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To kill fire ants - tonight is the night...
Posted on 12/9/16 at 7:17 am
Posted on 12/9/16 at 7:17 am
Best thing I have ever tried in getting rid of fire ants is to turn over their beds the evening of a hard freeze.
Better than any poison.
Better than any poison.
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Posted on 12/9/16 at 7:21 am to jeffsdad
Where do you live?
Hard freeze?
Hard freeze?
Posted on 12/9/16 at 7:37 am to the LSUSaint
Use gas. All ants are dead in 1 second.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 7:49 am to jeffsdad
Boil a big pot of water. Get a smaller pot with a handle, maybe 1-2 quarts. Fill that pot and pour in over and down into each hill. Couple hours later you'll have a mound covered with dead ants. Works any time of year.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 7:59 am to ctiger69
yeah, i have done the gas, the only thing is that it kills the grass and the soil bacteria and takes years for anything to grow it that spot again.
actually had a policeman stop at my house once after I lit about 20 beds on fire in the front yard.........told me my yard looked like a mini-Kuwait. all reminded me it was against the law (to do that).
actually had a policeman stop at my house once after I lit about 20 beds on fire in the front yard.........told me my yard looked like a mini-Kuwait. all reminded me it was against the law (to do that).
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:09 am to jeffsdad
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all reminded me it was against the law (to do that).
But is that law enforced?
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:16 am to Boudreaux35
Why have I never tried this? 
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:18 am to Boudreaux35
If you have a mound covered with dead ants, there are still some alive that are bringing the dead to the top
A little dawn dishwashing soap mixed in warm water in a five gallon bucket. Pour over the bed. Repeat once more and they will all be gone. Dawn and water works with any wasp as well
A little dawn dishwashing soap mixed in warm water in a five gallon bucket. Pour over the bed. Repeat once more and they will all be gone. Dawn and water works with any wasp as well
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:53 am to jeffsdad
Spray some fipronil. That shite works great and will came them out all year.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 9:46 am to jeffsdad
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I lit about 20 beds on fire
You're not supposed to light the beds on fire.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 9:46 am to Ron Cheramie
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Dawn and water works with any wasp as well
and fleas on dogs
Posted on 12/9/16 at 9:49 am to BiggerBear
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You're not supposed to light the beds on fire.
sure is fun, though.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 9:51 am to jeffsdad
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reminded me it was against the law
against the law to build a fire in your yard?
bullshite, unless you lie where there's an HOA, in which case, you should move, immediately
Posted on 12/9/16 at 10:09 am to cgrand
Talstar FTW
Posted on 12/9/16 at 11:42 am to jeffsdad
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I lit about 20 beds on fire in the front yard.........told me my yard looked like a mini-Kuwait.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:08 pm to poochie
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Talstar FTW
Your wallet prefers Bifen I/T
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:10 pm to jeffsdad
I've read on here that you can shovel one any pile on top of another and they will kill each other. 
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:38 pm to PapaPogey
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I've read on here that you can shovel one any pile on top of another and they will kill each other
Or create a super strong genetically superior race of ants that will eventually take over your yard.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:45 pm to BiggerBear
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I lit about 20 beds on fire
Yeah, I have no understood why people light the ant beds on fire. It is not a lot of gas and it evaporates very quickly. By the time you strike a match all of the ants are already dead.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:46 pm to jeffsdad
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I lit about 20 beds on fire
Was this preceded with the requisite "hey watch this".....if not, you're not doing it completely right
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