borax will affect anything in your house except the
fleas.  About 20 years ago the townhouse I lived in became infested with
roaches.  I used 20 Mule Team Borax in every drawer and cupboard in the
kitchen.  I had the only townhouse without a problem after that!!
Apparently the worst that could happen if someone actually ate it is a good
case of diarrhea.  We don't get sand fleas here so I don't know if it will
work with them.
Cathy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nickie A. Shasteen" <nickie@fanninelectric.com>
To: "Square Foot Gardening List" <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 12:18 AM
Subject: 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
> >
> >
> > > Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> > >
> > > At 07:23 AM 6/5/00 -0700, you wrote:
> > > >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> > > >
> > > >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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