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RE: Ant Question

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Peg,

Try Gardens Alive, they sell them. I'm sorry but I don't know the web
address off the top of my head, I'm sure you can find it through one of the
many search engines out there.

Rich(zone 6)
Brooklyn,NY

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Kevin Henson [k*@thesocket.com]
		Sent:	Monday, September 20, 1999 12:22 PM
		To:	Square Foot Gardening List
		Subject:	Re: Ant Question

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		Where do you get things like beneficial nematodes?

		Peg
		-----Original Message-----
		From: Tom Meunier <tmeunier@ix.netcom.com>
		To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
		Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 4:09 AM
		Subject: 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
		>
		>
		>>Square Foot Gardening List -
http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
		>>
		>>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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