War on ants in the garden HD

A few tricks I picked up for getting rid of ants in my yard.

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[TlaraMaxine1]

Ants are good for the garden and its easy to keep them out of the house, they are great for pest control..

Pitty you have to do that :(

[jihadacadien]

@TlaraMaxine1 It is a pitty....but my soil is perfect for ants...and in a dry year they really get to be too many, they steal seeds, cut plants, and just run amoc....but this year was really rainy and the ants were not a problem. Well only that they got into the house but I got rid of those.

[MarshmallowVogt]

The ants will also bring aphids to your plants so they can milk the aphids after the aphids feed on your plants try pouring the powder in the cans then just pour some hot water in can and swirl it around a little to mix it up

[Brynnium]

The dirt has good drainage, ha, yes that might be why the ants love your yard.

[jihadacadien]

@chadvoller Well if it was in cans, should be ok

[chadvoller]

@jihadacadien Mine poured right in. I did let it cool down before pouring, but it went right in with no problems. Mine looked a tad bit thinner than yours. I figured the excess moisture was going to evaporate quickly when in an aluminum can in this hot July sun. The t-storm we had yesterday might have backfired that plan though.

[jihadacadien]

@donnerbrandpears Yeah the boiling water kills he plants....so that's why i use boric acid sometime too. Kills the ants but not the plants around the nests.

[jihadacadien]

@chadvoller Great! i mainly did this to prevent my dog from eating it....but it does work againt rain too ;) And the mix tends to created a film over the top and it makes it hard to pour anyway you make it.....maybe I just cooked it too much tho.

[chadvoller]

I like your idea of using a can. I had a hard time keeping the bait out because of our wet spring in MN. I'm going to convert to your method right now.

I have a suggestion for your process. Mix the ingredients in a 1 quart Pyrex measuring cup. They have the pour lip making it MUCH easier to fill your cans. It also can take the heat from hot water unlike crappy plastic measuring cups. Since it is glass, it is much easier to clean sticky stuff out of it.

[jihadacadien]

@ghostofpaulrevere Yeah the company had trouble selling out of the province (due to Canadian laws) so they went straight to California lol