Any one know a home remedy to get rid of ants has we have used lots of products but they keep on coming back
2007-08-09 10:24:00 · 10 answers · asked by neil l 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
We used a blow torch but they don't like citrus smells so citronella candles will work also they don't like vinegar so put some in a spray bottle and spray the little pests and where they are coming from. Pouring boiling water where they are coming from also helps but you need lots cos the ant hills can go deep down. Then there's Borax and sugar which you can soak cotton wool balls with place in a screw top jar into which you have pierced holes the sugary sweet smell attracts them and the borax kills them. These are the methods we used and three days later.....NO MORE ANTS! Hope this helps happy ant trapping.
2007-08-09 10:34:45 · answer #1 · answered by Soup Dragon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The key is getting the ants to come out of the nest. Then you can spray them with any good ant killer (I use the Zep stuff from the Home Depot).
To get the ants to come out, set a sprinkler out next to the ant pile and soak the ground for about 15 minutes. Then turn the water off and, spray bottle/can in hand, wait for the ants to come out of the nest.
When their nest gets flooded, the ants panic, grab their little ant eggs/larvae, and head for the surface. Wait until you have such a mass of ants that you can't see the surface they're milling about on (coupla-few thousand ants), and hit them with the spray.
Works every time.
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2007-08-09 10:44:23 · answer #2 · answered by Paul in San Diego 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
boraic acid, or 20 mule team borax powder, comes in a 3lbs box at your grocer, its a laundry or soap addive, about 4 bucks a box .sprinkle all around where you or seeing the ant trails..or get tero and bait, its a honey like stuff, cut little cuts of cardboard, and put a ferw drops on it sit them all around, in a few days you will see so many ants eating this stuff and takeing some back to the queen ant, yip. you guessed it, shes dies and the whole ant nest also..
2007-08-09 10:36:11 · answer #3 · answered by Sonny H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know how to get rid of ants but I find passing wind involuntarily gets rid of my uncle.
2007-08-12 10:13:09 · answer #4 · answered by Modbird 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A kettleful of boiling water usually does the trick if they are nesting below hard surfaces, otherwise you could try 'hoovering' them up with a lawn mower if they're in your lawn margins. These methods work for us, I don't like using poisons of any kind in the garden.
2007-08-09 20:41:24 · answer #5 · answered by Kathy S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i had this problem last week! i went to wilkinsons and got the own brand of ant and flying ant spray it was only £1.99. i had hundreds in my drive way i didnt think it would work but it did the trick and i am ant free.
good luck
2007-08-09 10:34:29 · answer #6 · answered by lillypops 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you can find a nest, a kettle of boiling water will do the trick - doesn't do the grass much good, though. It's no good dealing with those running around, you have to find the source.
2007-08-09 21:35:00 · answer #7 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
apparently these are meant to work
1)Coffee
2)Cinnamon sticks
3)Black pepper
4)Talcum powder
2007-08-09 10:33:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washing up liquid works really well, they wont cross over it, I use outside my back door !
2007-08-09 10:35:48 · answer #9 · answered by AT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you dont wont to use a commercial product, french chalk is good.
2007-08-13 04:37:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋