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Posted on 1/2/26 at 8:42 am to cgrand
Besides treating the mound with Bifen, you need to spray the whole yard.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:26 am to rodnreel
that would take 3 gallons of bifen and 1500 gallons of water LOL
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:36 am to rodnreel
As bad as I hate fire ants, I can’t bring myself to sterilize my entire yard.
This post was edited on 1/2/26 at 9:37 am
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:09 am to turkish
yeah it’s a terrible practice. People have no idea how important insects are to their little slice of the biosphere. Everything that doesn’t have teeth (and some that do) eats insects. And the vast majority of insects are beneficial.
Fire ants are here to stay unless and until a sterilizing agent is developed that is easily and efficiently delivered to the queens. Spot treatment controls the nuisance mounds which is all I’m after (mounds in garden and planting beds and around the house where we spend outdoor time)
Fire ants are here to stay unless and until a sterilizing agent is developed that is easily and efficiently delivered to the queens. Spot treatment controls the nuisance mounds which is all I’m after (mounds in garden and planting beds and around the house where we spend outdoor time)
Posted on 1/2/26 at 4:06 pm to cgrand
Everywhere
Usually use malathion (sp) but don’t know if it kills
Them or moves them
Usually use malathion (sp) but don’t know if it kills
Them or moves them
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:12 pm to cgrand
Sprayed my yard with liquid talstar and haven’t had any.
I keep up a few adjacent lots and just hit those with talstar granules. I plan on spraying it all with liquid next year.
I keep up a few adjacent lots and just hit those with talstar granules. I plan on spraying it all with liquid next year.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 2:31 pm to turkish
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As bad as I hate fire ants, I can’t bring myself to sterilize my entire yard.
That's exactly why I use Amdro. But I agree with the other guy who said it doesn't seem to work as well as it used to. I don't know if they changed the formula or the ants are changing.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:25 pm to deeprig9
Yeah, I have mixed results with Amdro. If it gets even a little damp, I think it’s done. I think even a morning dew is enough to inactivate the stuff. But if you can hit them with it during my a hot spell when they pop up a bunch of active mounds (like Christmas week) it can work pretty good. I smoked a bunch of em.
I have pretty religiously spot sprayed mounds from my mower with Bifen for several years. Not sure if I’m using too little solution or too dilute a solution, but I don’t see any reduction in number of beds. I’m going through a gallon of Bifen a year with an acre of yard and I don’t think I’m really making any ground. I have fewer mounds than the neighbors but that’s about all I can say.
I have pretty religiously spot sprayed mounds from my mower with Bifen for several years. Not sure if I’m using too little solution or too dilute a solution, but I don’t see any reduction in number of beds. I’m going through a gallon of Bifen a year with an acre of yard and I don’t think I’m really making any ground. I have fewer mounds than the neighbors but that’s about all I can say.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 6:33 pm to turkish
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I have fewer mounds than the neighbors but that’s about all I can say.
Therein lies the problem, in my experience and research. Like weeds, if your neighbors don't also treat for them, they end up in your yard too, even with your dutiful applications. You must create a coalition with your neighbors on each side. Eradicate yours, they eradicate theirs, if you are in between them, you'll be good. Then they will need to expand the coalition to their next door neighbors, and so on.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 12:32 pm to cgrand
1 4ft piece of rebar
poke hole as far down as it will go
pour one cup or more of gasoline in the hole.
cover up the hole....
done!
poke hole as far down as it will go
pour one cup or more of gasoline in the hole.
cover up the hole....
done!
Posted on 1/5/26 at 12:51 pm to cgrand
I've been battling a fire ant colony in one of my raised vegetable garden beds. REALLY wish I could use poison on these SOBs. Raking down deep and applying diatomaceous earth. They just keep moving around in the bed.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 1:42 pm to RougeDawg
boiling water...set up your crawfish pot and burner over by the garden and drench the mound repeadtedly, then dig it loose and drench again. come back the next day and do it again
takes a bit but its safe and it works
for really stubborn or deep colonies, add some borax to the boiling w
takes a bit but its safe and it works
for really stubborn or deep colonies, add some borax to the boiling w
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Posted on 1/5/26 at 1:43 pm to cgrand
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Went thru 5 gallons of bifen mixture in a sprayer,
What ratio do you use? 3 oz/gallon?
Posted on 1/5/26 at 5:05 pm to indytiger
Neighbor mentioned instead of spraying the whole yard, hit a 10’-20’ perimeter with talstar and take out each ant hill in the inside. That way none come through the perimeter and the inside stays ant free after all the ones inside are dead.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 8:33 pm to RougeDawg
“I’ve been battling a fire ant colony in one of my raised vegetable garden beds.”
I use spinosad in my raised garden beds.It’s safe for organic gardening.
I buy it from Amazon,Monterey is the brand if I remember correctly.
2 oz./gal.water,drench the mound with it.Works good.
That’s a drawback to raised beds,fire ants love them.Bastards get in my compost bins also.
In the yard and wife’s flower beds I use Acephate.
I use spinosad in my raised garden beds.It’s safe for organic gardening.
I buy it from Amazon,Monterey is the brand if I remember correctly.
2 oz./gal.water,drench the mound with it.Works good.
That’s a drawback to raised beds,fire ants love them.Bastards get in my compost bins also.
In the yard and wife’s flower beds I use Acephate.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 6:52 am to Rize
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leaf cutter ants.
Like fire ants those things are of the devil as well. You have to find that hole they are transporting your green yard to and nuke it.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 7:26 am to cgrand
i got a couple large mounds in my yard. over n out always does the trick.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 8:23 am to cgrand
I've been treating mounds w Sevin Dust...works well...
Posted on 1/6/26 at 2:38 pm to LSUA 75
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That’s a drawback to raised beds,fire ants love
Get the heat up on your compost. A big enough pile, enough protein and nitrogen, and turning can keep it "hot". We sprinkled a light dusting of cottonseed meal on every layer we put in the bin. Ants will hang around as long as the pile is cool. Also, hitting a high enough temp is critical in full decomposition and killing off harmful bacteria and diseases.
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