ant problem

[memanpa]

anyone else having problems with ants?
seems like the worst yr i have ever had!
have tried everything the local farm supply store had to offer. some old remedys to no avail!
they just move a ways off and grow!
i have a fungal infection in one toe and i decided to soak it in Johnson's foot soap. sat on my patio a few days ago and soaked it
after done i took the pan out and todded it,(unknowingly) on an ant hilll
next morning i happened to notice 100's yes 100's of dead ants around the hill, and no activity around the hill at all, so i saved the pan of water from the next soaking and the next morning poured it on another hill, same result!!
so i went to the local supermarket and bought some biodegradable soap mixed a little water with it and dumped some on ever hill i could find, seems to be working lot's of dead ants and no activity in or around the hills, gonna be impossible to do it all over the property but up close, well who knows?
whatcha think?l

 

[msscamp]

I support what works! May not be a long term solution, but if it's killing them, it's affordable, and you don't mind doing it - have at it!

 

[Bama]

Was it the soap or your toe that did the trick? I had animals as big as dogs leave when I took off my socks after a long day. :lol:

 

[msscamp]

Was it the soap or your toe that did the trick? I had animals as big as dogs leave when I took off my socks after a long day. :lol:

Dang, Bama! And all this time I thought it was the feedlots southeast of us! ;-)

 

[memanpa]

i would blame it on my toe but i didn't use the biodegradble stuff on my toe! ya think i am willing to get in deep doo doo with the envros??

 

[sidney411]

I noticed this last weekend while shredding I hit a lot more huge ant beds then I've noticed in years before. I was shredding really really low since there's virtually no grass and a couple of the hills actually bogged down the tractor. Their deffinately getting worse.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

Its been so damn hot & dry i think is one reason