[Loch-Ruadh] OT - Killing Fire Ants

[Kathy]

Unless you're ready to try the dishwashing liquid and citrus oil mentioned at the bottom of the Snopes coverage.





Catrin
Loch Ruadh Rocks! 

--- On Fri, 1/29/10, Elizabeth Hawkwood <somerlidh at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Elizabeth Hawkwood <somerlidh at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] OT - Killing Fire Ants
To: crandalltwo-scalists at yahoo.com, "Shire of Loch Ruadh, Kingdom of Ansteorra, SCA, Inc." <loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 2:50 PM


well, back to the chemicals. 

//eh




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From: Crandall <crandalltwo-scalists at yahoo.com>
To: Kingdom of Ansteorra SCA Inc.Shire of Loch Ruadh <loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Fri, January 29, 2010 2:23:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] OT - Killing Fire Ants

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/fireants.asp


--- On Fri, 1/29/10, Elizabeth Hawkwood <somerlidh at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Elizabeth Hawkwood <somerlidh at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] OT - Killing Fire Ants
> To: loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 12:29 PM
> Thought some of you might appreciate
> this. I know I did.
>  
> //Elizabeth
>  
> Subject: Fwd: Killing Fire Ant Colonies GREAT NEW INFO!!!!
> 
> > This is a new twist to killing fire ant colonies.  
> > 
> > For those not familiar with Walter Reeves, he is from
> the University of
> > Georgia agriculture department, specializing in home
> gardening. His
> > television show, 'Gardening in Georgia ', is on each
> Saturday. 
> > 
> > I know fire ants are picky eaters and any type poison
> that is effective
> > takes seven feeding steps before the queen receives
> it. Plus, if the bait is
> > stored in close proximity to any petroleum or
> fertilizer products they won't
> > touch it. Contact poisons that are on the market just
> cause the colony to
> > move away. A well developed colony can be as deep as
> 30 feet and spread out
> > some 20 to 50 feet from the mound center... This was
> documented by studies
> > done in the early 60's when they were first sited in
> South Alabama . 
> > 
> > An environmentally friendly cure for fire ants has
> been announced by Walter
> > Reeves on his Georgia Gardener radio program.
> Testimonials that it REALLY
> > WORKS are coming in.
> > 
> > Simply pour two cups of CLUB SODA (carbonated water)
> directly in the center
> > of a fire ant mound. The carbon dioxide in the water
> is heavier than air and
> > displaces the oxygen which suffocates the queen and
> the other ants. The
> > whole colony will be dead within about two days.
> > 
> > Besides eliminating the ants, club soda leaves no
> poisonous residue, does
> > not contaminate the ground water, and does not
> indiscriminately kill other
> > insects. It is not harmful to your pets, soaks into
> the ground. Each mound
> > must be treated individually and a one liter bottle of
> club soda will kill 2
> > to 3 mounds.
> > 
> > Spread the word.     
> 
> 
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