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Re: Eggplant ants

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Teri:  Thanks.  While I was away for a week to the Texas Republican
Convention, my son bought 6 "Flea Traps" at Lowes that have little electric
lights with very strong fly paper in a little rectangular tray.  The light
attracts the fleas and they get stuck to the fly paper.  The fly paper is
very strong  ... my husband stepped on one and it took a lot of hide off his
foot, so be careful that they are out of the way of traffic.  But they sure
did work in the house.  Outside is another story, especially with all this
rain.

I powdered my little kitten with diatomaceous earth.  Seemed to help him,
the flea collar sure didn't help much   Then we gave him a bath.  ...
Nickie

----- Original Message -----
From: Teri Epp <kitty@cwnet.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 12:09 PM
Subject: 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
> >
> >
> > > Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> > >
> > > 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 -
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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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