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07-20-2009, 01:10 PM

I guess this goes in the garden section, however the ants are INSIDE here & I mean I cant even go to the bathroom without them eating me alive..
ants are pests...I need a safe way to get rid of them without using ant spray around my kid....any of you know any homemade cures for these little pests? I heard about mixing sugar with boric acid and placing them around the outside of the house.. but is there anything I would have here readily available seeing as its 4 am and no stores are open?

07-20-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ka0tik_kreati0n

I guess this goes in the garden section, however the ants are INSIDE here & I mean I cant even go to the bathroom without them eating me alive..
ants are pests...I need a safe way to get rid of them without using ant spray around my kid....any of you know any homemade cures for these little pests? I heard about mixing sugar with boric acid and placing them around the outside of the house.. but is there anything I would have here readily available seeing as its 4 am and no stores are open?

Lot's of things..

Have a google .. You are not alone.. They are really bad this year in California..

If I read the ( ant ) signs right it will be a early, cold winter but not necessarily a wet one. Ants tell us a lot of things. But I digress..

I just ordered some ( organic ) poison for the sweet ants.. I hate to do that so I am hoping I can persuade them once again to stay out of the garden.

I will put up with them in the honey but not the garden..

PM me if I you need more "organic" and safer ways to control them.. That's all I will use is safe organic stuff.

Oh and windex kills them and is fairly safe around children in case you need some non-toxic help now.

Jack

KGB47 · 07-20-2009, 07:44 PM

Grant's ant stakes work great if you don't have pets that will pick them up and chew on them. The poison is encapsulated entirely in metal except for a small hole in the top. The ants carry the bait back to the nest where the queen and other feed off it, killing them off within a week. I have several in my garden(no ants there) and 2 in the house(my dog ignores them but she's old) no ants anywhere and I hate those little buggers with a passion so I'm happy.

Storm Crow · 07-20-2009, 08:19 PM

Old hippie trick! White mint-flavored toothpaste will stop them from entering. Find where they are coming in and seal the holes with toothpaste. The white stuff in it is abrasive to their jaws. They hate mint flavor and the detergent in the toothpaste upsets their little tummies! They WILL NOT eat through it! Even after it dries, they will not eat through toothpaste.

Granny

reachtdk · 07-26-2009, 09:16 AM

^get a few of these. that gel substance has upped the ants live expectancy by atleast 6 months. pretty neat imo.

Gray Wolf · 07-26-2009, 03:41 PM

Old Injun recipe! We used to have a piss ant problem too! Everywhere you looked, there they were.

Solved in about 30 days by just feeding them instead of trying to kill them.

I fed them a mixture of:

1/3 rd bread yeast
1/3 rd powdered sugar
1/3rd 20 Mule Team Boroxo

Mix it up, put it out, and bon appetite!

I soon found ants getting scarcer and now seldom see them in the house. They take the mixture to their nest, all eat it, and it kills them dead, without using chemicals pernicious to humans and pets.

GW

DocLeaf · 07-26-2009, 08:10 PM

The following is NOT organic!

Borax powder and icing sugar (think you call it confectioners sugar in US),, the fine stuff,, mix it up with water... place on a card,, ants take it back to their den,, queen eats it all,, problem solved!

PLEASE always keep ANY poisons AWAY from PETS and CHILDREN!!!!!

haze crazy · 11-09-2009, 08:38 PM

Lots of ants will die when they eat artificial sweetener. It's the one in the little pink package. I forget the name. Also, by adding molasses to your watering can you will repel those pesky critters... and reduce the aphid population to boot!

Sheriff Bart · 11-09-2009, 11:16 PM

^^^^aspartame (sweet 'n low)

DocLeaf · 11-10-2009, 10:11 AM

Borax is available from any chemist.. just mix with sugar

07-20-2009, 01:10 PM	#1
ka0tik_kreati0n Guest Posts: n/a	Infested with ants!! I guess this goes in the garden section, however the ants are INSIDE here & I mean I cant even go to the bathroom without them eating me alive.. ants are pests...I need a safe way to get rid of them without using ant spray around my kid....any of you know any homemade cures for these little pests? I heard about mixing sugar with boric acid and placing them around the outside of the house.. but is there anything I would have here readily available seeing as its 4 am and no stores are open?
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07-20-2009, 07:44 PM	#3
KGB47 "It's just a flesh wound" Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NorCal Posts: 1,087	Grant's ant stakes work great if you don't have pets that will pick them up and chew on them. The poison is encapsulated entirely in metal except for a small hole in the top. The ants carry the bait back to the nest where the queen and other feed off it, killing them off within a week. I have several in my garden(no ants there) and 2 in the house(my dog ignores them but she's old) no ants anywhere and I hate those little buggers with a passion so I'm happy. __________________ "Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government".....
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07-20-2009, 08:19 PM	#4
Storm Crow Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,081	Old hippie trick! White mint-flavored toothpaste will stop them from entering. Find where they are coming in and seal the holes with toothpaste. The white stuff in it is abrasive to their jaws. They hate mint flavor and the detergent in the toothpaste upsets their little tummies! They WILL NOT eat through it! Even after it dries, they will not eat through toothpaste. Granny __________________ *"If the truth won't do, then something is wrong!"* Granny's Grandpa- Rev. John Conrad Schwabenland Need MMJ medical studies? Look here- https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.p...=1#post2556045 Granny's list- Now on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Granny...0974909?ref=nf
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07-26-2009, 03:41 PM	#6
Gray Wolf A Posse ad Esse. From Possibility to realization. Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: River City, USA Posts: 9,402	Old Injun recipe! We used to have a piss ant problem too! Everywhere you looked, there they were. Solved in about 30 days by just feeding them instead of trying to kill them. I fed them a mixture of: 1/3 rd bread yeast 1/3 rd powdered sugar 1/3rd 20 Mule Team Boroxo Mix it up, put it out, and bon appetite! I soon found ants getting scarcer and now seldom see them in the house. They take the mixture to their nest, all eat it, and it kills them dead, without using chemicals pernicious to humans and pets. GW __________________ An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. Believing is seeing and ignorance is bliss until it bites you in the ass! Fervor is the weapon of the impotent. The harder the sell, the poorer the product. Alas, my ignorance abounds; the more I've learned, the less I know that I know.......... Thou shalt seek and respect the opinions of operators, even unto the third helper, for theirs is a wisdom unknown to technicrats. Wise men learn more from fools, than fools from wise men. In my dotage I finally discovered that the secret to putting on pants both legs at a time is sitting down.
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07-26-2009, 08:10 PM	#7
DocLeaf procreationist Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: I'm here... Posts: 9,470	The following is NOT organic! Borax powder and icing sugar (think you call it confectioners sugar in US),, the fine stuff,, mix it up with water... place on a card,, ants take it back to their den,, queen eats it all,, problem solved! PLEASE always keep ANY poisons AWAY from PETS and CHILDREN!!!!! __________________ 떨 / erb roots culture peace love unity !!! DANGER GLASS WEED THREAD !!! https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=42251 FRITILLARY SEEDS ... https://www.seedboutique.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=86 *REGULAR ORGANIC SEEDS FOR ORGANIC GROWERS !!*
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07-26-2009, 09:16 AM	#5
reachtdk New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 23	^get a few of these. that gel substance has upped the ants live expectancy by atleast 6 months. pretty neat imo.
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11-09-2009, 08:38 PM	#8
haze crazy Staminate individual Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: A big muddy swamp with lot of snakes! Posts: 147	Lots of ants will die when they eat artificial sweetener. It's the one in the little pink package. I forget the name. Also, by adding molasses to your watering can you will repel those pesky critters... and reduce the aphid population to boot! __________________ Seed on...
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11-09-2009, 11:16 PM	#9
Sheriff Bart Deputy Spade Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rock Ridge Posts: 1,130	^^^^aspartame (sweet 'n low) __________________ I am only here to entertain the most absurd of ideas
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11-10-2009, 10:11 AM	#10
DocLeaf procreationist Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: I'm here... Posts: 9,470	Borax is available from any chemist.. just mix with sugar __________________ 떨 / erb roots culture peace love unity !!! DANGER GLASS WEED THREAD !!! https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=42251 FRITILLARY SEEDS ... https://www.seedboutique.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=86 *REGULAR ORGANIC SEEDS FOR ORGANIC GROWERS !!*
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