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  1. thecarreaper

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    #1 thecarreaper, Jan 23, 2010
    A Friend sent this to me. Seems legit, thought i would share.

    Michael

    Subject: Killing Fire Ant Colonies

    You folks that don't live in the south don't know what you're missing.
    UGA ANNOUNCES NEW INEXPENSIVE TWIST TO KILLING FIRE ANTS
    For those not familiar with
    Walter Reeves, he is from the University of Georgia agriculture
    department, specializing in home gardening. His television show,
    'Gardening in Georgia ', is on each Saturday.

    I know fire ants are picky eaters and any type poison that is effective
    takes seven feeding steps before the queen receives it.
    Plus, if the bait is stored in close proximity to any petroleum or
    fertilizer products they won't touch it. Contact poisons that are on the
    market just cause the colony to move away. A well developed colony can be
    as deep as 30 feet and spread out some 20 to 50 feet from the mound
    center... This was documented by studies done in the early 60's when they
    were first sited in South Alabama ..

    An environmentally friendly cure for fire ants has been announced by
    Walter Reeves on his Georgia Gardener radio program. Testimonials that it
    REALLY WORKS are coming in.

    Simply pour two cups of CLUB SODA (carbonated water) directly in the
    center of a fire ant mound. The carbon dioxide in the water is heavier
    than air and displaces the oxygen which suffocates the queen and the
    other
    ants. The whole colony will be dead within about two days.

    Besides eliminating the ants, club soda leaves no poisonous residue, does
    not contaminate the ground water, and does not indiscriminately kill
    other
    insects. It is not harmful to your pets, soaks into the ground. Each
    mound
    must be treated individually and a one liter bottle of club soda will
    kill
    2 to 3 mounds.

    Spread the word.
     
  2. Kds

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    #2 Kds, Jan 23, 2010
    I don't believe it.
     
  3. 2NA

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    #3 2NA, Jan 23, 2010
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    I think a block of dry ice might do the trick even better. It's dangerous stuff in confined areas and the gas is heavier than air.

    They have to be getting their breathing air from the surface so it is possible and certainly worth a try.
     
  4. venusone

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    #4 venusone, Jan 23, 2010
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    Ok, I worked for UGA for 10 years in marine biology field & UGA research in the sciences is solid. Also UGA has one of the few veterinary medicine schools in the US. Fire ants have been a plague in my yard for years. I’ve used all the Lowes poisons to the max but not yet lighted them up w/ gasoline. Club soda? I will try but think we are going to need a bigger boat.
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  5. agup48

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    #5 agup48, Jan 23, 2010
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    +1, that's what I use, get a metal pipe or PVC, and stick it deep into the pile, and then put pieces of dry ice inside it. I've never tried to burn it, I've tried drowning them with water, bad idea, they just relocated.

    In the summer, I was lazy and didn't put jeans on when mowing the lawn, and hit a fire ant pile, and they flew everywhere, I got bit around 12 times on my legs and some went inside my shoes and bit me. Hurt like hell.

    If you get bit, use calamine lotion, works wonders.
     
  6. Lee in Texas

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    #6 Lee in Texas, Jan 23, 2010
    Two cups removing air from 30 feet down and a 50 foot circle? I don't believe it either.

    On small ant beds, I have heard of using a gasoline-soaked rag held off the ground with a 5gallon bucket placed upside-down over it.
     
  7. venusone

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    #7 venusone, Jan 23, 2010
    Yo, Carreaper:
    Have you seen the carpenter ants in the SE? These are monsters that eat wood – even treated. Have undermined my border timbers around the flower beds. Big but don't bite.
     
  8. El Wayne

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  10. agup48

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    #10 agup48, Jan 23, 2010
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    :D Nice jean jacket :D
     
  11. thecarreaper

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    #11 thecarreaper, Jan 23, 2010
    geeze shoot me already, i thought it was cool, never said i had even tried it.

    the little bastards are EVERYWHERE here, and any good, cheap way to get rid of them would be welcome......
     
  12. tatcat

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    #12 tatcat, Jan 23, 2010
    i use a powder killer, bengal brand. just a sprinkle does the trick. don't know if they die or just move along but the next day the mound is vacant. i usually check out the mound locations while mowing and zap them afterward. man has a moral imperative to kill all insects. just think if the damn things were as big as a cat.
     
  13. tblount

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    #13 tblount, Jan 23, 2010

    I just poor a little diesel on the mound. Gets them every time.
    Had a problem with a yellow jacket nest in my shed and sprayed some diesel down the hole and never saw another one.
     
  14. wax

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    #14 wax, Jan 23, 2010
    Why, a giant, AI, ant-seeking magnifying glass, of course.
     

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