Re: Update from others Re: Garden Safe Fire Ant Killer

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Thank you for all this!!wow,lots of info here.

and it is safe to,wonderful.

Marty

--- Soaring Hawk <aSoaringHawk@...> wrote:

> Update from others

>

> Re: Garden Safe Fire Ant Killer

>

> I have no doubt that this concoction would kill the

> fire ants, but

> thought it was only fair to point out some of the

> hazards to the

> ingredients.

>

> I will give everybody just a little information on

> these 4 products.

>

> 1. Turpentine: It is a resin and oil from pine

> trees, it can cause

> tissue death, damage kidneys, central nervous system

> depression,

> headaches, nausea, and confusion. Low concentrations

> can irritate

> eyes, nose, and throat.

>

> 2. Lysol: It contains phenols and dioxin (agent

> orange). It is also a

> suspected carcinogen.

>

> 3. Ammonia: The vapors and liquids can be corrosive

> causing severe

> burns and irritation to the skin, eyes, and lungs

> even in low

> concentrations.

>

> 4. Dawn dish soap: This contains sodium lauryl

> sulfate, sodium lauryl

> benzene sulfonate, and formaldehyde a know

> carcinogen.

>

> Then there is what these things would do to the soil

> that it would be

> used on. Because of the oil and chemicals in these

> products it would

> be several years before it would grow anything,

> except maybe weeds.

> During rains these chemicals would spread to the

> area around it, and

> would then be in any foods grown in that area.

>

> If you would like to check this information out for

> yourself there is

> a couple of sites that I might recommend. One would

> be environmental

> working group www.ewg.org. The other is product

> matrix, and then

> enter the product that you want to look up.

>

> Re: Garden Safe Fire Ant Killer

> Use boiling water. Pour 3 gal, dig down a foot or

> so, pour 3 more gal.

>

> Re: Garden Safe Fire Ant Killer

> I've used cornmeal to put on fireant mounds ...it

> works, but of course you

> need to reapply.

>

> Re: Garden Safe Fire Ant Killer

> A few comments about fire ants from doing some

> checking: The most common

> one in the south is Quaker Quick Grits. But there's

> plenty of " debunkers " .

> Never tried it.

>

> I had 7 different mounds about our acre and a half

> and what we did was a

> " shovel relay " . the three of us took a shovelfull of

> ants from each mound

> and intermixed the ants from one mound with the next

> one to it. After 3

> shuffles two days apart , the mounds all seem pretty

> much dead from the

> fighting that erupted.

>

> My Uncle was told by a man who owns an exotic farm

> that " Rio Birds " eat fire

> ants. The guy has some on his land and has no

> problem anymore. They look

> like small emus, about the size of a chicken with

> grey feathers, if I

> remember right. I can't be sure of the spelling, or

> proper name of these

> birds but maybe it will help.

>

> Re: Garden Safe Fire Ant Killer

> Use diatomaceous earth

>

> Just put a 1/2 cup or less on top of the opening --

> just make sure

> it totally surrounds the opening. In about three

> days, the total

> nest, including the queen will be GONE. This stuff

> consists of

> prehistoric sea plankton that has been ground to an

> ultra fine

> powder. When ants go in and out of the nest, they

> carry the dust. It kills

> them by dehydrating them -- microscopic

> particles " scratch " their hard exo-skeleton and they

> dry up.

>

>

>

>

>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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