Re: Fwd: Ants
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Fwd: Ants
- From: B* a* A* A*
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:36:05 -0400
- References: <368c5007.249a5623@aol.com>
Barb:
Thanks for the ant killer idea, will use this week here in Ga, I have heard a lot
of ideas but
never hot water!!
Bob Attaway
COMPUTRESE@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/16/99 5:07:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> harrow.fur@pei.sympatico.ca writes:
>
> << Does anyone on the list have a means of controlling &
> getting rid of them other than commercial insecticides.
> Your help will be appreciated, they are killing my trees
> making mounds all over the lawn.
> Bill Van
> >>
>
> Bill:
>
> Ants are a terrible problem here in the south. A friend of mine got tired of
> buying chemicals and decided a basic approach was best: she drenched the ant
> mounds and tunnels with hot water. She reported huge success, and vows it was
> worth the trouble of heating the water and carrying it to the site. She
> treated a 3 acre area.
>
> Sometimes the simplest way is best. No need to make problems unnecessarily
> complex.
>
> Barb
> Orlando, FL
>
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