THIS WORKS! You may have to come back the next day and give large mounds another treatment. Be persistent and you will win. #gardenpest #fireants #homeremedy #garden
The only effective ingredient in that mix comes from the orange oil and it's called D-Limonene (Limonene). If you only use D-Limonene, your pesticide will be more effective than adding soap and oil to it. D-Limonene is derived from a number of different citrus fruits including Oranges, Lemons, Limes, Mandarins, and Grapefruit and it breaks down the protective coating on an insect's exoskeleton. 2 ounces per gallon of water is enough and if you use a watering can with a sprinkler head or simply pour it from a bucket, ensure you get enough to soak the ground deep enough to get the queen. It should only require one application and the next day they should all be dead. There is no need to disturb the mound, simply soak it thoroughly, including around the mound to ensure they don't get away.
The soap emulsifies the oil in the water, so it stays evenly dispersed during application. Spreading the mound and spraying will allow someone to use a lot less solution per mound if they’re being conservative to help it last longer. Thanks for the watering can idea, I really like that.
That is a great remedy for anyone with a fire ant, or any ant problem. Thanks so much for sharing. I'll see you next Saturday....can't wait. Take care and be safe.
Thank you very much for this video! I've had ant problems for some time, and they seem difficult to get rid of or to kill, with typical toxic chemicals. After spraying Ortho chemicals on their hills, I've noticed a reduction in their activity, but queens will still climb out and fly away. This helps!
I'm so glad we don't have fire ant issues. I know they're awful though because my dad had issues with them though on his farm in TN. Thanks so much for sharing this!
Hello Lisa, You don't have to tell me exactly, but about where in TN is your dad's farm? I think any where in TN has fire ants, and we certainly do have them here in AL. Another few days until the Great Appalachia Homesteading Conference! I'm really looking forward to seeing you! OAG
Great tip. Thank you so much for posting. I found a decent size fire ant bed in my front yard this evening. Never had one this big in my yard before. I live in suburban Birmingham, Alabama. I am trying your method using orange oil.
Thank you Janice! I try to make videos that will help you grow some of your own vegetables. And I truly appreciate you watching what I am doing. If you have questions, please ask me, I'll try my best to answer or if I don't know , I'll say I don't know. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
OAG, I have a question about strawberries. I bought a strawberry plant that looked promising with nice blooms on it. Well, i got about 4 small strawberries but now the plant keeps vineing off. I am on the 3rd branch off plant from this plant. So, i now have 4 strawberry plants and only 4 small strawberries. What can i do to get more strawberries and less vines?
Janice, a lot has to do with the variety of strawberry you are growing and the manner you are growing them. Ever bearing strawberries will produce more than one crop during the growing season, whereas June bearing strawberries usually only produce one crop. And if you are growing them in pots or containers that affects the plant. But they all produce runners (what you are calling veining). You can root the runners and make more strawberry plants for next year. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
These are ever bearing OAG. I am growing them in pots as we own our trailer but not the land. I am hesitate to plant anything as they sometimes run over plants with the mowers. These strawberries seem to make more runners than berries. LOL. Maybe next year they will produce more berries. Another question about the strawberries. Should i leave them outside this winter or bring them in since they are in pots?
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Hi Belinda, and we don't want poisons in the ground where we are growing vegetables. Notice below, Parker 3, said that DE also works. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
Thank you for posting this. I want to try this for the flies and roaches that I find in the house because I am tired of using poisons, especially since my elderly mom is in the house.
If you have fire ant mounds that are not in your garden, a great product to get rid of them is called: Amdro. Buy it at Lowes, Home Depot and maybe Walmart. I use it on mounds outside of my garden. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
Hi from northern Texas!! We have quite a bad issue with fire ants here and I am so glad to see you post such a great and non poisonous method of getting rid of them. I wonder if regular mineral oil would work as well as the baby oil, as I have read that most brands are just scented mineral oil. Thank you for taking time to share all your wisdom with those of us who didn't have someone in our lives to personally hand it down. Keep up the great work!!! Oh, one more question I though of. Is there a practical way to put this formula into a hose end sprayer and still be assured of the proper strength to do the job?
Yes, regular mineral will work also, the oil just helps the other parts stick to the ant's body better. I understand your question about hose end sprayer, and I haven't tried it so I don't have any experience with applying it that way. This will take repeated applications to completely kill a mound. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
We live in northern Texas too and they have taken over our yards the past two years. Never had them before. They are actually taking over a lot of places around here. We are stung quite often and are sick of it. We can’t go outside without running into the ants somewhere.
You will probably have to apply this more than once to kill the entire mound, but it does work. About where are you located? Thanks for stopping by. OAG
I am going to try this recipe. I had been using Orange oil/dish soap/pinch of compost as recommended by A&M but you have to drench the ant pile. That works but uses a lot of Orange oil. Looks like your method would be a better use of the oil. Going to try it. Zone 8B Texas
Good morning OAG interesting... we don't have fire ants here..That dish detergent is good stuff. Thanks for sharing with us... Got any good ideas for moles ? My dads lawn is terrible.. Thanks.. Happy planting..
Nice job. Just pour enough into the mound slowly, to where you think it will reach the queen and wa-lah. When it comes to fire ants go the distance, I hat'em. Especially in the garden.
Some drug stores may carry it, also Lowes or Home Depot. Orange Oil is primarily used for furniture polish. Remember, you will need to make repeated applications to completely kill the mound. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
Hey OAG, I am Pat from Birmingham. What kind of store did you find the Orange Oil in. I looked at Wal-Mart & some hardware stores. Can't find it. Fire ants are bad here.
Hello Pat and welcome to my videos. I bought it at Lowes or Home Depot. Orange oil is actually a furniture polish. I think you could probably order it at Amazon.com OAG
Looking for the Orange OIl locally? What kind of store to look for it? Where will I find it? Can't find so far. Would lemon oil work if I can't find orange?
Yep, thought it was furniture polish. Went to Walmart and did not find there. Found Lemon Oil, but not Orange. Bought some and going to try it...Thanks for all this.... I can use it beside my thyme plant? right?
We have a fire ant mound that we have tried EVERYTHING on. Sometimes I think we finally got them and a couple weeks later, theyre back! Going to try this soon. Does it work on ny other types of bugs?
Hello and welcome to my videos. I don't know if this works on other type of bugs, as I have not tried it that way. Thanks for watching my videos. If you haven't already, please subscribe. OAG
That seems to work great! I don't see fire ants in the yard yet but black ants is on veggie raised bed and it seem like they brought the aphids to damage my veggie as well.
Ants and aphids work together. The aphids secrete a milk like fluid which the ants use for food, and in return the ants protect the aphids. Both ants and aphids are harmful for your garden. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
Aphids are the cows eating the vegs. They poo out the sugar secretion that the ants stroke them for and eat. Ants then provide protection. Ladybug tiger larvae eat up aphids, and mature lady bugs as well. Remove aphids and then there should be no ant problems as well.
Hello C. Great info. I used Dawn detergent. Now I know where to get the Orange Oil. Thanks much! P.S., the only thing good about fire ants is where they are present, there are usually no ticks.
N, we must be an exception about the ticks. We have them also. Orange Oil may also be available at Walmart. Any dish washing soap will work with this. Thanks for stopping by today. OAG
Oh my. Here in TX Gulf Coast, if your yard has a few ant hills, the ticks are absent. Thanks for the info on Orange Oil & the rest of the recipe. Loads of fire ants right now.
Yep, the fire ants like the hot weather we are having. I just went outside to check on some of the mounds I treated yesterday and they are dead. So I am confident this recipe works. OAG
Orange oil...is Orange essential oil? Greetings from Greece. (Any video for vertigo attacks for elderly?mother 83 years old...vertigo..headache on and off....)
Find a vestibular therapist for the vertigo. Lots of rest and no stress. Inner ear bones and spine need looking into. A good chiropractor can help with aligning the spine which is the "information highway" of the body. I will pray for her. Maria in Georgia USA🌹
@@mko3117 Thank you very much.In Greece Chiropractors and osteopaths are not too many unfortunately...but i wonder if ear nose throat docs know how to do epstein and simlar manouvers... But thank you a lot. Greetings from Greece.
Might want to put it in a larger sprayer , I saw a tip from a texan who using bifren 2 desturbs the mound, looks to the major holes they come out of , then puts his tip down into the hole and saturates about 1/4-1/2 gallon of spray to get all the way down into all the tunnels to get the queen. I have used this method, but I would prefer to try you recipe and see if it works in a similar manner...
Yes, which ever spray one uses it must get down in the mound to the queen to kill the mound. Thank you and please subscribe and watch as I will be uploading more videos as the summer growing season comes on. Thanks for watching and subscribing. OAG
Dianne, either at Lowes or Home Depot I think. If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
Yes, it will kill red wasps. But i haven't tried it on other insects. If you were going to apply it to garden plants, be sure to test it on only one plant before you spray everything. It might kill some plants. Thanks for asking that question. OAG
hi ya OAG !! thanks for sharing this video, we don't get fire Ants in the UK but we do have three types, the black the flying and red ants !! will this kill all three of these please ??? thanks for sharing and happy gardening !!!
@@OldAlabamaGardener we used Diamataceous earth for anta at our farm once, they just used the DE to rebuild their mound.. the ants are extreme here in oklahoma.
The active compound in citrus oil, D-Limonene, is effective in killing many kinds of insects. It is especially effective on spiders ;) A small spritzer bottle with a dilute form of D-Limonene (e.g. 2 oz to a gallon of water), when sprayed on an insect will kill it very quickly.
Wow! Will this work for house ants? I'm not talking about those fine sugar ants, but those black ones and those red ones that come into our kitchens. Blessings.
Hello Martha and welcome to my channel. I feel that this is a "contact" ant killer so I think if you got it on the in the house ants it would kill them. But, it would be almost impossible to kill the queen ant that way. What I suggest for in the house ants is to buy a box of borax (20 Mule Team Borax) and mix it equal part borax and powdered sugar, then place it in something like a jar lid in the area where the ants crawl around. They will be attracted to the powdered sugar and carry it back to the nest where when eaten the borax will kill them including the queen. You might try this and see how it works. If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
Martha, i usually sit down at my computer in the evening and catch up on my e-mails and comments from viewers like you. I appreciate you watching my channel and I welcome questions you may have mostly about gardening but on other subjects as well. Are you watching my videos on a computer or on a mobile devise (smart phone)? If it is a computer I can send you a list of all my videos (over 260) with URLs so all you have to do is click the URL and it will take you to that video. OAG
Martha, it may work on an android but I don't own a smart phone so i don't know how it would be done. Thanks for watching my videos and if you have questions please ask, i am happy to help you. If you want to exchange ideas and information about gardening you can send me an E-mail at: chancock39@gmail.com And Yes, the 39 is my birth year, old aren't I! OAG
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Another way that works is boiling water pour a good amount around the primeniter first then pour the boiling water inside the primeniter. Destroy's larva and the whole colony.
Sue, I don't have any experience with this spray in a raised bed. Think about the ingredients: There is probably nothing in it that will hurt your plants. You might try it on a small spot and see what happens. OAG
Sue, are you in an area where it stays dry? You might try using DE (Google DE) to kill the ants in your raised bed. And you can use water, force the hose end (with the water running) right in the middle of the ant mound, push it down until you see all the little white eggs flushing out, scatter the eggs and any ants that come out with it, flush all the eggs out. This doesn't kill the ants, or at least most of them, but it will make them move out of your raised bed to another location, hopefully out of your garden where you can apply a poison and kill them. OAG
Awesome. Thanks again. I did work with a formula I made up from combining what others said, baking soda, etc and adding tea tree oil as anti-fungal. I will definitely give these a try.
DH, let me know how it worked for you. On a large mound you will have to come back in a few hours and do it again, because the ants will try to rebuild. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
I will definitely be using this when I get back to my house in Florida. I was doing some yard work pulling up weeds and must have disturbed a nest cause those little bastards tore my ankles up. Felt like someone holding fire to my ankles and they itch like crazy. I'll be getting some payback when I get back to the house.
Hello and welcome to my channel. *_I invite you to subscribe and watch_* as the summer growing season progresses. I agree with you that you must kill the queen, that is why I use a rake and rake the mound while spraying with the mixture. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
It has been my experience that you will probably have to treat the mound more than once, to completely kill all the ants, they are persistent to rebuild so you have to be persistent get rid of them. If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
Thank you for subscribing to my channel. I am happy that you enjoy my videos, do you have any gardening subject that you would like me to make a video on? OAG
Yes, I'd love some more info about comfrey. I saw your video about comfrey tea. I have a hard time growing it in Okeechobee, Florida. It wilts terrible in the hot months and looks great in the winter.
My guess is that because it wilts in the hot months, it is getting dry. If that is correct, then the best thing to do for it is mulch and lots of it. You could even dig down as deep as you want to around the plant and fill the hole with peat moss or mulch, anything to help hold water. OAG
That is why I scratch the mound good with my rake, I want as many ants on top as I can get, hoping I will have scratched out the queen. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
Does anyone know if this will work on fire ants? If you spray plain old foaming bathroom cleaner on common ants, they die in mid breath. They never take another step. Are fire ants different or are they close enough it would work on them, too?
The challenge in trying to kill fire ants is to get/kill the queen. To do that you have to make a hole down the center of the mound so you can get whatever you are applying down in the mound. Just spraying something on top of the mound won't kill the queen and the mound will just keep growing. OAG
Thanks WG, I had to treat some of the larger mounds more than once. I don't mind using a product called Amdro (poison) but not in my garden. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
Thanks for that tip, I will try it also. may be a combination of both of these treatments. If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
Thank you, I am already a subscriber and I very much appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. I'm in coastal SC, fire ants are a huge problem year after year on my property. DE is the only safe product that has ever actually worked on the ants. I will give the orange oil a try, it's always good to have more than one trick up your sleeve. Have you ever used the orange oil solution on plants? I have a strawberry tower infected with ants and aphids.
Fanny, remember you may have to do repeated applications to completely remove the ants. There are poisons that will kill them but I don't want to use poisons in my garden. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
I will be mixing up some of your ant killer. I live in Central Florida so have plenty of all kinds of ants. We laugh and say if we kill off all the ants my yard will collapse. Preparing some new raised beds (old age getting me) so I am going to treat my ground prior to putting my growing mixture in. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for commenting on this video. Let me know how it worked for you. If you have ant mounds that are not in your raided beds or garden area, you can kill them with a product called: Amdro. You can buy it at Lowes Home Depot or Walmart. Thanks! If you haven't already, *I invite you to subscribe* and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
I am a sub, just been limited on YT last few months. I watched you with Danny live at the conference last nite, got to catch up on your videos cause I know I missed your okra one. A lot of us out here, the silent majority, been around for years and years, we watch, post comments and support. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. Oh yes, Amdro seems to be a waste of money on these FL fire ants, dry grits helped more.
GH, dry grits, sound interesting, perhaps I'll try it. I appreciate you watching my videos when you can, I also get busy and don't have much time to watch videos. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
Allie Hunter bru ants don't have teeth they have mandibles. But the fire ants they bite so it can hold on the DISTURBER and then they sting you by solonopsin there venom is called , that's why in scienctific name is called solonopsis, there's is several types of fire ants , solonopsis gemineta, solonopsis invicta ,and other types , but these types of solonosis there are not the same , they have different colors .
They are making their way north. I think the warming climate over the last fifty years is behind it. Hope I never have to use this information, but its a matter of when, not if. We already have the kissing bug in southern, Ontario. Thanks OldAlabamaGardener
Yes, I think it is getting warmer each year. For the past two summers we have had the warmest summers on record and the warmest winters on record. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
They are fire ants, they do not eat the crops, but they are very aggressive & their bite/sting hurts pretty good, hence the name "Fire" ants..bc their bite feels like fire. And they are quite common in the southern portion on the United States. So if they built a nest in your garden bed...whatever you had planted there, you probably would not mess with bc of the ants.
Hello Jean, fire ants cause many different problems in my garden. I am happy to get them out. If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks forstopping by.OAG
Anders Holmstrom In their natural habitat, which is Africa, there are natural predators for the ants, but in north American the ants are not native so there are no natural predators and the fire ants have become a major problem, especially to children. If you had fire ants and children playing in the yard, you would understand why you want to be free of the fire ants. Not all ants are bad like the fire ants and I don't kill all ants. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
My experience has been the darn ants just move a bit and make a new mound. Do you have that? I bought an expensive deant product that had a growth regulator that killed and made the ants so they could not make new queens. If you kill them off, the survivors just make new queens and they move on. This product worked for a year but this year they are back. I hate Fire Ants! I am going to try this for sure!!!!
Yes, sometime they just move, but if I can get them to move out of my garden growing area, I will use Amdro on them and it will kill the mound. Amdro is a poison so I don't use it on mounds in my garden area, but out side the garden, Amdro works. One point on Amdro, don't disturb the mound or they will move., just sprinkle Amdro on top of the mound and leave it alone. OAG
Hell and welcome to my channel. A flame thrower would kill the ants on top but not the queen. To kill the whole colony you must kill the queen ant. I invite you to subscribe and watch as I upload more videos during the summer and fall growing season. Thanks for stopping by! OAG
If you want to have fun and be devious put raw grits on top of the mound. You'll have to reapply for a couple of days but that just means more enjoyment.
OldAlabamaGardener The logic is problematic but I found this:- The grits need to stay dry, so that after the ants eat them, the grits will expand in the ants stomach’s and kill them. Do not dampen or wet the instant grits before or after the application. Grits will not kill ants on contact. They work best if given 24 to 48 hours of exposure, this is because grits are not toxic or poisonous and they need time to expand inside the ant. You should see results beginning within the first twenty-four hours and within forty-eight hours the ant colony should be completely destroyed. Warning Avoid the use of instant grits around ducks and geese. Ducks and geese cannot release the gases created by the grits and the grits can also expand inside their stomach just like the ants and cause death.
That I would do if my children plays in my yard, I would put boxes in the colony's without disturbing them . so the children don't step on the colony's.
OldAlabamaGardener I know there pain is like fire in your skin , but that doesn't Mean you should kill them . Fire are good because they will consume insects and airate the soil so the the plants don't get fungus problems solonopsis and other ants species , sting you because your disturbing there territories and then you start killing them. Man just treat Mother Nature there rights.
And here is a tip for those who are unfortunate enough to get fire ants in the house..... I have found that a half and half solution of Dr. Bronner's peppermint castile soap with water in a spray bottle works wonders for driving the little buggers right out of the house!!! I don't know if anyone else makes the peppermint castile soap with the same ingr's and strength as the Dr. B's, but the ants certainly aren't brand conscious, so use whatever comes to hand if you can't find this brand, as long as the formula is pretty close. If you have a health food store anywhere near they should have it, or online on Amazon.
Hello Dellasmom, and welcome to my channel. Thanks for this tip on what to do with fire ants in the house If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
OldAlabamaGardener just sprinkle it dry close to main entrance. 2 to 4 packets per nest. Repeat about 5 - 7 days until no life is seen when disturbing nest. Kills queen. Safe on all other life forms including pets & kids
I guess it might not be available everywhere. If you haven't already, *I invite you to subscribe* and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by. OAG
All you need is a shovel! shovel the top of one ant hill and place it on top of another one and they will fight to the death! It works! They hate each other and will fight to the very last one standing.
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The only effective ingredient in that mix comes from the orange oil and it's called D-Limonene (Limonene). If you only use D-Limonene, your pesticide will be more effective than adding soap and oil to it. D-Limonene is derived from a number of different citrus fruits including Oranges, Lemons, Limes, Mandarins, and Grapefruit and it breaks down the protective coating on an insect's exoskeleton. 2 ounces per gallon of water is enough and if you use a watering can with a sprinkler head or simply pour it from a bucket, ensure you get enough to soak the ground deep enough to get the queen. It should only require one application and the next day they should all be dead. There is no need to disturb the mound, simply soak it thoroughly, including around the mound to ensure they don't get away.
Is it safe to spray in a chicken run? I'm assuming the chickens will eat the dead ants.
The soap emulsifies the oil in the water, so it stays evenly dispersed during application.
Spreading the mound and spraying will allow someone to use a lot less solution per mound if they’re being conservative to help it last longer.
Thanks for the watering can idea, I really like that.
I’ve tried other recipes that don’t work as well. Now I will try yours! You do such great demonstrations. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
That is a great remedy for anyone with a fire ant, or any ant problem. Thanks so much for sharing. I'll see you next Saturday....can't wait. Take care and be safe.
Hello LB, I am still planning on going to the conf. I look forward to seeing you there. I understand they are now sold out on tickets.
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I know.... and I've heard that place isn't very big, so it will be interesting for sure. Glad I got tickets early....lol. Take care.... see you there.
Thank you very much for this video! I've had ant problems for some time, and they seem difficult to get rid of or to kill, with typical toxic chemicals. After spraying Ortho chemicals on their hills, I've noticed a reduction in their activity, but queens will still climb out and fly away. This helps!
You will have to do this more than once, but it will work. Please subscribe and tell all your family and friends to subscribe to my channel.
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I'm so glad we don't have fire ant issues. I know they're awful though because my dad had issues with them though on his farm in TN. Thanks so much for sharing this!
Hello Lisa, You don't have to tell me exactly, but about where in TN is your dad's farm? I think any where in TN has fire ants, and we certainly do have them here in AL. Another few days until the Great Appalachia Homesteading Conference! I'm really looking forward to seeing you!
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I love this kind of info transfer thank you from West Coast of Canada 💋👏🏻🥳
I so needed this! We have red ants in our garden and I plan on doing this tomorrow! So appreciate the video!
Jan, you will have to apply more than once to completely get rid of them.
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OldAlabamaGardener Thank you! It worked like a charm!
Great tip. Thank you so much for posting. I found a decent size fire ant bed in my front yard this evening. Never had one this big in my yard before. I live in suburban Birmingham, Alabama. I am trying your method using orange oil.
Fore ants are a big pest here in the warm south land. Welcome to my videos.
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Shared. Thank you so much OAG for these wonderful teaching videos. I learn something new in everyone of them.
Thank you Janice! I try to make videos that will help you grow some of your own vegetables. And I truly appreciate you watching what I am doing. If you have questions, please ask me, I'll try my best to answer or if I don't know , I'll say I don't know. Thanks for stopping by.
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OAG, I have a question about strawberries. I bought a strawberry plant that looked promising with nice blooms on it. Well, i got about 4 small strawberries but now the plant keeps vineing off. I am on the 3rd branch off plant from this plant. So, i now have 4 strawberry plants and only 4 small strawberries. What can i do to get more strawberries and less vines?
Janice, a lot has to do with the variety of strawberry you are growing and the manner you are growing them. Ever bearing strawberries will produce more than one crop during the growing season, whereas June bearing strawberries usually only produce one crop. And if you are growing them in pots or containers that affects the plant. But they all produce runners (what you are calling veining). You can root the runners and make more strawberry plants for next year. Thanks for stopping by.
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These are ever bearing OAG. I am growing them in pots as we own our trailer but not the land. I am hesitate to plant anything as they sometimes run over plants with the mowers. These strawberries seem to make more runners than berries. LOL. Maybe next year they will produce more berries. Another question about the strawberries. Should i leave them outside this winter or bring them in since they are in pots?
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Thank you.
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I need to give it a try. I'll be checking for the orange oil. Best wishes Bob.
Morning Bob, Notice below, Parker 3, said that DE also works. Thanks for stopping by.
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Great info! Thanks!
Thank you! If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by.
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Cool, thanks for sharing. I hate using poison plus it gets expensive over time.
Hi Belinda, and we don't want poisons in the ground where we are growing vegetables. Notice below, Parker 3, said that DE also works. Thanks for stopping by.
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Thank you for posting this. I want to try this for the flies and roaches that I find in the house because I am tired of using poisons, especially since my elderly mom is in the house.
Thank you.
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My friend lives in southern Alabama and she is having a horrible time with fire ants. I'll show her your video! Thanks!
If you have fire ant mounds that are not in your garden, a great product to get rid of them is called: Amdro. Buy it at Lowes, Home Depot and maybe Walmart. I use it on mounds outside of my garden. Thanks for stopping by.
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Hi from northern Texas!! We have quite a bad issue with fire ants here and I am so glad to see you post such a great and non poisonous method of getting rid of them. I wonder if regular mineral oil would work as well as the baby oil, as I have read that most brands are just scented mineral oil. Thank you for taking time to share all your wisdom with those of us who didn't have someone in our lives to personally hand it down. Keep up the great work!!! Oh, one more question I though of. Is there a practical way to put this formula into a hose end sprayer and still be assured of the proper strength to do the job?
Yes, regular mineral will work also, the oil just helps the other parts stick to the ant's body better. I understand your question about hose end sprayer, and I haven't tried it so I don't have any experience with applying it that way. This will take repeated applications to completely kill a mound. Thanks for stopping by.
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We live in northern Texas too and they have taken over our yards the past two years. Never had them before. They are actually taking over a lot of places around here. We are stung quite often and are sick of it. We can’t go outside without running into the ants somewhere.
Excellent! i have a couple of small spots coming up that I wanna get a grip on now before they get big! Thanks for sharing this information OAG!!! :-D
You will probably have to apply this more than once to kill the entire mound, but it does work. About where are you located? Thanks for stopping by.
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Yep! You can never have too much compost! Thanks for watching this video!
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We're in East TN. Jefferson County. ;-)
Thanks! I enjoy knowing where my UA-cam friends are located. I am in north Alabama, with in one mile of the TN line.
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Thank you for another gem! Only thing hotter down here than Florida weather is the sting from these ants!
PH, sounds like you are talking from experience. Fire ants are bad critters. Thanks for stopping by.
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I am going to try this recipe. I had been using Orange oil/dish soap/pinch of compost as recommended by A&M but you have to drench the ant pile. That works but uses a lot of Orange oil. Looks like your method would be a better use of the oil. Going to try it. Zone 8B Texas
Hello Ruth. Yes, the fire ants are a terrible pest. Thanks for watching.
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Good morning OAG interesting... we don't have fire ants here..That dish detergent is good stuff. Thanks for sharing with us... Got any good ideas for moles ? My dads lawn is terrible.. Thanks.. Happy planting..
Castor Oil and water for moles. They hate it. Google it for recipe.
BW, take a look at my video on moles. You can see it at:
ua-cam.com/video/QrhgvzjngRI/v-deo.html
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Nice job. Just pour enough into the mound slowly, to where you think it will reach the queen and wa-lah. When it comes to fire ants go the distance, I hat'em. Especially in the garden.
Yes, it does work, but as you say, it must get down into the mound to kill the queen.
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Where do you get Orange Oil,thank you. I'm going to try this,
Some drug stores may carry it, also Lowes or Home Depot. Orange Oil is primarily used for furniture polish. Remember, you will need to make repeated applications to completely kill the mound. Thanks for stopping by.
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puree citrus peels
Hey OAG, I am Pat from Birmingham. What kind of store did you find the Orange Oil in. I looked at Wal-Mart & some hardware stores. Can't find it. Fire ants are bad here.
Hello Pat and welcome to my videos. I bought it at Lowes or Home Depot. Orange oil is actually a furniture polish. I think you could probably order it at Amazon.com
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Looking for the Orange OIl locally? What kind of store to look for it? Where will I find it? Can't find so far. Would lemon oil work if I can't find orange?
Orange oil is a furniture polish. Hardware stores probably sell it. I don't know about lemon oil. Thanks for stopping by.
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Yep, thought it was furniture polish. Went to Walmart and did not find there. Found Lemon Oil, but not Orange. Bought some and going to try it...Thanks for all this.... I can use it beside my thyme plant? right?
We have a fire ant mound that we have tried EVERYTHING on. Sometimes I think we finally got them and a couple weeks later, theyre back! Going to try this soon. Does it work on ny other types of bugs?
Hello and welcome to my videos. I don't know if this works on other type of bugs, as I have not tried it that way. Thanks for watching my videos. If you haven't already, please subscribe.
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That seems to work great! I don't see fire ants in the yard yet but black ants is on veggie raised bed and it seem like they brought the aphids to damage my veggie as well.
Ants and aphids work together. The aphids secrete a milk like fluid which the ants use for food, and in return the ants protect the aphids. Both ants and aphids are harmful for your garden. Thanks for stopping by.
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Aphids are the cows eating the vegs. They poo out the sugar secretion that the ants stroke them for and eat. Ants then provide protection. Ladybug tiger larvae eat up aphids, and mature lady bugs as well. Remove aphids and then there should be no ant problems as well.
Hello C. Great info. I used Dawn detergent. Now I know where to get the Orange Oil. Thanks much! P.S., the only thing good about fire ants is where they are present, there are usually no ticks.
N, we must be an exception about the ticks. We have them also. Orange Oil may also be available at Walmart. Any dish washing soap will work with this. Thanks for stopping by today.
OAG
Oh my. Here in TX Gulf Coast, if your yard has a few ant hills, the ticks are absent. Thanks for the info on Orange Oil & the rest of the recipe. Loads of fire ants right now.
Yep, the fire ants like the hot weather we are having. I just went outside to check on some of the mounds I treated yesterday and they are dead. So I am confident this recipe works.
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We are an exception also. Lots of fire ants as well as ticks. Hate them both! Thanks OAG. Going to try this and going to subscribe
Orange oil...is Orange essential oil?
Greetings from Greece.
(Any video for vertigo attacks for elderly?mother 83 years old...vertigo..headache on and off....)
How is Orange oil made...cause I believe it is not essential oil..although esse tail oil..maybe working as well as a concentrated form of Orange ...?
Find a vestibular therapist for the vertigo. Lots of rest and no stress. Inner ear bones and spine need looking into. A good chiropractor can help with aligning the spine which is the "information highway" of the body. I will pray for her. Maria in Georgia USA🌹
@@mko3117 Thank you very much.In Greece Chiropractors and osteopaths are not too many unfortunately...but i wonder if ear nose throat docs know how to do epstein and simlar manouvers...
But thank you a lot.
Greetings from Greece.
Might want to put it in a larger sprayer , I saw a tip from a texan who using bifren 2 desturbs the mound, looks to the major holes they come out of , then puts his tip down into the hole and saturates about 1/4-1/2 gallon of spray to get all the way down into all the tunnels to get the queen. I have used this method, but I would prefer to try you recipe and see if it works in a similar manner...
Yes, which ever spray one uses it must get down in the mound to the queen to kill the mound. Thank you and please subscribe and watch as I will be uploading more videos as the summer growing season comes on. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
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Thanks for the tip.
You are welcome.
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Where did you purchase your spry bottle? It sprays terrific!
Dianne, either at Lowes or Home Depot I think. If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by.
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I usually use DE. Will your mixture kill any other insects?
Yes, it will kill red wasps. But i haven't tried it on other insects. If you were going to apply it to garden plants, be sure to test it on only one plant before you spray everything. It might kill some plants. Thanks for asking that question.
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So why the added baby oil and dishwashing liquid?
It helps the orange oil stick to the ants.
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Where can I get Orange Oil ? I went to Home Depot and Lowes but could not find any !
You can buy it at Amazon, Walmart, and most any furniture store.
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dose this kill the eggs to
hi ya OAG !! thanks for sharing this video, we don't get fire Ants in the UK but we do have three types, the black the flying and red ants !! will this kill all three of these please ??? thanks for sharing and happy gardening !!!
I think this will kill any ant. Notice below, Parker 3, said that DE also works. Thanks for stopping by.
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@@OldAlabamaGardener we used Diamataceous earth for anta at our farm once, they just used the DE to rebuild their mound.. the ants are extreme here in oklahoma.
@@justinoxton6790 Yes, they are truly a pest.
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The active compound in citrus oil, D-Limonene, is effective in killing many kinds of insects. It is especially effective on spiders ;) A small spritzer bottle with a dilute form of D-Limonene (e.g. 2 oz to a gallon of water), when sprayed on an insect will kill it very quickly.
would Orange oil injected into vines kill squash bores?
That is an interesting question and I don't know the answer. I think it would, but I am also concerned if it is toxic to humans.
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THANK YOU
Wow! Will this work for house ants? I'm not talking about those fine sugar ants, but those black ones and those red ones that come into our kitchens. Blessings.
Hello Martha and welcome to my channel. I feel that this is a "contact" ant killer so I think if you got it on the in the house ants it would kill them. But, it would be almost impossible to kill the queen ant that way. What I suggest for in the house ants is to buy a box of borax (20 Mule Team Borax) and mix it equal part borax and powdered sugar, then place it in something like a jar lid in the area where the ants crawl around. They will be attracted to the powdered sugar and carry it back to the nest where when eaten the borax will kill them including the queen. You might try this and see how it works. If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by.
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Thank you for the quick response. I am subscribed. Thanks for a great channel. Blessings
Martha, i usually sit down at my computer in the evening and catch up on my e-mails and comments from viewers like you. I appreciate you watching my channel and I welcome questions you may have mostly about gardening but on other subjects as well.
Are you watching my videos on a computer or on a mobile devise (smart phone)? If it is a computer I can send you a list of all my videos (over 260) with URLs so all you have to do is click the URL and it will take you to that video.
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I am on my android, but thank you. I have a lot of catching up to do with you!
Martha, it may work on an android but I don't own a smart phone so i don't know how it would be done. Thanks for watching my videos and if you have questions please ask, i am happy to help you. If you want to exchange ideas and information about gardening you can send me an E-mail at: chancock39@gmail.com
And Yes, the 39 is my birth year, old aren't I!
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Thank you!
Hello David, you are welcome. *_Thanks for subscribing! Please share my channel on all your social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc Thanks for watching_* OAG
OldAlabamaGardener will do!
Another way that works is boiling water pour a good amount around the primeniter first then pour the boiling water inside the primeniter. Destroy's larva and the whole colony.
Hello Stella, I agree, anything to kill the queen ant and larva.
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I can spray this stuff right into my raised garden bed right by my lettuce??
Sue, I don't have any experience with this spray in a raised bed. Think about the ingredients: There is probably nothing in it that will hurt your plants. You might try it on a small spot and see what happens.
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OldAlabamaGardener Ok thank you 😊
Sue, are you in an area where it stays dry? You might try using DE (Google DE) to kill the ants in your raised bed. And you can use water, force the hose end (with the water running) right in the middle of the ant mound, push it down until you see all the little white eggs flushing out, scatter the eggs and any ants that come out with it, flush all the eggs out. This doesn't kill the ants, or at least most of them, but it will make them move out of your raised bed to another location, hopefully out of your garden where you can apply a poison and kill them.
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OldAlabamaGardener Good idea! Thanks 👍🏼
Thank you thank you thank you I really need this and I have orange oil
You are welcome.
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Thank you.
Thank you.
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Does this work on regular ants also or only fire ants?
I have not tried it on regular ants so I truly don't know. One way to find out is to try it. Thanks for watching my videos.
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Holy crap that's a lot of ants!! I thought I had a lot
Ants like hot weather and here in Alabama it gets hot. Thanks for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
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Thanks for the tip but too bad the orange oil is extremely expensive. Where I live it cost about $125 for a 1/4 Gallon. Cheers
Yes, it isn't inexpensive.
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Do you have a recipe, natural for blackspot on roses????? that won't kill bees?
Look at this URL and follow the instructions there: www.organicrosecare.org/articles/recipe_mildew_control.php
Thanks for stopping by.
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Awesome. Thanks again. I did work with a formula I made up from combining what others said, baking soda, etc and adding tea tree oil as anti-fungal. I will definitely give these a try.
Just thought about something, lemon is anti-bacterial, so maybe lemon oil would definitely help....
Looks like it worked great. I'll have to give this a try. Thanks ~Danielle :)
DH, let me know how it worked for you. On a large mound you will have to come back in a few hours and do it again, because the ants will try to rebuild. Thanks for stopping by.
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I will definitely be using this when I get back to my house in Florida. I was doing some yard work pulling up weeds and must have disturbed a nest cause those little bastards tore my ankles up. Felt like someone holding fire to my ankles and they itch like crazy. I'll be getting some payback when I get back to the house.
You will have to do it more than once to wipe out the mound. Thank you for watching my videos. If you haven't already, please subscribe.
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Next time pour ammonia where they got you it will instantly calm the sting and take out the itch!
orange oil here in the Philippines is about $40 for a 4 oz bottle
Yes, it isn't inexpensive here either.
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I'm not sure how this works but UNLESS You can kill the QUEEN(S) in the fire ant colony, the ants will move elsewhere and start a new colony.
Hello and welcome to my channel. *_I invite you to subscribe and watch_* as the summer growing season progresses. I agree with you that you must kill the queen, that is why I use a rake and rake the mound while spraying with the mixture. Thanks for stopping by.
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I just pour a gallon of water on the mound, with orange oil and a dash of soap. It's one and done.
do they work on black ants thx
Susan, I have not tried it but I think it will work on the black ants as well. Thanks for stopping by.
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How do you make it?
I showed you in the video.
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Awesome, thx
It has been my experience that you will probably have to treat the mound more than once, to completely kill all the ants, they are persistent to rebuild so you have to be persistent get rid of them. If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by.
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Yes I have been a subscriber for some time now. I love your videos.
Thank you for subscribing to my channel. I am happy that you enjoy my videos, do you have any gardening subject that you would like me to make a video on?
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Yes, I'd love some more info about comfrey. I saw your video about comfrey tea. I have a hard time growing it in Okeechobee, Florida. It wilts terrible in the hot months and looks great in the winter.
My guess is that because it wilts in the hot months, it is getting dry. If that is correct, then the best thing to do for it is mulch and lots of it. You could even dig down as deep as you want to around the plant and fill the hole with peat moss or mulch, anything to help hold water.
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Meant to add, what does the orange oil do? Orange, being more specific. I know lemon is anti-bacterial.
I truly don't know what the orange oil does other than kills the ants. Thanks for stopping by.
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Sweet just subbed ur channel from Art and Bri UA-cam channel. Now to binge watch your videos.
Thank you for watching my channel. I welcome your questions and comments!
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I will try this!!! xo
You will have to make a repeat application to completely get rid of the mound.
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How does killing the working ants kill the queen? I will try this to see thanks for sharing.
That is why I scratch the mound good with my rake, I want as many ants on top as I can get, hoping I will have scratched out the queen. Thanks for stopping by.
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Does anyone know if this will work on fire ants? If you spray plain old foaming bathroom cleaner on common ants, they die in mid breath. They never take another step. Are fire ants different or are they close enough it would work on them, too?
I think the bathroom cleaner will work on fire ants. I may try it myself. Which bathroom cleaner did you use?
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The cheapest I could get at Dollar General.
The challenge in trying to kill fire ants is to get/kill the queen. To do that you have to make a hole down the center of the mound so you can get whatever you are applying down in the mound. Just spraying something on top of the mound won't kill the queen and the mound will just keep growing.
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Thats what I like! Winning! We are going to try that! When they rebuild we'll hit them again!
Thanks WG, I had to treat some of the larger mounds more than once. I don't mind using a product called Amdro (poison) but not in my garden. Thanks for stopping by.
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yea I got it...I will use that method in my compost pile too... Thanks friend...
woah tanks alot for killing ants im a ant canada fan im all about ants.
DE also works great on fire ants.
Thanks for that tip, I will try it also. may be a combination of both of these treatments. If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by.
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Thank you, I am already a subscriber and I very much appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. I'm in coastal SC, fire ants are a huge problem year after year on my property. DE is the only safe product that has ever actually worked on the ants. I will give the orange oil a try, it's always good to have more than one trick up your sleeve. Have you ever used the orange oil solution on plants? I have a strawberry tower infected with ants and aphids.
Definitely going to try this. You are always so helpful , thank you :)
Fanny, remember you may have to do repeated applications to completely remove the ants. There are poisons that will kill them but I don't want to use poisons in my garden. Thanks for stopping by.
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Will this kill all kinds of ants?!
I haven't tried it on other ants, so, I don't know. Thanks for watching. If you haven't already, please subscribe.
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I will be mixing up some of your ant killer. I live in Central Florida so have plenty of all kinds of ants. We laugh and say if we kill off all the ants my yard will collapse. Preparing some new raised beds (old age getting me) so I am going to treat my ground prior to putting my growing mixture in. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for commenting on this video. Let me know how it worked for you. If you have ant mounds that are not in your raided beds or garden area, you can kill them with a product called: Amdro. You can buy it at Lowes Home Depot or Walmart. Thanks! If you haven't already, *I invite you to subscribe* and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by.
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I am a sub, just been limited on YT last few months. I watched you with Danny live at the conference last nite, got to catch up on your videos cause I know I missed your okra one. A lot of us out here, the silent majority, been around for years and years, we watch, post comments and support. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. Oh yes, Amdro seems to be a waste of money on these FL fire ants, dry grits helped more.
GH, dry grits, sound interesting, perhaps I'll try it. I appreciate you watching my videos when you can, I also get busy and don't have much time to watch videos. Thanks for stopping by.
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wow..who would think oils and soaps would kill those teeth biting devil's 🐜. will try it.
Hi Allie, let me know if you try it and how it worked for you. Thanks for stopping by.
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Will do. Have to budget the orange oil..it's expensive!
Allie Hunter bru ants don't have teeth they have mandibles. But the fire ants they bite so it can hold on the DISTURBER and then they sting you by solonopsin there venom is called , that's why in scienctific name is called solonopsis, there's is several types of fire ants , solonopsis gemineta, solonopsis invicta ,and other types , but these types of solonosis there are not the same , they have different colors .
They are making their way north. I think the warming climate over the last fifty years is behind it. Hope I never have to use this information, but its a matter of when, not if. We already have the kissing bug in southern, Ontario. Thanks OldAlabamaGardener
Yes, I think it is getting warmer each year. For the past two summers we have had the warmest summers on record and the warmest winters on record. Thanks for stopping by.
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Are the ants eating the crops? Or why do you kill them??
They are fire ants, they do not eat the crops, but they are very aggressive & their bite/sting hurts pretty good, hence the name "Fire" ants..bc their bite feels like fire. And they are quite common in the southern portion on the United States. So if they built a nest in your garden bed...whatever you had planted there, you probably would not mess with bc of the ants.
Well, still can't see no reason for killing them :)
Anders Holmström fire ants recently destroyed a container of sweet potatoes here where I live. I believe their presence can also bring in aphids.
Hello Jean, fire ants cause many different problems in my garden. I am happy to get them out. If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks forstopping by.OAG
Anders Holmstrom In their natural habitat, which is Africa, there are natural predators for the ants, but in north American the ants are not native so there are no natural predators and the fire ants have become a major problem, especially to children. If you had fire ants and children playing in the yard, you would understand why you want to be free of the fire ants. Not all ants are bad like the fire ants and I don't kill all ants. Thanks for stopping by.
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My experience has been the darn ants just move a bit and make a new mound. Do you have that? I bought an expensive deant product that had a growth regulator that killed and made the ants so they could not make new queens. If you kill them off, the survivors just make new queens and they move on. This product worked for a year but this year they are back. I hate Fire Ants! I am going to try this for sure!!!!
Yes, sometime they just move, but if I can get them to move out of my garden growing area, I will use Amdro on them and it will kill the mound. Amdro is a poison so I don't use it on mounds in my garden area, but out side the garden, Amdro works. One point on Amdro, don't disturb the mound or they will move., just sprinkle Amdro on top of the mound and leave it alone.
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I will have to try this next time they come in my garden!
It works, but for a large mound you will have to apply it more than once.
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Grits (not instant) works well too. Killed a huge nest of them earlier this year. But will certainly try this too. Thank you OAG
I have heard that Grits will work but I have not tried it. Thanks for sharing that tip.
OAG
how about flame thrower?
Hell and welcome to my channel. A flame thrower would kill the ants on top but not the queen. To kill the whole colony you must kill the queen ant. I invite you to subscribe and watch as I upload more videos during the summer and fall growing season. Thanks for stopping by!
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OldAlabamaGardener thanks for the info...
What about keeping ants feed them and an JOY!!! them.
that seems to work good, I have found gas to work pretty good on wasps and other insects that are pests...
MOT, yes, I have used that also. Thanks for stopping by.
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I used to take a shovel full of one mound and a shovel of another and swap them. Let them fight it out.
This summer I am going to try that and see if it works for me. Thanks for sharing.
OAG
Thank you so much for this. tip!
You are welcome!
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If you want to have fun and be devious put raw grits on top of the mound. You'll have to reapply for a couple of days but that just means more enjoyment.
TH, I have heard that grits work, but have not tried it. What does it do to them that causes us enjoyment?
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I tried that several times and it didn't work a all.
OldAlabamaGardener The logic is problematic but I found this:-
The grits need to stay dry, so that after the ants eat them, the grits will expand in the ants stomach’s and kill them. Do not dampen or wet the instant grits before or after the application.
Grits will not kill ants on contact. They work best if given 24 to 48 hours of exposure, this is because grits are not toxic or poisonous and they need time to expand inside the ant. You should see results beginning within the first twenty-four hours and within forty-eight hours the ant colony should be completely destroyed.
Warning
Avoid the use of instant grits around ducks and geese. Ducks and geese cannot release the gases created by the grits and the grits can also expand inside their stomach just like the ants and cause death.
Hi Carlota, I might experiment with putting grits on the mound and then cover the grits with a tub to keep them dry.
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Grits don't work for me. Tried it several times.
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That I would do if my children plays in my yard, I would put boxes in the colony's without disturbing them . so the children don't step on the colony's.
Thank you.
OAG
does it work on other ants also (carpenter)? merci
I have not tried it on other ants, but I think it would work.
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But they didn’t die, you raked over them…thats why we didn’t see as many ants!
Fire ants : how to kill humans
Humans : how to kill fire ants
Would you like me to send you some fire ants so you can experience the pain they inflict on you?
OldAlabamaGardener I know there pain is like fire in your skin , but that doesn't
Mean you should kill them . Fire are good because they will consume insects and airate the soil so the the plants don't get fungus problems solonopsis and other ants species , sting you because your disturbing there territories and then you start killing them. Man just treat Mother Nature there rights.
Thanks
OAG
Alabama fire ants are no joke
Yep, major pest. Welcome to my videos. Thank you for watching my channel. Please subscribe.
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And here is a tip for those who are unfortunate enough to get fire ants in the house..... I have found that a half and half solution of Dr. Bronner's peppermint castile soap with water in a spray bottle works wonders for driving the little buggers right out of the house!!! I don't know if anyone else makes the peppermint castile soap with the same ingr's and strength as the Dr. B's, but the ants certainly aren't brand conscious, so use whatever comes to hand if you can't find this brand, as long as the formula is pretty close. If you have a health food store anywhere near they should have it, or online on Amazon.
Hello Dellasmom, and welcome to my channel. Thanks for this tip on what to do with fire ants in the house If you haven't already, **I invite you to subscribe** and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by.
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I have to put us to work at my place thanks for the tip God bless you
Let me know how it works for you! Thanks for commenting on this video.
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Orange oil is a fad right now. Equal sweetener much cheaper, much safer, more effective even if it takes several applications
How do you apply it? Mix with water? Put it on dry?
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OldAlabamaGardener just sprinkle it dry close to main entrance. 2 to 4 packets per nest. Repeat about 5 - 7 days until no life is seen when disturbing nest. Kills queen. Safe on all other life forms including pets & kids
@@johnsullivan7628 Sounds interesting. I will get some and try it. Make me wonder what it does to us if we consume it.
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Be patient and persistent and you will not be disappointed
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THEIR jUST TRYING TO LIVE LEAVE THOSE POOR COLONY ALONE
Thank you.
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we don't have orange oil :(
I guess it might not be available everywhere. If you haven't already, *I invite you to subscribe* and watch as I upload more videos during the summer growing season. Thanks for stopping by.
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All you need is a shovel! shovel the top of one ant hill and place it on top of another one and they will fight to the death! It works! They hate each other and will fight to the very last one standing.