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Re: Ant Question

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Hi Debbie,

I must have been blessed with terrific luck or something: Fire ants went
away after one easy treatment, and have never come back.  And I live in the
fire ant capital of the world, Austin.   Thanks for letting me get up on my
soapbox, while all of my neighbors are out in their yards spooning poison
granules into their fire ant mounds.

Beneficial nematodes.   No more fire ants.   I do one treatment in the
spring, two if I remember.    Haven't seen a flea in a few years, either.
And the place was infested with 'em when I bought it from the guy with 6
dogs.

Everyone I've met that says nematodes don't work for fire ants and fleas
hasn't tried it.  Or are spraying 'em on their lawn that has so much poison
soaked into it that nothing but fire ants, fleas, and cockroaches could live
there.   Good luck!

Tom
Austin, TX
Whatever Zone That Would Be.

-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie <trublood@snowhill.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Sunday, September 19, 1999 10:42 PM
Subject: Ant Question


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>OK, all you sq ft "masters" - I need help.  I'm about to add fall soil
>amendments like manure and such.  Since the only thing left in my sq ft
>garden is watermelons - I covered the unused squares with big sheets of
>cardboard... figuring they'd protect the soil, it's been really dry here as
>well.
>
>When I lifted the edge of one of the pieces of cardboard (hoping to see
>worms.... silly me) there were huge masses of fireants.  This is my
>question - how the heck do I get rid of these suckers??
>
>Alabama, southeast, I think zone 7 or 8......
>
>DebbieT
>
>
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