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RE: Natural ant killer

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Yes salt will kill plants...they put it on our roads to melt the ice and the
run-off kills the grass, plants, etc.

You might try kettles of boiling water...that works, doesn't harm anything
except the ants...or get some Borax-found in the laundry detergent
isle...sprinkle on the hill liberally and it should work...it too isn't
harmful.

...ants aren't too big of a problem here unless they decide to come into the
house and most of our local ants aren't the biting variety (we have a small
population of red ants that bite...but most of ours are the big black
variety who only aerate the soil).

Good luck,
Lydia


> Vance:  Thank you for the suggestion of salt to kill the
> (fire)ants.  I will
> try that on mounds that are not in my garden because I vaguely
> remember that
> salt will kills vegetation.  I don't always trust my memory, so maybe
> someone else can verify that thought.   ... Nickie
>


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