You can bet I'll try that (aspartame)- it sure is cheaper than acephate. Someone posted about not disturbing the mounds; I respectfully disagree despite all the poison and bait instructions that say not to disturb the mound.
The fact is you can drive them out of your yard with nothing but a stick. Just stir up the mound, they will move the colony immediately. Every time they move they lose population and larva, and spend less time on foraging. If you keep it up you will force a colony into oblivion once they can no longer feed themselves for the sake of moving. This is why you hear of so many folk remedies for them like grits and rice. All you're doing is disturbing them, they leave that hill, and you think you killed them. Heck, I'm not even sure coffee grounds kill them; I just know they really don't like coffee and will avoid any place sprinkled with it. It's just easier to be killing a bunch of them while you run them down. Daddybob in fireant infested Cape Fear NC where everything in the woods bites, sticks and draws blood. And I really like Ode's guines fowl idea. Just saw some today. Might get me some. Did you know Guineas and Chickens can cross? Some say no, but I've seen one with my own eyes. Really funny looking bird. > > I use (Aspartame) it is sold in Albertsons stores in > AZ . aprox $5.00 > per pound...They carry it into the chambers to feed > the young, (no food > value) so they starved distorted several mounds of > fire ants here , it > takes several applications, of about a small hand > full around the ant > hill. each time about a pound will last for several > months to a > year.,,,(don't eat it yourself) ha.. > Tel Tofflemire > Dewey, AZ. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
