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Just wanted to add both my experience and some good references
regarding fire ant control. Personally, I don't find any bait, even
Amdro, really controls and kills them. They just move. I've purchased
a gallon of orange oil (very expensive) and am going to try Howard
Garrett's organic recommendations as soon as I get the remainder of the
ingredients together---manure compost, molasses, etc.
http//www.whitehawk.com/dirtdoctor/
http//fireant.tamu.edu
http//rampages.onramp.net/~commons/livework.htm
http//www.cgs.clemson.edu/fireants.htm
Barbara Davis zone 7/8 southwest of Fort Worth, TX
As for FireAnts (I'll have to be careful here), boiling water is my
> preferred method. Sometimes it even works. At the very least this will move
> them to a place where you can use Orthene or something.
> I'll use boric acid on non-fire ant types if they cause too much of a
> problem, but that doesn't seem to help with FireAnts. If all else fails, you
> can move to Pennsylvania 8-)
> Grits and/or Cream of Wheat doesn't seem to do anything but feed them, and
> dumping another nest on them only kills a shovel full of them at a time. If
> it's possible, slowly pour about 3-5 gallons of boiling water right in the
> center of the nest. The hot water breaks down the glue of the tunnels and
> has some hope of killing or trapping the queen. But even if it doesn't, it
> makes them move a lot faster than pestering them with a stick (which does
> work, but you have to go out and do it several times)
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