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Apr 21, 2011 8:10:36 GMT -5
Post by daylilydude on Apr 21, 2011 8:10:36 GMT -5
whoo.. they are mounds poppin up everywhere in my raised beds!! Do you have a secret weapon to use on them... need help bad!
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Apr 21, 2011 8:26:55 GMT -5
Post by txdirtdog on Apr 21, 2011 8:26:55 GMT -5
Diatomacious Earth works on them. I even found one with a bait in it.
Other than that, Amdro works, but I wouldn't put it in the raised bed.
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Apr 21, 2011 10:18:58 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 10:18:58 GMT -5
I don't think Amdro in a raised bad would be bad. Amdro is a bait, and is carried down into the mound-to "Miss Queen" (ha-ha)-as long as the kids and pets aren't tramping throught the garden. When I use it, it usually disappears from the mound within a day.
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Apr 21, 2011 13:52:22 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 13:52:22 GMT -5
If ur trying to be pesticide free, just dig around in the mound and then drown them with the water hose on high pressure. You won't kill them all but you'll tick'em off and they'll move outa your beds. You may have to do this more than once if it's a large bed. Fire ants I'm guessin? Good Luck!
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Apr 17, 2014 4:37:23 GMT -5
Post by daylilydude on Apr 17, 2014 4:37:23 GMT -5
I know this is an old thread, but I'm still looking for ways to get rid of these dad-blame ants in my raised beds, look one day nothing... look the next day and they have built huge mounds all over. To me it seems like they wait for it to rain, maybe it softens up the dirt a lil for easier building...
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Apr 17, 2014 8:38:45 GMT -5
Post by Laura_in_FL on Apr 17, 2014 8:38:45 GMT -5
I would not use any pesticide that is not labeled for vegetables in a vegetable garden. You can't rely on the ants to remove all of it, and plants take up many chemicals from the soil via their roots. Pesticides labeled for vegetables have been tested and their toxicity risks (including the breakdown time and whether the plants take up the poison and in what amounts) are known. Other pesticides have not been tested the same way, so you don't know whether any of that Amdro would end up in your veggies. The flooding that Butterbean mentioned works, but you may have to repeat it a few days in a row until they decide their nest is in a bad spot and move. Then when they are safely outside your veggie garden, you can hit them with the Amdro. On an ongoing basis, try to keep your property free of mounds all the time. Fire ants can (and will) come in from outside, but if you keep down the population in your yard, there will be a lot fewer around to move into your raised beds. Or, you could get a pet anteater.
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Apr 17, 2014 11:20:30 GMT -5
Post by stratcat on Apr 17, 2014 11:20:30 GMT -5
A pet anteater! Hahaha. Have you tried a mix of 20 Mule Team Borax and sugar, with a larger ratio of Borax in the mix? Sprinkle it around and the ants take it home for food. Not sure how the Borax affects birds and other animals.
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Apr 17, 2014 13:52:50 GMT -5
Post by w8in4dave on Apr 17, 2014 13:52:50 GMT -5
You don't even need the sugar just the borax will get rid of them.
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Apr 17, 2014 18:15:00 GMT -5
Post by Laura_in_FL on Apr 17, 2014 18:15:00 GMT -5
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Jul 31, 2017 4:15:37 GMT -5
Post by daylilydude on Jul 31, 2017 4:15:37 GMT -5
I am having ants all over my eggplant plants... is this normal and if not, what do I use to get rid of them...
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 31, 2017 8:36:15 GMT -5
Look for aphids under the leaves. Ants farm aphids, and I have to watch my okra for these.
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Aug 1, 2017 6:42:51 GMT -5
Post by daylilydude on Aug 1, 2017 6:42:51 GMT -5
Thank you pepperhead212, if that is what the problem is how do you get rid of aphids and not harm the beneficial critters?
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 6, 2017 10:56:39 GMT -5
When I see ants on my artichokes, I know to look for aphids. Ants are not hurting the artichokes and they would not even be there if they were not going after the aphids so consider the ants as a warning sign of another problem.
You can get rid of aphids by flushing them off with a hose. It doesn't have to be strong enough to hurt the plant, aphids are small and flush away pretty easily. You will have to do this a few times because more eggs will hatch. I guess that they stick to the leaves and do not get washed off with the water.
You can also use insecticidal soap on the plants after hosing. I had aphids on my tomatoes this year and got rid of them just with hosing them down with water. I did the same with my artichokes and when I got rid of the aphids, the ants went away too.
Ants are not bad guys for the most part but I don't have fire ants in PA. I hear that they are a whole different kind of ant!
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Post by spacecase0 on Aug 11, 2017 23:32:05 GMT -5
I was told by someone that the ants farm the aphids for the poop they make, and if there are no aphids there already that the ants will bring in the aphids of there own. have been watching from then on to see if that is what is happening, and it kind of looks like it is true to me.
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