Re: chinese ant chalk

Diane,
That sure sounds more like you had termites than ants. Glad to know the
borax got rid of them.
Reeta

> From: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>
> Reply-To: voltaire@islandnet.com
> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:57:16 -0700
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: RE: chinese ant chalk
> 
> I used to have ants. I think they were munching on the wooden floor
> under the ceramic tiles. In the summer they'd come out winged, ready
> to make a new nest. For years I sprinkled borax with no effect.  Then
> last year I read somewhere online that you need to mix it with some
> sugar and water.  I made little puddles on my floor tiles, and the
> ants soon were all around the edge of the puddles, slurping it up.
> That was it.  No flying ants this year.
> 
> -- 
> Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
> maritime zone 8
> cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
> sandy soil
>
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