Re: Insecticide

I have no idea if it will adversely affect the pumpkins but I can guarantee that equal parts sugar and borax( laundry whitener) will get rid of the ants..... 
Mary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Squires" <djsquires@ultraplix.com> 
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: Insecticide



I hear that good old Nutrasweet (Aspartame) kills ants.
They carry it back to the nest and it kills all that eat it.
It's not as noxious a poison as some of the others, but it is a poison
that ants love because if fools them into thinking it's sugar.
Fools us humans too it seems.


Stephen Jepsen wrote:


Kethy,

Pros identify the species of ant then choose an appropriate bait station.
This keeps the poison bait out of the environment.


Valley Green, Inc
Stephen J. Jepsen
823 Nichols Avenue
Stratford, CT 06614-3930
Tel: 914-260-7176
efax: 206-203-2397

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of 
Kathie Morgan
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:50 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Insecticide

Hi Guys!
Along the same lines, we have ants. Not an army of them, just a small but steady flow. We cannot find a commercial product that purports to be effective against ants and yet won't harm the plants/soil. 

What do you all use?

Thanks!

Kathie in Santa Rosa, home of the Barenchi 954


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