Re: Ants and Boric Acid
- Subject: Re: Ants and Boric Acid
- From: "Anthony Lyman-Dixon" L*@lyman-dixon.freeserve.co.uk
- Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 09:28:37 +0100
Sounds great! Does it work on wasps too?
Anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bracey Tiede" <tiede@pacbell.net>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:44 PM
Subject: Ants and Boric Acid
> Boric acid works. Here's a recipe.
>
> One cup warm water
> Two tablespoons sugar
> One teaspoon boric acid (from drug store or buy Roachpruf at hardware
place)
>
> Shake together in lidded jar and put into soda bottle caps near an ant
trail.
> They take the stuff home and feed it to the nest. It's also a good idea
to
> caulk where they are coming into the house.
>
> Cheers,
> Bracey
>
>
