This is SO not Fishing Related

Windknot · 09-20-02, 04:20 PM

Stuck at home for a couple of days, and really, really wanted to mow the jungle that sprang to life seemingly overnight.... But man, we are being overrun by fireants. Every trip outside with the dog reveals more small mounds.

The point is, be careful with your kids and pets. And buy stock in Amdro!

The Owl · 09-20-02, 08:34 PM

Stuck at home for a couple of days, and really, really wanted to mow the jungle that sprang to life seemingly overnight.

Windknot. Your room at the Bellview Sanitarium is ready. I've never heard a man use the phrase " really, really" and "mow" in the same sentence.......except Paul James, maybe.

Owl
Gardner Guy Fan #1 ( I think he might be my Dad)

Starr · 09-21-02, 06:52 AM

Windknot I think everyone has fireant problems. I to have used Amdro only to find that the ants move out of the mound and start a new one. (yep, saw it with my own eyes) I put Amdro on three mounds and two days later saw them moving to a new mound just a few feet away. I took a can of fire ant killer by RAID!!!! and started spraing, you guess it, just like they say "it kills them dead" I must have killed thousands.

sageboy · 09-21-02, 11:44 AM

The trick with Amdro is to start applying it first to the mounds in the center of your yard. As they relocate their mounds further and further away from the center of your yard, don't let up - keep applying. Eventually they will cross your property line and will have relocated to your neighbor's yard. They will come to the realization that they have been living in a free-fire zone and have relocated to a refugee camp in a demilitarized zone and will be happy. Your neighbor on the other hand..........

lurker · 09-21-02, 03:03 PM

Spectracide Fireant killer WILL kill them over night!!!!! Great stuff. Sprinkle a little on the pile, add a little water.............presto....no more Fireants!

stardaddy · 09-22-02, 03:06 AM

From The early 80's to the mid 90's I fought fire ants in LaGrange, Ga. A fire ant nest makes new queens all the time. The new queen leaves the nest and flies to mate and after mating she lands and where ever that is she tries to dig a nest. This activity increases after a rain, and also the rain softens the ground and makes the new nest building thing more successful. That is why new nests pop up after a rainy period.
The amdro works pretty good, but sevin dust is cheaper and almost works as well. Just stir the mound a little bit and then put a handful on the mound covering and coating the moving about ants. When they return to the nest other ants "clean" the sevin covered ants and die. There is a bit more migration than using ambro, but sevin is so inexspensive extra treatments do not cost much. Also in using sevin the mounds are highlighted in white so the kids can easily see and avoid the mounds.

The Owl · 09-22-02, 11:54 AM

Hmmm.........after living all my life in GA with these critters, I've suddenly had the brilliant idea that will get me out of work for the rest of my life.

It's called " Owl's Anteater Service ". Got ants? Snickers the anteater will be happy to rid you of em, and have a fine time doing it.

Owl

Jah Live! · 09-22-02, 08:24 PM

I prefer to soak fire ant mounds with gasoline and put a match to those little ********.

I figure they've caused me enough pain, I like to give them a little payback.

Jah Live!

BLACK KNIGHT · 09-22-02, 09:53 PM

I like Jah's approach- Napalm! although Starr's approach is a perfectly acceptable tactical solution- get em out of their holes and kill em on the move- sort of a Tora Bora for fireants. Hope their fireant equivalent of OBL doesn't get past your sniper screen, though.

[This message has been edited by BLACK KNIGHT (edited 09-22-2002).]

Windknot · 09-23-02, 09:30 AM

Owlie - LOL! If I hadn't done a bit of warmwater fishing Thursday & Friday mornings, I'd have been ready for the sanitarium! May God bless bluegills, and their frisky, cooperative little hearts!

Don

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09-20-02, 04:20 PM	#1
Windknot Director, Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Dacula, GA Posts: 12,545	Stuck at home for a couple of days, and really, really wanted to mow the jungle that sprang to life seemingly overnight.... But man, we are being overrun by fireants. Every trip outside with the dog reveals more small mounds. The point is, be careful with your kids and pets. And buy stock in Amdro!

09-20-02, 08:34 PM	#2
The Owl Ex Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,178	Stuck at home for a couple of days, and really, really wanted to mow the jungle that sprang to life seemingly overnight. Windknot. Your room at the Bellview Sanitarium is ready. I've never heard a man use the phrase " really, really" and "mow" in the same sentence.......except Paul James, maybe. Owl Gardner Guy Fan #1 ( I think he might be my Dad)

09-21-02, 06:52 AM	#3
Starr Native Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Iva SC USA Posts: 313	Windknot I think everyone has fireant problems. I to have used Amdro only to find that the ants move out of the mound and start a new one. (yep, saw it with my own eyes) I put Amdro on three mounds and two days later saw them moving to a new mound just a few feet away. I took a can of fire ant killer by RAID!!!! and started spraing, you guess it, just like they say "it kills them dead" I must have killed thousands.

09-21-02, 11:44 AM	#4
sageboy Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Oct 1998 Location: Lithonia, Ga, USA Posts: 924	The trick with Amdro is to start applying it first to the mounds in the center of your yard. As they relocate their mounds further and further away from the center of your yard, don't let up - keep applying. Eventually they will cross your property line and will have relocated to your neighbor's yard. They will come to the realization that they have been living in a free-fire zone and have relocated to a refugee camp in a demilitarized zone and will be happy. Your neighbor on the other hand..........

09-21-02, 03:03 PM	#5
lurker Native Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Alpharetta, Ga Fulton Posts: 148	Spectracide Fireant killer WILL kill them over night!!!!! Great stuff. Sprinkle a little on the pile, add a little water.............presto....no more Fireants!

09-22-02, 03:06 AM	#6
stardaddy Native Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Georgia Posts: 315	From The early 80's to the mid 90's I fought fire ants in LaGrange, Ga. A fire ant nest makes new queens all the time. The new queen leaves the nest and flies to mate and after mating she lands and where ever that is she tries to dig a nest. This activity increases after a rain, and also the rain softens the ground and makes the new nest building thing more successful. That is why new nests pop up after a rainy period. The amdro works pretty good, but sevin dust is cheaper and almost works as well. Just stir the mound a little bit and then put a handful on the mound covering and coating the moving about ants. When they return to the nest other ants "clean" the sevin covered ants and die. There is a bit more migration than using ambro, but sevin is so inexspensive extra treatments do not cost much. Also in using sevin the mounds are highlighted in white so the kids can easily see and avoid the mounds.

09-22-02, 11:54 AM	#7
The Owl Ex Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,178	Hmmm.........after living all my life in GA with these critters, I've suddenly had the brilliant idea that will get me out of work for the rest of my life. It's called " Owl's Anteater Service ". Got ants? Snickers the anteater will be happy to rid you of em, and have a fine time doing it. Owl

09-22-02, 08:24 PM	#8
Jah Live! Native Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, GA USA Posts: 743	I prefer to soak fire ant mounds with gasoline and put a match to those little ********. I figure they've caused me enough pain, I like to give them a little payback. Jah Live!

09-22-02, 09:53 PM	#9
BLACK KNIGHT Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Greenville, SC, USA Posts: 3,328	I like Jah's approach- Napalm! although Starr's approach is a perfectly acceptable tactical solution- get em out of their holes and kill em on the move- sort of a Tora Bora for fireants. Hope their fireant equivalent of OBL doesn't get past your sniper screen, though. [This message has been edited by BLACK KNIGHT (edited 09-22-2002).]

09-23-02, 09:30 AM	#10
Windknot Director, Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Dacula, GA Posts: 12,545	Owlie - LOL! If I hadn't done a bit of warmwater fishing Thursday & Friday mornings, I'd have been ready for the sanitarium! May God bless bluegills, and their frisky, cooperative little hearts! Don