What To Use For Ants?

[Sweet Apple]

Does anyone have any suggestions for non-toxic removal of ants? We've got the little ants and fire ants...Apple and Buzz both seem to root around in the grass, so it's got to be safe...Thanks...

[MaddiesMommie]

We have them too!!! I could send Cooper over to you, she eats them when they are within her reach.
We have the kitchen ants (piss ants, I always called them). I look forward to seeing posts to this thread.

[suda]

an ardvark or an anteater would do well, no sorry just being stupid, I have used vinegar, (on concrete) they hate that but not sure how it would affect your lawn.

[Lorraine]

Corn meal is supposed to work on ants. They apparently will take it away with them eat it, but cannot digest it and it will kill off the nest. You could put up a pen of some sort on your grass to keep the dogs out of the corn meal but hte corn should attract the ants. It won't hurt the dogs if a little gets spread around.

[jadabug]

Originally Posted by MaddiesMommie

We have them too!!! I could send Cooper over to you, she eats them when they are within her reach.
We have the kitchen ants (piss ants, I always called them). I look forward to seeing posts to this thread.

Thats also I call them and we have them too

[Lizzie07]

Check out www.gardensalive.com - it has environmentally safe garden products. Here is what they have for ants:
LIQUID ANT KILLER
Just put a few drops on ant trails and in cracks and crevices. Ants eat the bait with borax and carry it back to their colony. Bye-bye ants!
There's also diatomaceous earth that you can try and www.planetnatural.com has a liquid and killer similar to the one at Gardens Alive.

[RachelandSadie]

for ants inside the house up on counters and under sinks and away from precious yorkies Terro works amazing. apply a drop onto some cardboard and keep under sink or up on counter tops and it gets rid of all of them really fast. they take it back to the nest and kills all of em' worked great and didn't hurt the pups.

good luck

[Sweet Apple]

Originally Posted by RachelandSadie

for ants inside the house up on counters and under sinks and away from precious yorkies Terro works amazing. apply a drop onto some cardboard and keep under sink or up on counter tops and it gets rid of all of them really fast. they take it back to the nest and kills all of em' worked great and didn't hurt the pups.

good luck

No ants, in the house...these are outside, and my problem is, the big ant hills, I can cage, but those smaller ones, seem to be all around the yard...thanks for the Terro info...I probably don't cook enough to get ants in the house lol...

[Rhetts_mama]

Corn meal (a 5 lb box/ acre) works well. The ants take it back to their nests, where it gets eaten. The meal then swells in side of them, killing the ants. You can also pour it directly on to mounds.

Also for mounds- pour boiling water in to them, too. That way you are sure to get the queen.

Another tip to keep them from coming in to the house is to lay down a barrier with either ground up chalk or Cinnamon. They won't cross it for some reason.

[kalina82]

Originally Posted by Lorraine

Corn meal is supposed to work on ants. They apparently will take it away with them eat it, but cannot digest it and it will kill off the nest. You could put up a pen of some sort on your grass to keep the dogs out of the corn meal but hte corn should attract the ants. It won't hurt the dogs if a little gets spread around.

i use corn meal too. works great

[Sweet Apple]

Originally Posted by kalina82

i use corn meal too. works great

This sounds great, but I just KNOW Apple, and probably Buzz, would eat the corn meal and blow up like a balloon! I can put a cage around the big hill, but those little tiny ants aren't building big hills...Just here and there...Apple was rolling around the grass, the other day, and got some on her...Major quick trip to the kitchen sink for a big rinse

[kalina82]

Originally Posted by Sweet Apple

This sounds great, but I just KNOW Apple, and probably Buzz, would eat the corn meal and blow up like a balloon! I can put a cage around the big hill, but those little tiny ants aren't building big hills...Just here and there...Apple was rolling around the grass, the other day, and got some on her...Major quick trip to the kitchen sink for a big rinse

LOL i can imagine her surprise.

i'd just find places around the yard that the dogs can't get to and put the corn meal there, in various spots. I had the corn meal in little piles around my patio and front door and morgan didn't even bother with them after i told her no the first time she investigated.

[BonBon]

Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama

Corn meal (a 5 lb box/ acre) works well. The ants take it back to their nests, where it gets eaten. The meal then swells in side of them, killing the ants. You can also pour it directly on to mounds.

Also for mounds- pour boiling water in to them, too. That way you are sure to get the queen.

Another tip to keep them from coming in to the house is to lay down a barrier with either ground up chalk or Cinnamon. They won't cross it for some reason.

Wow, I never knew this!! I have problems with ants and mounds in the yard, too. I'm adding cornmeal to my grocery list right now. Thanks!!