10 acres and tons of ant mounds

[goeduck]

Diametceous earth is the answer. Comes in 50# bags at the farm store. Liberally spread over and around each mound. Renew rain and keep loose and powdery. I wiped out 10 mounds in 30 days even in our rainy weather. It also works good for slugs, snails and other creepy crawlers. Cheap and not poisonous.

Ron

Right. Natural product that basically gets in their joints and cuts the ants and they dehydrate. Non poisonous like you say. You can put a plank or something over the ant hill to keep the rain off or use it in the dry season.
How to Use Diatomaceous Earth for Organic Pest Control | MOTHER EARTH NEWS

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Here's my favorite way to get rid of an ant mound....it's something to do anyway.

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[goeduck]

Pretty amazing.... Sell them as Christmas trees :thumbsup:

 

[Deere Dude]

Last year I sprinkled low octane unleaded gas on about a dozen hills. The next day they were history. It left a brown spot on the lawn for a few weeks so maybe high octane would work better.

 

[gwstang]

DDT...oh wait, they got rid of that. I put the ant powder on those dang fireants and they just move over a few feet and start another mound. I hate fireants. I live way out in the sticks and no neighbors so my boys, when young, would peez on every mound in sight....lol Taught them well....maybe too well. One time when we went to visit grandma, when we got out of the car...my youngest (about 4 then) started whipping it out to pee in the front yard. Just narrowly avoided an embarrassing moment with all the neighbors watching there. :ashamed: I don't see the problem with letting a homeowner that would just use a little of the DDT a year, being able to get rid of the fireants? I think it was farmers using massive amounts of that stuff for their fields and such that caused the bad stuff into the water/fish/birds. Please correct me if I am wrong on that account? When I was a kid, we would only use maybe a half of a small container per year and it would get rid of those dang things quick.

BTW, the fireants are not supposed to be up here in the US. They got here from a long time back when big ships were transporting goods from here to South America and then back. They used dirt as ballast on the return and then dumped that here when loading more goods. Of course the fireants took off because they have no natural enemy here....cue the anteaters and such.

 

[gwstang]

Last year I sprinkled low octane unleaded gas on about a dozen hills. The next day they were history. It left a brown spot on the lawn for a few weeks so maybe high octane would work better.

I do this too, but only way out in the fields. I've done it in the yard and for some reason the red head gets really excited about the large brown spots that appear on "Her" yard....lol

 

[Ron of Va]

You need some Phorid Flies. The lay their eggs behind the head of a fire ant. The maggot crawls into the brain of the ant and eats their brain. Neat!
Invasive Fire Ants Lose Heads to Flies - YouTube

 

[joeu235]

Planting WW B-Dahl grass will significantly reduce the fire ant population.

 

[dieselscout80]

Planting WW B-Dahl grass will significantly reduce the fire ant population.

I wonder if horses will graze WW B-Dahl grass?

Will it grow in South Carolina?

 

[Wakey]

Here's my favorite way to get rid of an ant mound....it's something to do anyway.

Who digs a hole at night? I mean I get it, might have been summer but that will get the neighbors talking :laughing: