JBS Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 Can anyone recommend a way of treating a monumental red ant infestation? We have just moved in to our new home, the garden is about .25 of an acre but is completely unusable at the minute, every footstep brings red ants to the surface, there are mounds in the grass everywhere… some visible and some not, I’ve never seen anything like it!! The house hadn’t been lived in for a couple of years and I think they have just run wild, the kids can’t go in the garden and we can’t even sit on the patio! Im thinking an agricultural spec insecticide is going to be the only way to go unless anyone has any suggestions? All help greatly appreciated as the kids are covered in bites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuffy Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 Get a pet anteater , ooorrr cut the grass real short and let the burds have at them ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 find the nest and pour loads of boiling water into it............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 NOPE, Good reports of this doing the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 I use the white generic ant killer powder. Works very well. Most places will sell it in a plastic cylinder like Vim or Ajax used to come in. For those under sixty in a plastic cylinder like a Shanke n' Vac container. In lay a line about two inches across around the outside of the house where they enter. For a lawn I'd suggest a light dusting in a test area. Yes a 1/4 acre is large but if you find the colony's nest entrance a tube will do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 hope this dosnt end up like the mole thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) Nippon ant powder in the holes. Or diotomic powder put down the nests should kill them,If that don't work, burn them out with petrol. Edited July 1, 2021 by figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 There are plenty of home made recipes for Ant killer using Boric Acid (easy to buy), basically you add sugar and water in a plastic bottle and shake it till your arms are about to fall off then put a few drops under tiles or anything to prevent rain washing it away, will take around 10-14 days to wipe them out but you will need to keep treating them to stop them returning. Or just buy the ready made bait stations but not cheap for a large garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 10 hours ago, enfieldspares said: I use the white generic ant killer powder. Works very well. Most places will sell it in a plastic cylinder like Vim or Ajax used to come in. For those under sixty in a plastic cylinder like a Shanke n' Vac container. In lay a line about two inches across around the outside of the house where they enter. For a lawn I'd suggest a light dusting in a test area. Yes a 1/4 acre is large but if you find the colony's nest entrance a tube will do the job. Vim or Azax, do they still sell this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 1 hour ago, harrycatcat1 said: Vim or Azax, do they still sell this? Is this stuff any good? I googled "kill red ants" and it came up with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 1 hour ago, harrycatcat1 said: Vim or Azax, do they still sell this? Yes they do Harry , in our village shop it is now 3s/5d way up from 2s /11d which had been the same price for donkey years , inflation have finally found a way into our well guarded county, and would you believe it there is a lot of old squit going about of changing our pounds , shillings and pence into decimal coinage , now I can't see that happening for a while , can you ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 57 minutes ago, marsh man said: Yes they do Harry , in our village shop it is now 3s/5d way up from 2s /11d which had been the same price for donkey years , inflation have finally found a way into our well guarded county, and would you believe it there is a lot of old squit going about of changing our pounds , shillings and pence into decimal coinage , now I can't see that happening for a while , can you ? That's outrageous an increase of 6d???? A tanner rise is taking the mickey 🤔🤔🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) try this https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/lawn-garden/a29562176/ants-blow-up-backyard/ oops link doesn't work - hopefully fixed Edited July 2, 2021 by discobob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 11 hours ago, harrycatcat1 said: That's outrageous an increase of 6d???? A tanner rise is taking the mickey 🤔🤔🤣 Wow! A whole 6d. What my late father had left from a £1 whilst Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. Don't believe it? Tax at 97.5%? Well George Harriuson wrote a song about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoolinDalton Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Why not have a quiet word with the Russian uncles and ask them to take their wives back home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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