Fire Ants vs Baking Soda and Vinegar
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- Another battle in the never ending war with #FireAnts . This time I hit the Fire Ants with baking soda. I found out that while baking soda has many uses, controlling fire #ants isn't one of them. Once I realized it had no effect on them I reached for the vinegar. And while the vinegar did result in some casualties, cross it off your list of Fire Ant controls also. It did have the satisfying effect of reacting with the baking soda and destroying the nest but mostly just got the Fire Ants angry.
As I noted in the video, I estimated all this action only took out about
60% of the Fire Ants. What happened to the other 40% you ask? They were terminated later in the day with some store-bought killer.
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🔵 Here are some key parts of the video:
1️⃣ 00:17 Determining what I'm up against.
2️⃣ 00:38 It begins... Slowly.
3️⃣ 01:02 No effect. Things now escalate rapidly.
4️⃣ 02:33 No Winner. Wasted resources, destroyed land...
✅ When you get a chance here are some of my other videos to check out, thanks.
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🎵 All music in this video is from the CZcams Audio Library.
🎵 00:00 Voyeur
🎵 01:21 Metal Race
🎵 02:33 Time Stops
#FireAnts
#Ants
#HWDsouth
This man woke up and choose violence
No, this man woke up and just wanted to grill some burgers in his backyard...
@@HWDsouth hmmmmm MCAnt
@@HWDsouth yes ants suck and burgers are great.😁
And it was pog
Cave man will proceed anyhow
Maybe try restarting your yard? Turn it off and then back on again, could work
You deserve more likes
It seems like you have bugs
You probably have to unplug the yard first. Sometimes the old turn off and turn back off thing doesn’t work and the problems don’t change. One time I was invaded by fire ants and I tried turning my yard off and turning it back on but it didn’t work. I tried unplugging it and plugging it back in and the ants were gone. If this doesn’t work for you try resetting your yard and it should work
Veronica Quinn science
Lol I don’t know landowners slow down older models
And they said saving private Ryan was the greatest war movie of our time
I know right? They clearly never seen this moive.
I don’t think anyone says that but ok
Tearduxlama5 Yeah ikr It's obviously not, Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now shit on that bitch
You can only win battles against fire ants. You can never win the war.
Ive also heard napalm works too
Nah Nuclear works bro 👌
Borax mixed with honey and water will do it
So true.
Yes
We use a 50/50 mix of baking soda and sugar. Blend in a spice mill until it’s a sweet powder. Place it near the nest where ants will “find” it. Keep it dry. Tasting the sugar, ants will carry the powder into the nest feeding queen and workers. The baking powder will neutralize the acid that allows them to digest starch and sugar. Within a couple days the nest will starve to death. Second reason to use this combination; it’s safe for humans and pets.
I'm in that part of youtube again
Welcome back, we've been expecting you...
Welcome Bary!
Bary_is_cool the glorious spot of CZcams.
Same
you're not even close to it
Why not just start with an eviction notice, giving them 30 days to leave.
The Fire Nation doesn't play by man's rules... Once they occupy a piece of land they will not leave peacefully.
@@HWDsouth ... UNTIL THE FIRE NATION ATTACKED ...
Ohhh squatters (aunts)
They will with Advion fire ant bait, kill the whole colony😬
Hopefully hes not in California its a renters state they can just squat forever
Its currently 4 a.m. and I am covered in fire ant bites from yesterday and I have to say, I am really enjoying watching this.
Thanks for watching!
While You Have My Codolenses From Being Stung By Ants i Gotta Say That i Do Not Like This Video
The dislikes are the ants that survived
27k
They tryna tap the dislike button but they too small.
HAAAAA
and PETA
🤣
You gave them a bubble bath how sweet
venomchris 😂😂😂😂
nice one boi
They went to the spa
😂😂😂 good one😂😂😂
Hi
I'm going to assume that politely asking them to leave didn't work.
It never does 😂
They got their eviction notice but they never went to court.... so mass genocide was only viable solution
lol
Why are you British?
Ants: “Why do I hear boss music?”
LOL Thanks for watching
@@HWDsouth LOL
KarmaXD underrated comment
Everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
A LeRoux HAHHAHAHAHHAHA
Queen:winter is coming
10 minuets later
*poors vinegar and baking soda on them*
Thug Potato lol
Thug Potato
Poors lmao
Lmao
*"The battle went on and on...After the battle there were no winners"*
That's the way all battles go...
What really works is mixing two separate colonies with one shovel full of each nest. They think they are being attacked by the other colony. They will war amongst themselves until they wipe themselves out. I cleaned my yard this way a few years back.
You, my friend, are a genius! Best advice I’ve ever heard for ants
Comment Like #33
I did this once, only had two colonies in the yard...killed one and relocated the other.
By far the most cultured way of removing ants is instigating war and inciting political unrest within the colonies.
@@2Dzz lmao
I used gasoline, but they all came out on miniature motorcycles.
Whatever you're on right now... I'd like to buy some
LMAO!
DJ Drewski Thunderbirds: lol...met my gang eh. We Fireants can be! Period.
ah ah ah
lol😅
War never changes...
Papa Oolie 😂fallouttt
Amber The Kawaii Gamer Neko I thought it was Spongebob
Amber The Kawaii Gamer Neko no shit
Papa Oolie War...has changed..
Gabe Hey Nah it’s from the Fallout series
All you did is neutralize vinegar with the baking soda!!! 🤦♂️
I think I've had a few other comments that mentioned that... Thanks for watching
Being nonviolent myself, pouring some gasoline, and lighting them up gives me peace.
Interesting definition of non-violent :) Thanks for watching
we went to a campground in texas and found a bunch of fire ant mounds along the fence in the back. i asked the maintenance guy what he was going to do. he said that fire ants are very territorial and all he does is take one shovelful from one nest and puts it on the other. he keeps doing it for about two weeks and one nest destroys the other.
Good, let them fight.
You have to make sure you use ant hills from different queens. Many fire ant mounds are satellite mounds all created by the same queen, so they do not fight each other. You will know if this is the case if they do not immediately fight each other when you place a shovel from one mound onto the other. Unfortunately, all of my mounds seem to be from the same queen, so this method did not work for me.
“Hey, fellow comrade! Where did you come from?”
“Oh one of them human giants started messing with us, have you heard of what happened to our other sister mounds?”
“Yes, it’s gonna be a pretty big mess to recover from”
“No worries, we have each other!”
😂😂😂😂 love that
But then you still have 1 nest...
The book is better
Lol
xDDDDDDD
Michael this is my favorite comment
You're a genius.
“Enchanting” -The New York Times
use borax and icing sugar, a 50/50 mix, they take it back to the nest and the queen eats it then they all die, do it again when the eggs hatch problem solved
What’s icing sugar ? , is it powdered sugar ?.
@@heavencantwait1218 yup, confectioner's sugar
The baking powder acts as a neutralizer to the vinegar. I have had much success with the vinegar alone.
Yes, vinegar alone. And a day later, I use water and DISH soap. They do not return and it's a bit more environmentally friendly
I've used Muriatic Acid and it worked the first time. Had no other choice. The acid destroys the soil and no bugs will come back there.
RIP to all those brave ants who lost their lives for the homeland in the Battle of Baking Soda.
I just pee on the ant nests in my yard. It doesnt do shit, but for some reason it makes me feel better
Sometimes when your too busy to deal with them thats a good way to let them know who is in charge. Ahh I've never done it but people have told me...
Really?
I did that while in Florida one night having no idea what I was peeing on (it was dark and I just went in a spot where no one could see ) and was rewarded by stings all over my legs so I had to piss on my legs to keep them off me while I was compromised.
I was still getting bit though so I don't recommend it.
Mynahboy LMFAO!
+Captain Crunch. Be glad you weren't taking a shit!
😂
Grind up raw rice and throw it around. While it doesn't look as cool, the effect is cooler and it actually works.
The ants carry the rice back to the queen who gorges on it and when it expands she explodes...
I will definitely try this Thank you stranger
...!😣
They didn’t invade your yard, your house invaded their land. They were here first, long before humans.
While Fire Ants were on the planet before humans, they were not in North America before humans...
Bruh i dare to say the sam thing to wasps
There was peace between the human and the ants. but when the fire nation attacked everything changed.
Dark Owl OMG😂😂😂😂😂
Dark Owl yo yo yo I think we got another member of the AC family!!
Dark Owl ... BUT THEN THE SODA NATION ATTACKED...
Buy a pet Aardvark like normal people
lol my kinda guy
An ardvark would eat regular ants ( Cheetos) but when the eat fire ants they are hot cheetos
""""""""""""Normal people"""""""""""""
Aardvarks eat regular ants. If they eat fire ants, they get indigestion.
lol 300th like
I bet his whole backyard smells of vinegar to this day
The price I had to pay...
This video has such 2010 energy and I love it
Thank you for watching!
*eats chicken nuggets that were formed by meats of hundreds of different slaughtered chickens*
**watches guy kill a colony of ants**
Bro wtf!
Hank Hill You suck man. If you're gonna take hank hills profile atleast talk like him 👍
Hank Hill not to mention these fire ants are an extreme invasive species in North America, getting rid of them is good for the ecosystem
friendlyelites. Dude he was being sarcastic
Well chicken nuggets don’t do anything but make you fat. Fire ants HURT LIKE HELL!! Trust me, I know.... *shivers*
Hank Hill 😂😂😂😂
last time i had an infestation of aunts, i was left with 3 weeks of jello salads and the sound of "when are you going to get mArrIed!???" ringing in my ears.
LOL
@@HWDsouth right I just got it
Just tell them you're to ugly nobody wants to marry you so they'd stop asking
Hilarious
You need to fire those aunts.
This took me through all 5 stages of grief.
It hit a lot of people hard, me included... All I can say is thanks for watching
🤣🤣🤣
I remember doing pushups at marine corps boot camp at parris island and getting swarmed by fire ants
At Boot Camp? My son is headed there July 22. I knew about the sand fleas but fire ants??!!?? Please tell me they are gone now???😨😱😖😧😬
You would have thought, if nothing else, the music would have killed them.
AH HA HA HA HA HAAAAA!
*DARUDE SANDSTORM INTENSIFIES*
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Too funny lol
That electric guitar part was so awesome, that was hot🔥🔥
This short battle turned into a war of attrition that, legends say, is still being fought to this day.
Colin Thorneycroft
😂😂😂😂😂
The legends are true...
wait for real you still trying to get rid of them? throw some gasoline on them, fight fire with fire lol
You could’ve just played them your music and they would’ve all buggered off
We had to battle them in South Carolina. If you tried something like this or poked their nest, they would just move the colony to another place. Once we had a big mound in the middle of our back yard. We were getting ready to lay sod in a month so we decided to pour a gallon of gas onto the mound. That was entertaining!
Did it work
@@zoezzzarko1117 I'm assuming Sandi might've lit them on fire. Our family has had good luck pouring gasoline on smaller colonies -- never tried it on a really large mound.
At least now we know what NOT to do
Lol I get that reference. (Dynamite Whale)
That slow motion effect is amazing, I can almost taste the frames
YOO LMAO
😂😂😂
Pretty sure he just removed every other frame.
Quiznoes
😋😛😝😜🤪 mmmmm frames lmao
🤣😂🤣😂🤣 the music tho!
Starts off with killing rage than ends with R.I.P. 🤣😂🤣😂
That's the way it happened... Thanks for watching
Pour a Dutch oven pan full of boiling water over them. It floods the nest and kills the queen. End of mound. I do it all the time in South Carolina.
Does it have to be Dutch?
@@samw1red805 German works better
I've heard molten aluminum works.
I saw that video too haha
I've heard C-4 works too
@@SWUploads971 lmfao
Lol
I mean there fire ants so setting em on fire might work.
I cried at the end. Best movie ever 10/10
I know what you mean. I sat in the yard for hours after it was finally over, just staring at fence. I couldn't move, until the Steelers game came on. Thanks for watching.
Ants are annoying
And there are millions in a city
You killed like 7,967 ants :(
It had to be done... Once they are inside the fence line there is no other option. And I believe your dead ant count may be just a little low.
We always use a mix of vinegar, dish soap, borax, and really hot water then you pour directly on the mound they will either get cooked, poisoned or suffocate (the dish soap clogs the airway) so its a win win win situation
You cover all the bases. Thanks for watching
Boiling water works pretty well.
“Enchanting” -The New York Times
Andrea Mouton lmbo
"Thought provoking!"
~WTF News
Lol
"Antchanting" - Bad puns guy
This is the best war movie
Starring Tom Antz
agreed, better than fury or saving private ryan or hacksaw ridge and all that other stuff. this shit's authentic
I love the smell of vinegar in the morning. Smells like victory!
And they call antman to hunt you down.,🤣🤣🤣
I don't know about the ants, but that's some thrashin' ass guitar!
just watch what ants can do, they can do a lot more then humans,
Thought we agreed no chemical warfare??
In war, anything goes.
Maybe it would work if you put a container over the mound that was sealed to the ground, with a small vent on top. Vinegar and baking soda release CO2 gas when they react, CO2 is heavier than air and will cause the ants to asphyxiate.
Special EDy What a tactical preparation! You and this guy would be a horror to ants everywhere.
Now THAT is good thinking. A dry ice fog might work well too.
Gasoline and a match. Those work too.
Special EDy ,
Wtf do all those words mean. Im so confused
I have three acres with plenty of fire ant mounds. I began using spectracide mound destroyer and it is working pretty well and it's not killing the grass.
This is exactly how useless bombing and air support was in Vietnam.
Have you ever tried asking them nicely to leave?
Once, long ago. I was younger and thought that anything could be resolved with a civil discussion. The Fire Nation saw my request as a sign of weakness and immediately attacked...
It doesn't work. I asked them nicely, and I thought they were crawling on me to make sure I was going to get their message. Well, I got a message, alright.
BURNN
Hyperion
yeah...they are right to live...
@@HWDsouth 😭😭😭😭
The music.........lol
sarah sarah its terrible
I like it
space enyineers music
sarah sarah the sound of victory
Right lol
Senior ant: "First war son?"
Young ant: "Yeah"
Senior ant: "Follow me. We go to battle"
Young ant: "Where is the enemy sir?"
Senior ant: "I don't know son, the enemy hasn't revealed himself"
Young ant: ""I am scared sir"
Senior ant: "Me too, every time"
Same way I feel every time I see 3 or 4 fire ant hills pop up in the yard... Thanks for watching
"When you get bitten by an ant"
Actually me irl right now:
Ouch! You'll need to take it easy for awhile. Just relax and watch some more videos. HWDsouth videos that is... 😎
TECHNICALY you just violated the Geneva Convention against chemical warfare
You can't get bogged down in technicalities when the Fire Nation is at your door...
No big deal, American fast food joints do that every day. We actually eat that stuff???
It isnt called a warfare if us humans went up against a behemoth of a giant
Fred Ferd bruh.
Mf Tripz yea it’s called a boss battle lol
top 10 saddest anime battles
No winners. i just bought some time. The Fire ants will be back. They always come back...
true
Mix borax with large amount of honey, jelly, peanut butter, or molasses and spread out over a stick...lay near mound. They eat, they die.
AntCanada: *Screaming*
Maybe, maybe not...
Tactical nuke incoming!!!!
Two weeks ago I commented this and you get more likes? I question people
hear this guy people, hear this guy
NUCLEAR LAUNCH DETECTED!
Luke Frederiks Gasoline kills them.
Strategic launch detected
60% of the ant colony died, the other 40% never had gout again.
Whats gout?
Maple Leaf arthritis
But, oy their blood pressure!
@@fortnitememes19 Pure mockery
A disease fat, lazy, people get in the joints. Caused by the build up of Uric acid crystals from eating too much and drinking too much beer.
Mix up a mixture of some dish soap, and water. Flood the mound. If it is not close to plants you want to safe. A large pot of boiling water will kill them. May have to do it twice.
Ah yes the old fashioned dish soap works almost every time
that's for the info, i was just about to get me ten gallons of white vinegar and baking soda, u just saved me 20 bucks
Let's see: baking soda, vinegar, add a couple of eggs, a cup of sugar, some flour and we've got Ant Cake!
Your first name shows that youre the type of person to make a joke like this
Judy Parent - yummmm... my momma used to make the best ant cakes. blue ribbon at the county fair!
Und keine eier!
indeed just use sugar a bit of detergent and baking soda and vinegar and youll be fine
While you're at it, help yourself to my private vodka stash , It's in a large plastic bottle that reads Clorox.
Im one of the survivor from that ant colony. Now i vow to take my revenge on you. Currently we are setting up bases all around your garden. Just u wait
I knew you'd be back. You just can't let it go, it's not in your nature. But you may want to think it over this time. The good people of CZcams been kind enough to provide their wisdom from years of battle and lets just say, upgraded my skills... But I have left a plate of grits in the DMZ near the fence in the hope of a peaceful outcome. Feel free to dig in while you think it over. Before you eat though how about a couple billion likes for the grits from you and your buddies?
NOOOOO ITS A TRICK THE GRITS WILL CAUSE THE QUEEN TO SWELL AND EXPLODE. It's all a trick!
Don’t do it!
*_IT'S A TRAP_*
Lol
This made me laugh. The atomic weapon for ants. Thank you for this and the laugh.
Thank you for watching
Real atomic weapon for ants ARE...
1. Firework
2. Grenade
But you'll possibly also destroy your own house with it :\
one time, somehow, ants burrowed into my sunroom in my house. i tortured them... with my own foot.
Once they get in the house you do what you have to... Thanks for watching
@@HWDsouth yw
*Puts baking soda*
Ant: what was that?
Ant 2: it's that guy again putting baking soda.
Ant: is that all he has?
*Pours vinegar*
Ant: OMG WHAT TH..
*whoosh*
"Jerry where did all of the baking soda go?!"
...
LOL
Later that day to clean clothes, "Jerry where did all the vinegar go?"
2 funny Bangkok got them.
I’m left wondering what we use baking soda for beyond placement in fridge and mixing with vinegar.
Not that I ever thought to kill ants and expect bad results for a lawn.
Go to janitorial supply and get concentrated ammonia!! It removes the oxygen from them. Also it totally evaporates pretty soon! I use it for termite nests.
best part is the way the music changed when you brought in the "heavy artillery. " lololololololol
Thanks for watching
Fake, these are all paid actors
oh no.. you caught me
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Seems legit
Alexis Diaz WE NEVER SAW ANYONE!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
No I was one of the survivors of that massacre it was horrible I almost drowned in vinegar my brothers and sister are dead and our queen was too deep in the mound to escape I will forever hate him and now I will find him and drown him with vinegar and baking soda
Was the metal music really necessary?
Yes it was.
GTMaxy94 f
Nice
I feel your pain. 14 years and no ceasefire.
They won't stop. Every year they gain more ground and strengthen the positions they already hold.
Everybody’s saying: “UsE MOlteN AlUmiNuM!” Nobody seems to realize how expensive aluminum is. Anyways, great video man!
Or they forget the plastic fence! LOL Thanks for watching
@@HWDsouth I used some Diatomaceous earth around a line of ants and it stopped them in their tracks. They'll cross it to escape being surrounded, but it's not their first instinct. I've used Diatomaceous Earth to kill fleas both in and outside and it works great, except inside if you put too much it's a major pain to vacuum up, it clogs the vacuum filter. I did my entire small back yard and I went from infestation to zero fleas. But that was Texas where it's not raining, every, freaking, day.
And it hard to melt
And who randomly has a melting furnace at thier home?
@@abgbobtv4027 And it will kill the bees, if there are any about! 🙏🏻💖
He he. All ya did was force them to relocate. They're probably in Your walls now. And they know who you are. Sleep with one eye open.
It was gut wrenching and I salute you, brave soul. Keep fighting brotha!
Angel USA Oorah!
Angel USA I love the smell of vinegar and baking soda in the morning. Smells like..........
Victory!
use baking soda and vinegar to eliminate your enemy
-sun tzu art of war
Yes, I believe that is where I found this method. :) Thanks for watching
I tried an M80 once... did not work out well.. the detonation blasted 3000+ pissed off ants all over my body... I still have nightmares 50 years later...
No doubt! Thanks for the warning and for watching.
Somewhere an anteater is crying.
LOL Thanks for watching
His precious food!
MaTilda D'Hum xoxo a crying anteater
MaTilda D'Hum xoxo Ha.
Riveting, original. A true masterpiece. Winner of 8 golden globes and the Sundance film festival. New York times calls it the greatest drama to hit the silverscreen.
Boiling water works a treat and its almost a free commodity
Ok, this is my idea, take an entire box of baking soda and mix it with a gallon of boiling water. Pour it all over the affected area. Let it soak in real good and dry out, hopefully leaving behind soda in the ground and not just on the surface. Then dump the jug of of vinegar on it. I think the hot water will do quite a bit of damage, the soda will make the ground salty possibly unpleasant, the reaction will collapse the hive and trap the remaining ants and larvae. The reaction is hot and creates carbon dioxide, ants are very delicate in the sense of conditions for a habitat. The only problem, might make your ground infertile.
I feel like I got tricked into watching this
John Ballard and was left disappointed because of the cringy captions
John Ballard I feel like the guy only managed to make a bunch of pesky powdery pickled ants pissed..
You were tricked. It is a conspiracy. Bigfoot shot David Koresh from the Grassy Knoll in Area 51.
John Ballard same
Ronin Sherpa - You just explained... EVERYTHING
"No one man should have all that power"
Edit: I honestly didn't think I'd get so much likes 💀 but follow me on ig! @suave3x
Or, some would say, powder...
HWDsouth 😂😂
Lol
Kerven Joseph Or powder.
gas works kills all no more fire ants in that hill i do it all the time
They sell this product called Raid at your local convenience store.
There was no time... Thanks for watching
Martin Barba it doesn’t work
Ahhhh.. the Q!!
This is what CZcams used to be
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, as i walk through the valley of vinegar and baking soda of death, may your colony rest in piece.
Lmao
The surviving ants will regroup in your neighbors yard for one week and come back when you are asleep! Sleep with one eye open.
from the movie the road warrior .............around and around attack attack like angry ants
They seriously will
😂
nice joke dude
gripping your pillow tight
Lol..of the narrative. Well at least you tried. Post a sign naming the battle😂
The soil: why I need to die too...
Also the plants
Because it became infested with Fire ants... Thanks for watching
Somewhere, AntsCanada is crying.
just a ordinary iguana who has internet access lol
lol
Quackers Duckel son ello
Lol
Lol
Put that music on at 1:22 and invite some metal heads to mosh pit over the ant nest, stomping them out. No more ants.
Nice one, you won't find that in the official government Fire ant control manual. Thanks for watching
Kids kids kids....Just go old fashioned like I do. Just get a shovel, carefully dig the ant hill until you see eggs then spray it with ant killer. Done! They don't come back.
Ants: TSUNAMI!!!