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savanna
Farmgirl in Training
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rita
cisco
texas
USA
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 Posted - Feb 22 2009 : 2:53:27 PM
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Hey Ya'll - hope your Sunday is a beautiful day. It's sun shine wall to wall here. We had fellowship Sunday at church today and we have so many young family's there, the babies were so cute, I just want to hold all of them.
Well, on to my question if you don't mind indulging me again.What do you do about fire ants in the veg. garden and the green house?
Tryed to just live with them , but they don't want to share. 
Does anyone have any ideas how to stay organic and still get rid of them (my patience has ran out with the beggers) 
"I would rather be on my farm than be an emperor of the world"
-George Washington
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Edited by - savanna on Feb 22 2009 4:28:19 PM |
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 23 2009 : 08:48:30 AM
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hi savanna, and welcome to the site.
i dont know if there is a simple solution to the fire ant dilemna, but i.m with ya on the non toxic solution.
the only one i have ever heard of is howard garretts, aka the dirt doctor. he probably has a site, and i know he has a lot of info about organic gardenting.
hope that helps.
love
frannie in texas
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 23 2009 : 09:05:50 AM
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Someone recommended Splenda gets rid of them, though I don't know what it does to other creatures that could get into it. Salt maybe???
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 23 2009 : 09:07:49 AM
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I read somewhere grits too can work and coffee grounds in your planters.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 09:16:08 AM
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Mother Earth Magazine has a Organic Remedies for Garden pests.
They recomend Spinosad.
Diana
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ClaireSky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Arcadia
WI
USA
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Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 09:19:49 AM
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I have always used the peeling of a cucumber. Just put the peelings where you see the ants. By morning the ants should be gone. It has always worked for me. It was passed down to me from my Father.
Julie
Farmgirl Sister #399
West-Central WI Farmgirls
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 6:42:51 PM
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cucmber peeling! Wow! Let me tell you, I live in the heart of fire ant country, and I have never heard that. I am going to try it. Over the years we have tried boiling water, all the bad poisons, everything we knew how to do. I think that if you peeled up the upper layer of soil in the entire southeat, it would be ONE BIG FIRE ANT HILL.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 26 2009 : 06:39:41 AM
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| Howard Garrett, "the Texas Dirt Doctor" says that cumbled tansy leaves get rid of fire ants, so guess what I am going to be trying this season? By the way Rita......You should think about Farmgirls on the Loose if you are the adventerous type.....you don't live THAT far away from me...lol...we could get into all kinds of Farmgirl trouble together!!....lol....Kelley |
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 26 2009 : 06:41:48 AM
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| oh...hello Frannie...you're in bonham...also not that far from me...lol.....Are you the adventerous type, too?....Maybe you're another future Farmgirl on the Loose!!! |
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