Re: OT: Fire Ants
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: OT: Fire Ants
- From: A* R* <a*@austx.tandem.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 10:00:49 -0600 (MDT)
> dumping it on another. Supposedly this starts a war among the ants in
> which one of the mounds will be wiped out by the other. Keep doing this
> until you have just one mound, then destroy it with hot soapy water.
> Sounds too good to be true.
Termites and fire ants will supposedly fight to the death as well.
The organic control is highly concentrated manure tea and citrus oils.
A product was introduced this year by a well-known regional nursery
(GardenVille).
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Amy Moseley Rupp
amyr@austx.tandem.com, Austin, TX, USDA zone 8b, Sunset zone 30
*or* amyr@mpd.tandem.com
Jill O. *Trades, Mistress O. {}
