Barlett Tree service suggested this product to pour on the ground around a tree to kill carpenter ants in the tree. Do you think this would work?
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I think the product works well. Last Spring, most days I saw a couple carpenter ants here and a couple there - outside my house. And in a 1-week period - 3 inside my house (The ones inside my house might have come inside to forage for food because they just woke up from hibernating somewhere outside). I sprinkled about 1/2 bottle around the outside of my house and now I haven't seen any ants - not even the smaller black ones that are usually outside my house. Now that the ants are less of them - or gone, the spiders in the grass have multiplied - More spiders in my house.
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Yes, I've used this many times. About 90% of the time the ants carry it off. A couple of times they've ignored it. I think this is protein based and most of the time the ants go for it. If they take it and they don't seem to reduce in number, put more down.
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From what I read it should be kept out of the elements. I placed it inside the home away from pets , food, and people.
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I don't see why not. I put it around my wooded retaining wall and within a few days there were piles of dead ants all over the place. I haven't seen any more since. And that has been about a year ago.
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Absolutely. Just sprinkle it around tree base. Wait a week and see if you can find any ants.
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that wouldnt be a good idea. its meant for unfished wood (mix with water and paint or spray on) and youd be exposing yourelf to direct contact with poison and it probably wouldnt be very effective because it wouldnt penetrate the finish.
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Probably not for the ants. It probably only works with creatures that eat wood and blocks some enzyme associated with digesting wood. I think it could prevent mold on wood, but if it already has mold, you should replace the wood first.
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Greg, In general its not a wise choice to spray any kind of concentrate for ants. The reasons are many but the big one is that they can detect most any active. And once they detect it, they'll stay off the treated surface and avoid where its been applied. This will usually force them elsewhere and essentially complicate the situation. And since the ants you see represent less 10% of the local nest, even if you did kill all the ones you see it wouldn't solve the problem. So what do you do? Well for starters, don't spray inside the home. Instead use a bait. Something like Maxforce Ant Gel or Optigard Ant Gel. These options will readily be accepted by any foraging ant and within a few days, be brought back to their nest and once ingested, kill a bunch of the colony. At the same time you should spray the homes exterior with a "non repellent" active such as Phantom, Optigard Flex or Dominion. These actives won't be detectable by the ants and in turn, they'll readily walk over the treatment. This will allow them to "transfer" the active to other members of their colony so when the active finally does "kicks in" and goes to work, it will kill most if not the entire nest. That will usually happen in 3-4 days following the initial application. The good news is any ants surviving this will in turn know to stay away from the old ant trails for fear of something "bad" in the area so even if you don't kill them all, the non repellents will usually take care of the problem by forcing them elsewhere. Give us a call if you need more advice; its kind of hard to explain all of this via a post. Cheers, Jonathan Customer Care U-Spray Bugspray
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I've never used it against fire ants or any ants specifically, but it ought to do the trick. This is some awesome stuff. I've mostly used it against Japanese beetles and fleas. Very effectively, mind you.
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Yes. I got it for that purpose, and it seems to have worked (at least on the tree that I used it on). Now the little devils have spread to my other trees and I'll have to treat them as well.
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probably not, and there is no need. I've placed several pea-sized drops on a tree trunk that had an ant nest (ants were going up and down the tree constantly). The ants will find the gel. In my experience, after a couple days, the ants were gone
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It's not a concentrate. Use as is and spray ants from a distance of 8 to 12 inches.
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If you have the "Crazy" or "Raspberry" ants, I don't think there is any specific optimum time. This product stays active for an extended period and keeps killing the ants for months. I would just try to avoid application, just before rainfall to allow the product to permeate the soil or concrete and be effective. The instructions recommend a application every six months and I concur with that.
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I used it for carpenter bees and ants and it worked well. I would try to use it because it has both an insecticide and silicon to act as a dessicant. Easy to use. get the duster and only get the smaller container. It goes far. I bought the gallon size and only needed a small amount to do the whole job (sprayed all my eves and soffit boards. Jim
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I doubt in Jen, works very well and safely on fire ants. You can try PLANT SKYDD it got rid of our rabbit invasion. Good Luck.
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It seems like it would work with hanging it below the trap on the hook. The trap is great in stopping ants as long as you keep water in the cup/trap.
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I've never used it for ants, but I have a neighbor who did and she said it worked great.
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Sorry it took so long to answer back. I've used only on carpenter ant and wasps!! It works great on those two.
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Hi Dorothy, thanks for the question. I actually purchased this for the treatment of carpenter ants! I had a terrible invasion in a dead Fig tree limb, you should have seen them! Unfortunately I cannot post links here, but if you go to YouTube and search "boric acid kill ants" I'd suggest the videos by CupRockTv as well as gregthegardner. I don't own those videos, but I just did a bit if checking for you and I can recommend them. Let me know if you need anything else and have a fantastic day! -Nic
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Works with swarming carpenter ants. Fire ants usually found outside and there are many products to eradicate those.
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yo. dont waste your money- i put this bait out ants wouldnt get near it and when i put them on it they would run for cover your best bet is to mix 0ne half cup borax soap and one cup sugar this will do the trick good luck!!!!!!