Guest guest Posted September 11, 2002 Report Share Posted September 11, 2002 Hi Roberta, I don't know how widely available this stuff is, but there's a product called TARO that I used when I had ants pretty bad once. A big environmentalist friend of mine recommended it, so it must be less harmful to humans than most bugkillers. It's this little bottle of gooey clear stuff, and you put little puddles of it on pieces of cardboard around your house. The only thing is you have to let the ants feast on it, and feast they will...it's kind of gross seeing a bunch of ants and not squashing them. But you have to let them go because they will take the poison back with them to the nest, and kill those ants too. It takes about 2 weeks to work all the way, but at the end I had not one ant in my apartment. Carol rawfood, " robertacentralfl " <robertacentralfl> wrote: > My exterminator (who used less toxic chemicals) just sent > certified mail that he dropped me. Now the aunts read the notice > and all came in..... as I type on my computer I get 2 or 3 bites > each time! It has rained about 3 to 6 inches daily for six weeks > and we are having floods. Not me I made sure I bot on 'hight > ground for Florida'. > > I have no chemicals to use inside except vinegar and I sprayed > them with that a couple of times. My little mini pin (dog) was > great! She would eat them including the BIG red carpenter aunts > with BIG bites. A sort of aunt-eating house pet but lost her. > Maybe I'll adopt an aunt eater!!! Better yet, I need to ask you all > what to do!! > > I do know that the place to start is outside. I have some poison > ... sort of a meal to sprinkle outside. I bought it because they > have established homes in my tropical plants from time to time > and I had to get rid of them to load/display/sell my plant > business plants. I hate to use it, but I may be forced to sprinkle > this poison around the foundation of the house. > > Lets see, boric acid is for roaches and humm my books are all > in transient from one book case to boxes to another book case, > Tansy pops into my mind, not sure... sooo will someone help me > with a non poison solution for an organic gardener!! And my > friend in CA in the desert just sent an SOS - AUNTS there, too! > > Roberta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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