back in the day, when i was younger, when i found a ant hill, i use to get my little army figures out along with with fire crackers and m-80's and blow them up, after my dad gave me enough time to have my fun he would come out with the lighter fluid to burn what was left over ... good old days ... there were never enough ant hills around for me and my dad to have our fun with ...

I put dishwashing soap into a bucket(1oz per gallon) and add water, I then pour it on the colony and the surrounding area. I also have a spray bottle of the soapy water and spray ant trails around the house. It's non-toxic and very effective, they suffocate in the soapy water.

@gdobie1west988

Жыл бұрын

I saw another video use Dawn dish soap with baking soda, couple tablespoons of each in a gallon of water, did my first test run yesterday.

I simply used a small lid with Borax around a dab of honey, you put the Borax on the lid make a well in the middle for the honey and bam. It does take for ever to work but it does.. thanks for sharing.

SCORPIONS in the house??? I would just forget about my belongings and leave. Leave.

@joshmatthewson1655

8 жыл бұрын

lol

@unsubscribeme6689

8 жыл бұрын

lol

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

7 жыл бұрын

I used to have a problem with scorpions in my house: they wouldn't stop singing "Rock You Like A Hurricane", but I put some beer outside and they eventually left.

@Alchemist2water

7 жыл бұрын

LOL

@robinashah6334

7 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Kloss

We had ants at our house. Tried Raid and ant baits, but none worked. Read you could mix Borax with jam/jelly to get rid of them. I didn't have any jam/jelly available, so I used honey and mixed it with the Borax. Then I smeared some on a plastic lid and attached it to the outside of the house where the ant trail was. Within in a few weeks, no more ants!

@martinnaughton4416

6 жыл бұрын

Tammy Rossitt

@mikeeaton2827

4 жыл бұрын

You can also add peanut butter to the jelly and borax. House Ants are basically looking for 3 things when they come inside our houses: water, sugar, and protein. So, eliminating water sources, and providing a peanut butter and jelly mixture with borax should take of the whole colony!

@peterrivney552

3 жыл бұрын

BORAX and any type sugar, honey, etc...

Great information thank you!

Good ideas !!! thank you ,,, I will try this... I'm a new subscriber !

This was really helpful! Thanks for this video. I am trying to get rid of big headed ants right now

I used ORGANIC corn meal -- and just mounded it up where I saw the ants -- sugar ants -- and it took a while but I kept refreshing it and it worked -- going to use the Borax method on my fire ants that are exploding around and also I will try the hot water. Thanks!

Cloves can also be used as ant repellents. Very safe natural spice that can be used especially in kitchen. Sometimes ants enter into food containers too. By simply adding 3 -4 cloves inside repel them immediately.

@darcy5474

8 жыл бұрын

fantastic information thank you!!😀

@mussie302

2 жыл бұрын

Cloves work on me too.

God bless you, TheCrunchyHousewife. That was good information.

@TheCrunchyHousewife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

If you want to kill a colony of ants use both liquid surgar items with borax and solid sugar items with borax best i have found if you know where the colonies is to use is maple syrup and borax solution 3 parts maple 1 part borax near the ant hill and powdered sugar for the solid bait mixed with borax same ratio. In about 72 hours the colonie will be gone and if its the only colonie no more ant. The reason u need both solid and liquid form is the liquid form is only eaten by the adult stage ants, whereas the solid is brought back to the larva and they eat it and turn it into a liquid for the workers and queen so doing both near a hill will eradicate all of them at the same time. I hope this was an insight on how to deal with ant colonies.

@TheCrunchyHousewife

9 жыл бұрын

Joshua Payton Great tips! Thank you!

@MysticTheStrider

8 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Payton Mind sending me a video related to what you're talking about? I need help, our house has been infested with a colony of ants in the kitchen and I don't know if baits from the store will help

@vilmat.gonzalez2759

6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Payton I'll have to try this. Question, does Borax have anything to do with Baking Soda?

@FionnaSings

6 жыл бұрын

Vilma T. Gonzalez Borax is different from baking soda. It can be found in the laundry detergent aisle.

@MonarchGuy974

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'll do the dry first to get the queen then liquid to finish them off.

Thanks for the info.

I just watched another video where the gardener took one ant mound and placed it on another ant nest. The ants went to war and killed each other.

@namasterising

2 жыл бұрын

wow...

I used to pour a small amount of petrol or Diesel oil on the hill or down the hole wait a minute or two for it to soak in and then light. You have the burning and the fumes. It does work!

I think cornstarch and the D.E mixed is the best way !! I used to have ant hills all over my yard and this year I don't see any ! I still see ants but no hills

hi beth, just want to mention that you might want to add to your videos that the boiling water will kill the grass around it. i did this and am still healing patches in my yard. i thing funneling the hot water might work. love you video. thanks, dana

@kimberlygraham8565

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering how long the boiling water as weedkiller would work!! Glad I kept scrolling!! I am so sick of digging up weeds but refuse to use any Weed Be Gone type poison around my grandkids or fur babies.

Great video. Thanks!

Awesome video, I just found a bunch of Fireants travelling from one side of my yard to the other. Almost ended up stepping in the nest!!! I'm trying the DE, hopefully that'll kill a bunch of them. Thanks so much for posting this!

You can pour cormeal along the base of the insides of kitchen cabinets and that has always worked for me. Its cheap and I dont mix it with anything else.

Thank you. This is very good to kno. Someone told me to pour cream soda pop into the anthills. It did work. So I use that method and the diatomaceous earth method. Take care-Debbie

@TheCrunchyHousewife

10 жыл бұрын

That's really good to know about the cream soda! Thank you! :-)

@Rick-the-Swift

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheCrunchyHousewife and @ Partially Off Grid & Homesteading Cream soda down the ant hole to kill them, huh? Cream soda is pretty much made of sugar, so would it be reasonable to think that perhaps they could all be dying from type II diabetes complications? 😂

Good video. Thanks.

Good tips. I will give them a shot. I am overrun with fireants.

thanks for the vid :)

when i was little like 5 i loved to roller skate over ant hills it would often take over 2 or more ours but it was fun

I hear borax and powder sugar mixture works and also borax mixed with syrup. Use both for the solid waters and liquid eaters.

3 tbsp. Boric Acid and 1 tbsp. of Sugar mixed and get moist with water and pour it into a sponge or on a piece of cotton placed inside of a small jar lid. The ants not only get sick from the poison, they are attracted by the taste. Boric acid mixed with peanut butter, also makes excellent roach and ant bait. Once they eat the boric acid and go back into the nest ,they die and the other ants eat the dead ants and they die.

Thank You! I moved outside of town and I have a whole set of other insects that I am getting used to. Lately I have been getting lots of scorpions and I happen to have some Diatomaceous Earth . Thanks, again.

@TheCrunchyHousewife

8 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad this is helpful. Thank you for watching!

@urbansnippezzz3589

4 жыл бұрын

How can u live with scorpions

Diatomaceous Earth does work great use 4 to 6 table spoons on an ant pile and couple more in the area under objects in the yard or edges and corners in the house. 24-48 hours the battle as been won.

Very Good!.

Borax is not toxic to humans and is just a mineral.

I've used borax and powdered sugar, and that has worked well on fire ants and other ants in the yard and at the cabin

If your from the south? Your know what we call grits. It does work for a little while on our problem ants every year in the summer. But this is something I will be trying next summer. Thanks a lot !!

@lukeazks4685

7 жыл бұрын

Grits worked for me too

@ajrockinshockin2893

6 жыл бұрын

lavada heath Grits "DO NOT" kill fire ants. WHY not ? Because adult ants do not eat solid food. The worker ants transport food back to the colony to feed the larvae not the queen. Once the larvae has consumed the solid matter, the adult ants eat the regurgitated liquid from the larvae. Hope this helps to debunk that myth. ☺

@ajrockinshockin2893

6 жыл бұрын

luke Azks Grits "DO NOT" kill fire ants. WHY not ? Because adult ants do not eat solid food. The worker ants transport food back to the colony to feed the larvae not the queen. Once the larvae has consumed the solid matter, the adult ants eat the regurgitated liquid from the larvae. Hope this helps to debunk that myth. ☺

@te2952

5 жыл бұрын

I live in the South in TN grits do not work. Also...it doesn't work on fire ants or any ants.

Very helpful

Thanks for this! You have a great voice btw. :)

I have a quick tip to add to your boiling hot water method. Just add essential oils and a little bit of cayenne pepper to the pot. The nest will be inhabitable for any ants that survive the hot water. I did a video about it on my page if anyone wants to check it out.

@viv1871

9 жыл бұрын

Chipp Marshal what kind of essential oil?

@ale347baker

8 жыл бұрын

mint, lavender

@oliviaflores8553

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!!

@floyd27860

Жыл бұрын

Post a link

corn meal. put out a teaspoonful and they carry it away to the nest. safe around kids and pets

Thanks I hope this work

Thank you so much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

mixing vinegar in the boiling water works too. Stops them from coming back.

I just sprinkle corn grits around any ant mounds (make sure they're the Quaker GMO type for the added poisons--lol). It takes a day or two but it does work. You can watch the ants carrying off the grits to their base. Eventually all of the grits will be gone. The grits swell in their stomachs because they get wet in there, and the ants die. The same supposedly happens if you use cornstarch. I've only used grits on outdoor ants, but I am in the process of trying starch for a recent problem indoors since these ants are so small that I'm afraid the grits will be too big for them. I've set both out, just in case. I used DE when the problem first materialized and it did a good job at making a barrier for a while, but then they found ways around it and are just showing up in different places of my house.

@TheCrunchyHousewife

8 жыл бұрын

+freedom dove Great tips, thank you! Thank you for watching!

@freedomdove

8 жыл бұрын

TheCrunchyHousewife You're welcome, and thanks. :) Just an update....I didn't have any luck with the starch. It was too fine and only succeeded in making a big mess on my counter. I think the grits are too big for these particular ants, but I did sprinkle them back in the wall where I think the nest was. I've had a large reduction by doing that plus setting out cottonballs soaked in sugar water with borax. I still see a few each day coming out of the over-flow hole in my bathroom sink so I think I'll have to switch tactics once more to make sure the queen is gone. They caught on to the sugar syrup and are starting to avoid it. The problem is that they are in a wall between my kitchen and bathroom and I can only get to a very small section of that. I'm about to try those Terro ant baits to see if they're more appealing than my homemade bait. It's borax-based, too, but they might have a better recipe than mine. I think the one I used has a little too much borax.

@ajrockinshockin2893

6 жыл бұрын

freedom dove Grits "DO NOT" kill fire ants. WHY not ? Because adult ants do not eat solid food. The worker ants transport food back to the colony to feed the larvae not the queen. Once the larvae has consumed the solid matter, the adult ants eat the regurgitated liquid from the larvae. Hope this helps to debunk that myth. ☺

scorpions o.o In King Of Random's video he blended like dried corn and put it in a pile somewhere

We have tiny ants in Florida. I tried boric acid with sugar which I've seen in several videos. It hasn't attracted or killed one single ant! So much for KZread videos.

@jassybee

8 жыл бұрын

+Kim Medley Probably too much borax/boric acid in the mix. I'm in Florida too, and the ants are tiny. I've used Terro and made my own Terro-like stuff and they both attract ants and get rid of them--mostly. My homemade "Terro" attracted hundreds of ants to my kitchen counter and then they all disappeared! Some came back and started avoiding the Terro like they knew it was poison. Bait traps also worked pretty well. I still have some ants and they're in my bed! What's the attraction to perfectly clean sheets?

@johnnyreb86

8 жыл бұрын

Depending on the season ants will look for either protein or sugar to eat, the sugar won't work if they are looking for protein. Try mixing borax with peanut butter.

This is the best video I've seen on how to get rid of ants.

It's really grounded up sea shells, not crystals.... the dust of the grounded up sea shells breaks their skeletal wall down!

I wash my floors and counters with 1 part vinegar 2 parts water. They don't like to walk on it. To cut the smell of vinegar, I add peppermint oil and I read it keeps spiders at bay all the better.

@marinvenet0

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, what type of peppermint oil do you use?

an aunt waited so long to finally buy a small house, she loved it. the problem, black widow invasion. so many, the bug people didn't get rid of them, she moved 😬. I must try these methods. this is one of the (what I call) prehistoric ants I have: well, don't know how to attach a picture. later...

Thank you

Just tried out the boiling water method and it's a very cold day, it seems to be working very effectively most of the ants that were deep underground came to the top and that made them easy to kill. You might and probably will have to pour boiling water on them 2 or 3 times to really mess them up. Thanks for the help!

It is surprising how effective a little soap (dishwashing liquid) & water in a spray bottle is - & *in a fine mist, it turns flys into "walks". LOL

@bubbleblonde9600

3 жыл бұрын

I think you need a spell check, on the word "Walks". It should be spelt 'woks' ! 😂🤣😁( are you thinking Chinese Food? If not, you must not have had Chinese food from an open food market. )

Baking soda and powder sugar, mixed together.. very effective ant killer.

@ed.t.hansen6499

5 жыл бұрын

tried; no effect with my ants.

@jeaninesexton1532

3 жыл бұрын

Dont put it in the house,, put it a the source of the trail going in an old water bottle ,,,mix it up inside,,lay it on its side & poke a few holes in the part that's empty,, lay it down at the source ,,, them will find it & they do get rid of em,,, but they end up having queens escape when they know they've been duped,, It takes pretty much a week. Get them with a good spray of Vinegar, salt & a tad of dish liquid,,,,, I mix 1gal of vinegar, 1 cup salt , 1 tablespoon of dish liquid 😘👍

Ants cannot be killed so easily. Prepackaged bait stations usually contain 5.4% borate. They are less effective at managing major infestations, because foragers are killed before they can bring the bait back to the colony. Liquid borate products with a lower percentage of active ingredient (0.5 to 1.0% concentration in a sugar-water solution) will have more impact on the colony, although it may take several days to a week to see results and they need to be used in larger, refillable bait stations. Products with the lower concentration of borates (e.g., Gourmet Liquid Ant Bait) are registered for home use but are difficult to find in stores and may have to be ordered online.

I had an infestation of fire ants in a container where I had a pomegranate tree. I had tried other methods like grits that didn't work, but just made the ant relocate one of their doors into the nest. Then I read about cayenne pepper powder, so I tried it by placing the container up on a box and lining the container with a thin line of cayenne powder all around the container. Later that day I checked it and the ants were just going to and fro walking through the pepper making a path back to the ground. I assumed it wasn't working since they seemed to have no problem walking through it. However, the next day, there was not a single ant left in the container. End of infestation.

@imnotmarthastewart8120

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'll try this : ).

@BillFrazier

8 жыл бұрын

+Audrey K Your welcome. Hope it works for you as it did for me. I have since had another infiltration of ants in the same container. I did the same thing and it worked again. Should work for you, too.

@snoopfurlow1275

6 жыл бұрын

Orthene 97 will work.

Hi'' Your post got me thinking!! About, since you have used the Boiling water on ants. My Dad has Cutter Ants ( Terrible things to try and eradicate ) Anyways on a Wasp nest we use Boiling water with dish soap , about 4-6 drops then stir and throw on the nest and they drop dead ( NO fling ) but warm-cold water works just as good! My idea you made me think of is Boiling water/soap on Cutter Ants since these ants are highly resistant to pesticides. The dish soap in water suffocates the wasp sooo Hoping this will work else where..? Thanks for your post. "HAPPY NEW YEARS" !!!!

Ants outside are driving me bats this year. I'm going to try the cornmeal. Another youtuber used oatmeal too and that worked for him. Many years ago ants decided to invade my kitchen so I put out a jar cap with some thick fruit preserves. I only had to do this a couple times and that was enough to discourage them from coming back believe or not. What they did was walk in like we would get into a pool of water. They got stuck and that was that. That solved my kitchen problem.

i will tryit thank uuu

Before finding this I used all three at different times and nothing is killing these paver ants ....any other ideas please

I have a different twist on the Borax method : Ant Recipe 1 cup of sugar 2 tablespoons of borax5 cups of hot waterBoil water, add sugar and borax. Stir until everything desolves. Soak 1 cotton ball at a time and squeeze lightly. Place cotton balls where you've seen ants. Remove cotton balls 24 hours later.You can store your unused mixture in a jar with a top for later use! I haven't seen on ant in 3 weeks! ;-)

@TheCrunchyHousewife

8 жыл бұрын

+Cecily Marrable Thank you for the idea! And thank you for watching!

@frostflower5555

Жыл бұрын

Can I use brown sugar?

Awesome. First I put cornmeal and they carried the cornmeal further away. Probably went deeper and protected the queen. Then I dumped boiling water in the holes and put diatomaceous earth. Now there are NO ants!

48 ants dislike this

@connorjacobson9959

8 жыл бұрын

+SalimXSrew Anime Videos & Vines And now, 140 ants disliked this video.

@pistachiowithpradapoptarts4273

8 жыл бұрын

netopito hates this video

@shutitupnlisten

5 жыл бұрын

Lol now 528 ants disliked lmao

@dotposey7598

5 жыл бұрын

Lol😂

@kelzbee4981

4 жыл бұрын

They're dead now Muahahahaha

# Luigi D'Alessandro - Borax is a compound of the mineral Boron. It was commonly used when I was a child and was available from the 'corner shop' or local chemist but has been overtaken by more modern household cleansers. I thought it was still on sale in supermarkets, but today I only found it for sale online. The ones I found were all in UK, in sterling currency. If you Google it, you should find suppliers in your area.

The one I hear is Boric acid and sugar. But the correct blend is needed too much boric and the ants wont eat it. There are several different recipes online .,, something like 1tsp BA 1/2 cup sugar and enough water to dissolve the sugar to make a slurry for the ants,, Im not exactly sure of the best combo. I did this once and it worked but have forgotten the exact proportions.

There's a pretty clear address on the box of DE. Just a heads up.

@gentlemonsterkennels

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm gonna go and steal it now!!

I have Scorpions in my house too, just the little kind. No Problem, I use TALCUM BABY POWDER!!!!! lol acts as a great barrier.

I have lots of birds in my yard. Will the Borax (which I have in my cupboard) harm them?

One video recommends adding a lot of Cayenne pepper to the boiling water.

In South Africa, our Borax does not look like that (not a box), however a green bottle, with a cap, (identical to the bottles of Epson Salt, etc). And it costs less than R6 per bottle. I have mixed our "bread Syrup" which you use for the kid's sandwiches, syrup and peanut butter. I mixes syrup and borax, only today, will keep you updated on how it goes. I can however confirm with our infestation of black household ants, borax and sugar does not work at all. It seems the borax is too easily smelled? It's possible? With the syrup, the borax's smell, is gone.... Try it.

@TheCrunchyHousewife

9 жыл бұрын

Leonie Lombard Thank you!

i got a pet anteater hes very good at his job

I use the chicken method. I let the chickens in the garden as soon as the snow melts off it, until I plant. They eat all the bugs, fertilize and roto-till. If I notice any ant activity during growing season, I've set my garden up for easy fencing, to block the chickens out where I don't want them and let them in between rows. When garden season ends I put the chickens in the garden until the ground freezes, it snows or of course too cold out for them. This has greatly reduced bug problems, good for the chickens and cuts down on chicken feed so I do not use commercial fertilizer, they make it.

@TheCrunchyHousewife

8 жыл бұрын

+jane Doe That is so awesome! I can't wait to get chickens! Thank you for watching!

@zeroline19

5 жыл бұрын

I've been thingking to get chickens for our house aswell

You can use boiling hot water too

Wher can I buy all this in uk

cinnamon will do the same thing as that Earth stuff they won't cross or walk on it cause it cuts up there joints

Do you add water for the third method?

We have carpenter ants in a tree and wondering if they may be in our house. We also have 5 dogs we dearly love. I guess the food grade D.Earth may work best ?

GRITS. KISS MY GRITS. FLO

Or vinegar with dish soap mix toghter

i add 2 habanero chilies to the boiling water.... nice Video thanks :)

@edsmith6504

5 жыл бұрын

That only works on Mexican ants! jajajaja

we kept doing the poison food on them they keep coming back im about to get a flamethrower

yes Deatomaceous earth kills scorpions, I also put it around my house i had them all around outside in the walls, it killed them.

boiling water and pouring it in the hole.... dang! so simple, yet never thought of it. Where's my pot???!!! lol

@pughums

7 жыл бұрын

boiling water also kills weeds down to the root (provide you have enough), works well on weeds growing in cracks in cement.

@rt2wshp

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks about the we tip!

@kimberlygraham8565

3 жыл бұрын

Boiling water for weeds?!?! Not Dawn and Vinegar and water in a sprayer?? SO. MUCH. EASIER and LEAST EXPENSIVE of ALL!! Doing this later today!!!

@anticorruptionanticommunis8742

2 жыл бұрын

You can’t feed your plants with boiling water.

I had black ants at the bottom of a tree in my front yard. Just after I had another tree die due to ant infestation. I tried hot water, it didn't work. So I poured a large dose of seven dust on top a couple months later I remember the ants there so I look and they were all gone. Later that same year I had yellow jackets in the ground in 3 different places in the back a quick shake of seven dust and a brick to keep them in and no more problems.

I didnt know about this stuff.

Hello, Mrs. is Food-Grade Diatomaceous Earth safe to put on the soil around your plants?

@lovedunkin

3 жыл бұрын

It's food grade. DUH.

cool

When using the boiling water method, it is best to poke a stick down into the nest so the boiling water fills the whole nest!

@Rattlerjake1

2 жыл бұрын

@Wildlife warrior - Well if you knew anything about how ants build their "nest", many of the tunnels travel laterally for a foot or two, and then turn upwards into a chamber; they do this because when it rains the water will not flood the food and nursery chambers. Water travels Down when poured on the nest, not laterally or upwards. You can easily see this when you look at castings made when molten metal is poured into a nest. Metal will travel only where the tunnels are because it is a molten SOLID (not absorbed by the soil), whereas water will soak through the soil and go strait down. But if you run a stick down the center of the hill and pour the water quickly, the water will back up because it cannot absorb fast enough and will travel laterally a little bit more.

@Rattlerjake1

2 жыл бұрын

@Wildlife warrior - Sure they can, if they are well established, which can take several months to a year. But the majority of homeowners don't let them get that established. An average fire ant nest in a yard is seldom more than 2-3 feet deep.

@Rattlerjake1

2 жыл бұрын

@Wildlife warrior - Now you do, but it's obvious you didn't until it was explained to you.

@Rattlerjake1

2 жыл бұрын

@Wildlife warrior - Far better to over-kill than to under-kill when it comes to fire ants!

I just sprinkled white corn meal around the base of my house and the ants disappeared. It was amazing. Other pests were affected too. Win win. Safe for everyone. Except pests of course.

I tried a drop of molasses and a half tsp of borax but they didn't seem to be drawn to it. I placed a bottle cap on the sink but I plan on placing it under the refrigerator. Ed B.

@BarbaraAL46

7 жыл бұрын

I think too much borax. Need to camouflage the borax with more sugars.

I duged out the hill then poored water then put mud on it does that work

I worked at a pest control company. The corn meal and grits do nothing but cut the bait that does kill the ants.

@deepattison9329

2 жыл бұрын

Question your conclusion because a small container of canned corn was accidentally left on a counter one night and the next morning it was filled with dead ants.

@frostflower5555

Жыл бұрын

Does brown sugar with Boric acid work against pharaoh ants?

There are giant ants in my bedroom!!! My room is on the top floor and I've just noticed them in my room all over on the ground desk and my bed! Will this help?!?

if i use alcohol into their ant hill and light it will it be effective? or just OVERKILL

@bushjt003

9 жыл бұрын

***** Too funny. I poured gasoline on an area next to my house for the same reason. It seeped up the foundation and our master bedroom smelled like gas for 2 weeks. Wife was not impressed to say the least. However, they did not come back to the area.

@littledemon196

6 жыл бұрын

Jethro Marlowe Juliano underkill, blowtorch or propane fire is ok.or a. Tank.

@zeroline19

5 жыл бұрын

Or nuke them, just in case.

@floofycreaturesgalore1564

5 жыл бұрын

Lol nothing is over kill...

@itmatters4421

5 жыл бұрын

🤪 overkill....😂 I oxy moron all the time..😂

I used borax/sugar/honey/water (1/3/1/5 ratio of tablespoons) yesterday and this morning the sugar ants are all gone from all 3 areas of my house.

Borax is not toxic unless digested in large amount (but so is vinegar and water). I think you are confusing it with Boric Acid which IS Poisonous. Though highly effective when the powder is mixed with a little sugar.

@spiffdandy77

8 жыл бұрын

that was my thoughts ....borax has very low human toxicity ...about the same as bar soap

Hi, I have lots of ants nests in my vegetable beds. Do you know if it is safe to use the borax method where food is growing? Thanks.

@79melanie1

2 жыл бұрын

Use cinimon i stuck a stick of cinnamon in a ant hole and they moved no longer have that ant hill in my yard don't know where they went or if it killed them but they left

@79melanie1

2 жыл бұрын

And it is as in my tomato garden and tomato was fine ants gone

You can kill ants and roaches with a mixture of sugar with baking soda or baking powder.

There is a mechanical method that works, except for sister mounds. All you need is a shovel and a bucket and two (2) unrelated mounds). Take a shovel full of mound one and place in bucket. Grab bucket and shovel, go to mound two, dig out shovel full of mound two, set aside. Dump bucket of ants 1 into mound two. Dump shovel 2 of ants into bucket, return to mound 1 and dump ants 2 in. Watch the bloodsport. It helps to tap the bucket on the ground to keep ants in. There should be a pile of dead ants outside each mound. Repeat as needed. If no dead ants, try mound 3.

the tiny ants in my house completely snubbed the corn meal... I didn't know about mixing the sugar

Wettable acephate powder..or a can of cykick

Is that chemical the second thing you use is it like borax

will the powder kill spiders?