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Author Garden: Ants Shani Garden Pro! Member # 2920 posted                       Does any one have any solution to getting rid of Ants, The yard here is teeming with ant hills * * * * Shani May the wind always be at your back and your keel in the water Plants: 1248 | From: Brampton, ON, Canada | Registered: Jun 2004  |  Seeded: 24.66.94.142 Lilylilac Dream Gardener Member # 2983 posted                       I know there is some commercial stuff out there. Starts with a 'D' but I can't think of the name of it. It's sold in most stores like Kmart and Walmart and hardware stores. What I'm wondering is...is there an organic solution to ant problems? I don't like the commercial stuff myself unless there is no other alternative. * * * * zone 5 Plants: 101 | From: Southeastern Wisconsin | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.21.110.106 Phil and Laura guest posted                 There are SO MANY organic fables of ant control, actually Cinnamon or hot (cayeene) pepper sprinkled on the mounds will do the job, the list of controls is endless, and most make them Re-locate, but not far enough! Someone else posted on here to use corn meal, they eat it and explode, haven't tried that, but it sound like it would work borax crystals and sugar mixed, hot water, and even "HUMAN Urine"(supposedly the human Hormones KILL the queen and the ants move) are among the many Ant Fixes! Seeded: 170.215.46.25 afgreyparrot Official Problem Child Member # 1991 posted                       EXPLODING ANTS???? HUMAN URINE??? (I'm just picturing this... !) * * * * Buckle up! It makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of your car! Plants: 43285 | Registered: Mar 2004  |  Seeded: 69.170.162.6 gardenmom32210 guest posted                 I've been using uncooked grits for ant control for 20 years. They eat it and when they drink water they swell up and explode(yes I know its dangerous to feed Cindy's imagination! ) Karen Seeded: 68.154.213.15 Shani Garden Pro! Member # 2920 posted                       hmmm, exploding ants.... could be good to date I;ve counted 6 larege ant hills on the property, I could try the cormmeal, I would try grits but there not readily sold up here, I 'd have to find a specialty store for them * * * * Shani May the wind always be at your back and your keel in the water Plants: 1248 | From: Brampton, ON, Canada | Registered: Jun 2004  |  Seeded: 24.66.94.142 Jiffymouse guest posted                 since you can't find grits there, get the coursest cornmeal you can, some of it is nearly the consistancy of grits... Seeded: 12.77.201.159 catlover The Cheetah! Member # 654 posted                       Okay you guys....I am TRYING to be an organic ant killer of the very aggressive, many multiple queen Argentine ANTS ....In the past I have been using Diazanon and Terro liquid poison with a lot of success....I don't want to get them immune to these poisons and only give them the shock treatment when completely out of control...but it is reaching that time again. I thought I would go by your suggestions and try corn meal/ grits. Well at first they were taking it into their little itty bitty holes that they have everywhere....but now they are coming back out of the hole with the grits/cornmeal....(no they are not eggs...I know the difference). HELP....what now before I break down and use the diazanon?????? Oh yeah...tried the boiling water...didn't work...drains to slowly in the granite/clay to do any good and there are holes everywhere. These are itty bitty holes the ants come in and out of...not those mounds. Why aren't they eating the cornmeal/grits? AND why are they bringing it back out of the nests? * * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003  |  Seeded: 68.66.244.5 NickN Garden Helper Member # 2440 posted                       There's no real way to "get rid of ants".You can only control them.Any insecticide with a high concentration of Acephate applied to the mound and lawn will help control them.You'll see results in one day. Plants: 14 | From: Alabama | Registered: May 2004  |  Seeded: 216.180.47.121

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