Does anyone have a solution? :)
2007-02-24 11:27:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Thought that I might just mention that this is an interior problem and that they are crawling up the walls as well as floors so powders as suggested may not work
2007-02-24 11:42:05 · update #1
There are two answers to this question. One is if you have fireants and you can located their hill, pour Cream of Wheat (uncooked of course) into the hill, this will cause them to explode. Two is to keep them out of the house you should pour salt in doorways and the ants will not cross. This was all from my wife so I hope this helps you out!
2007-02-24 12:20:42 · answer #1 · answered by John C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend's home was flooded once and there were ants living up inside of his wall because of the mud in it, and no matter what he tried, nothing was helping, until he got smart and put a cup full of sugar out beside a tree that was not to far away, and the ants went right over to it, and he never had any ants again. Try leaving a small trail of sugar or crumbs way from the house, and see what happens.
2007-02-24 11:49:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hollie a said it. there is a product already mixed for you. You can get it at Wal-Mart. "Terro" ant killer. Put the thick liquid on a piece of the box and put it along the path they travel. They will run to the stuff. They eat it, go away and die. You may need to add more every day for awhile. IT WORKS! It also works on gnats.
2007-02-24 11:53:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, sprinkle talcum powder around the garden or anywhere for that matter, the ants find the power too slippery to walk over
or there is a product called Ant Sand
good luck
2007-02-24 11:35:34 · answer #4 · answered by Val K 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lots of good answers,
Find the mound outside and then fond another one 30 ft or more away, take a shovel full of one to the other and visa versa ( shovel in one from the other) they will go away never to return
differnt strains of ants will kill each other off
works great
the salt along the trial is great too
2007-02-25 02:29:56 · answer #5 · answered by mr_jim51 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try fine ground corn meal. Ants will take back to the nest. It will wipe out the colony. Ants can't digest cornmeal.
2007-02-25 01:15:00 · answer #6 · answered by mountainriley 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Terro also make a powder that you can go around the outside of your house around the foundation. It works great I have used it for many years!
2007-02-24 12:16:29 · answer #7 · answered by angel48wings 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mix sugar with borax (a houshold cleaning powder that doent harm bigger animals) kills ant instanly!
2007-02-24 11:45:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Borrow an aardvark from a friend.
2007-02-24 16:55:05 · answer #9 · answered by luther 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used vinegar or lemon juice when my son was a tot.
2007-02-24 12:35:13 · answer #10 · answered by A J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋