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How to Kill Fire Ants Naturally without Pesticides or Poison | Useful Knowledge
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- čas přidán 30. 04. 2016
- Kill fire ants with diatomaceous earth. Our video explains how to kill fire ant mounds naturally without pesticides or poison.
Great for around the garden. Diatomaceous Earth is not harmful to you but it will kill fire ants dead. Try DE for killing fire ant mounds.
Save money and purchase the 40lb bag for about $28.00 from your farm supply. One bag will kill about 30-40 fire ant mounds.
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I have been having problems with the big black ants in the house so I mixed up the usual treatment that I use on them which is a 50/50 missing of boron and sugar which works great but this time I threw in some d.e just for good measure so while putting it around my house I seen a fire ant mound so I thought I would try it on the fire ants I thought the sugar,borax and d.e. might work it hasn't had time to know if it works or not but I'm hoping it does the sugar may entice them to take it into the mound. Glad to see someone else try this.
I hate using poisons or chemicals in my yard. I spread DE on my lawn when my next door neighbor's lawn got infested with cinch bugs, and it kept them away! Never thought to use it for fire ant control, so thank you so much! :)
Same here. I refuse to use poison in my garden. DE works great. Check out our channel for a video we did last year on a true DE/fire ant study.
Great info. I have used orange oil and top it off with D E. QUESTION IS: how can you keep them away from you, as a person
I have a garden and hate getting eaten up and not know it. what can I apply to my skin to keep them away from me?
Hi. I actually dust the whole garden with DE before the plants start to flower. I usually run into them and get stung several times them when I’m planting tomatoes and peppers.
The DE that you have is grainy nd the one I have is white powder. And it duznt kill the ants. What brand or type do you hsave? Thnx
Clarice White Hi. It’s Red Lake brand. It has some bentonite in it also. I get mine at the local Tractor Supply or CO-OP.
What kind is recommended? The omri food grade? Or the one that pool people use?
Hi. I use the Red Lake brand that you can get at most farm stores.
Do you think that if we sprinkle some The borderline of California It would help keep the emigrant out
use white vinegar under 3 dollars a gallon works fast , windex works too
Hey Buddy. Why not surround the mound first, then disturb and apply on mound?
Hi. Yes, that would be fine. I finally got around to performing a study on how well diatomaceous earth really works. Here is the link: czcams.com/video/nLczT0-gu6o/video.html
Medina Orange oil will do the job, use it in A sprayer, 4 oz per gallon of water. You can find it much cheaper at a feed store, Walmart should carry it
Thank you
Best video on this!!!!!!
I live in the desert and have these red ants all over my yard. Not sure what kind they are. They don't have mounds,just little holes that they crawl in and out of. There are several of the holes and many red ants. I started using Safer brand DE and they do crawl on it but I've noticed that in heavier applications,they seem to avoid it. Yet,I am still seeing the ants and looks like they branched out to other parts of the yard. Do I need to apply it before they come out? I have been sprinkling it wherever I see ants crawling around when they are already foraging.Could this be why it isn't working? It has been four days since I started using the DE and I even went out and reapplied more because it didn't seem to be affecting them at all.
Sequin Jackson. I have noticed with DE that you need to apply it on the mound or around the hole so that the worker ants can’t forage (they really hate walking through DE) for food. You absolutely can apply it all over your yard but if you water at all, the DE becomes ineffective and must be reapplied. I apply it all over my garden before my plants bloom to kill fire ants. I reapply after it rains.
One more thing, if you have a farm store close, get the 40 lb bags because it’s a lot cheaper. The kind with bentonite works just as well. CalRanch may have in the desert. I’ve spent many many days in the Nevada and Utah deserts.
Thanks so much for the info. I will try to find the 40 lb. bag size.
Can this be used in s vegetable garden where it will get wet from watering?
Anita Rice. Hi. You have to reapply if it gets wet. We get lots of rain where I live so I reapply a few times to kill the fire ants, flea beetles on corn, and squash bugs. Once things start blooming, I try not to apply because it will kill the bees. Thanks!
UsefulKnowledge that’s my issue, though. In a sense, anyway. I keep my squash covered to prevent infestation of the squash vine borer ( this worked very well for me), so I hand pollinate. Nothing is more irritating than working hard to hand pollinate only to have the ants swarming your blossoms and eating the pollen! And they sting the daylights out of me. I did apply some DE again after watering, and I’m watching a few blossoms I recently pollinated to see if they set fruit.
Anita Rice. Some around the base of the plant should help keep the ants off. Sounds like you love to garden which is awesome. We had a bumper crop of squash this year. Best of luck growing those squash.
be sure to use food grade diatomaceous earth
I had some big red ants that I poured about 20 gallons of boiling water on over a short period of time. Killed the majority of the mound (it was huge) and now they have moved under a sidewalk into my front yard. My little puppy has been stung a couple of times and now I'm mad. Do you think this will work for red ants too and can it hurt my puppy at all? Thank you for your time and thanks also for the video.
DE will work on all ants
Won't they just tunnel to a new location?
I haven't noticed mounds being built in close proximity to any mounds that I treat with DE. It really seems to just kill them. This basically starves the mound because workers won't walk through the DE. Thanks for watching.
My name is Yoshinori Kawasaki in Japan we can not stop fire ant. If possible please let me know how to buy this item.
Yoshinori Kawasaki. Hi. You can purchase diatomaceous earth (DE) from many online retailers. This can also be purchased through Amazon. Brand names may not be exact but as long as it's DE, it will work on the ants. Thanks!
You may laugh at this yet it works simply use another ant mound a shovel full two or three depending on the size of the mound works very well. You can see them having an ant war. Sounds silly yet its it's the cheapest method there is.
That's the best I am going to get some I have fire ain't
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I treated about 30 mounds and after 5 days, there is still activity when I disturb the mounds, so not sure its going to work. I used the exact same product shown in the video. Prior this I tried the white powdery stuff from Safer brand. I called Terro (who makes the product) and they said they don't recommend DE for fire ants, just regular ants.
Dave. Did it rain? If so you will need to re-apply. Water will make DE ineffective. Sometimes mounds can die slowly and will require a couple treatments.
No, it has been dry ever since the application. It is possible that it is working, albeit very slowly. Not sure it is practical, however, as it normally would rain more often, making reapplication necessary and increasing the cost. As it is, I used about $25 worth of product for 30 mounds, making it pricey even with 1 application. How many mounds were you able to treat with your 40lb bag?
Dave D. I understand. It rains a lot in North Alabama as well. I have seen some mounds take 2-3 weeks because you are basically starving out the mound because they will not forage. I treated 40 mounds last summer for a study on how effective DE really is on fire ants. I think I used most of the bag but the 40lb bag is a lot cheaper than smaller quantities. It's $25 a bag at Tractor Supply and our Co-op. If I remember correctly, all the mounds died but we had a bad drought at the same time. If you can, hit a few mounds with another application and see if the activity gets less and less. You shouldn't see that burst of workers as soon as the mound is disturbed if it's working. Also, make sure you make a ring around the mound so workers will not forage through it. Good luck.
Thanks. I'll keep experimenting also.
Hi there. I heard that lime
does the same thing. Is that true?
I haven't heard about the lime working to kill fire ants. I do know that they will re-build a mound in the garden just after I fertilize, lime, and till the ground. Thanks for watching. I hope to continue that diatomaceous earth fire ant study this summer. The drought messed it up last year.
You are only killing the ants at the surface of the mound. This mound can go as deep as 2 feet below the surface. A liquid method is best to penetrate deep down where the queen is. If you use enough boiling water works very well.
My DE is powdery white, yours was darker. Do you know why?
Sounds like yours is a fine food grade that does not have the bentonite. The brand I was using contains bentonite. Bentonite is an anticaking agent for when the DE is put in farm animal food. My wife just brought home some DE that is super pure white from the health store. I'm going to see what it does to the fire ants.
All we have in this area is the white. I'd sure like to hear your results with the white DE. Thanks for the video. j
It's not killing my ants....
they hurt, but nothing even close to yellow jackets
So true! I've been attacked by 4 yellow jacket nest in my life. That's 4 too many! I once looked down and had about a 100 on my jeans. They couldn't sting through the jeans but a few stung me through my t-shirt. I ran through tall grass in a field to knock them off my legs. Not fun!
same here. I nailed one on the riding mower and they chased me a good 200 yards and kept attacking the clothes I threw on the ground. I hate them so much
I'm going to try the DT for the ants next time. I poured blue dawn on 4 hills the other day and shoved the hose down, it killed a lot of them, but the survivors hauled the dead ones out and are rebuilding. I probably got 80% of each nest though
DE works. I really like to use it around the garden where i don't want to use poison. The main trick I like to use is to knock the top off the mound and then put it all around. If it rains, re-apply. Good luck!