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Re: Eggplant ants

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Nickie- it isn't poisonous to them- it just scratches theor
exoskeletons(like diatomaceaus earth-but son't put that on your carpets) and
then they dyhydarate- all their juices ooze out- one thing to know- it will
not take care of them immediately-  it keeps them at bay once they are
donwm- it takes awahile for all of them to get around to getting  the stuff
on them. Here is what I do and it may not be your cup of tea- but I work in
animal rescue and have foster dogs in the house- If things are really bad- I
spray outside with a flea killer for the uard-especially in places where
there is concrete and plain dirt-you could also spary 1 cup pf bleach in
gallon of water on those areas- bleach will not harm plants-altho I am
talking flowers- don't know about vegies and eatable safety. For inside the
house- I have not found foggers to be very he;pful and they get stuff all
over- besides you have to have all areas accesible to the fog- we have pet
rats, birds and fish so this is a hassle- so if I have forgooten to start
doing the mule tream borax and the fleas are hopping all ov er- I get a flea
powder from the HARDWARE store made for inside- you sprinkle it on for about
half housr then vaccum up- make sure to sprinkle under couch-beds- under
cushions on couch etc. Then that kills most of the fleas inside. I use
advantage on the animal- expensive but nothing esle except a dip works .
After I have them mostly killed- I Take muleteam= put it in a large
shaker-like a big spice jar and shake the stuf onto the carpets. under couch
suhions- under beds- between boxspring and mattresses - and swepp it in with
a brooom- I don't let the animals walk on it until it is into the carpet-You
don't have to use a lot- kind of like sprinkling sugar on grapefuit- Vacuum
twice a week and either throw your vaccum bag away each time or put a flea
collar into the vacuum cleaner bag(better idea).Resprinkle once a week and
you will notice a big difference in a couple of weeks-the fleas that come in
will not survive long . But you have to treat you animals and your yard- I
have problems with doing the whole yard becasue I don't want to kill the
good bugs-so I put up with a few fleas.Scratch scratch. You can also
"collect the extra fleas by putting a bowl of soapy water on the floor and
putting a lamp near it to shinme on it and leave it on during the night- the
fleas are attracted to the light- jump up to it and flall in the soapy
water- gotta use soap-. We have an epeidemic of fleas every year here-
Ongoing battle! Don't know if you can use any of this or want to- but this
is what I do and I can live with it.-Good Luck!-Teri
----- Original Message -----
From: Nickie A. Shasteen <nickie@fanninelectric.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 9:18 PM
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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