Fire Ants - Club Soda will do them in!

Should work on almost any ANT colony....try it.

Well worth a try............. SEND TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. This is a new twist to killing fire ant colonies. For those not familiar with Walter Reeves, he is from the University of Georgia agriculture department, specializing in home gardening. His television show, 'Gardening in Georgia ', is on each Saturday. I know fire ants are picky eaters and any type poison that is effective takes seven feeding steps before the queen receives it. Plus, if the bait is stored in close proximity to any petroleum or fertilizer products they won't touch it. Contact poisons that are on the market just cause the colony to move away. A well developed colony can be as deep as 30 feet and spread out some 20 to 50 feet from the mound center... This was documented by studies done in the early 60's when they were first sited in South Alabama . An environmentally friendly cure for fire ants has been announced by Walter Reeves on his Georgia Gardener radio program. Testimonials that it REALLY WORKS are coming in. Simply pour two cups of CLUB SODA (carbonated water) directly in the center of a fire ant mound. The carbon dioxide in the water is heavier than air and displaces the oxygen which suffocates the queen and the other ants. The whole colony will be dead within about two days. Besides eliminating the ants, club soda leaves no poisonous residue, does not contaminate the ground water, and does not indiscriminately kill other insects. It is not harmful to your pets, soaks into the ground. Each mound must be treated individually and a one liter bottle of club soda will kill 2 to 3 mounds. Spread the word. ====================================================== Club soda won't kill fire ants, but this recipe will  26 0 A Text Size   By KARA KUNKEL / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News Published: 10 March 2010 02:55 AM The information in the e-mail sounds too good to be true: Pouring club soda (carbonated water) onto a fire ant mound will kill the ferocious little ankle-biters. That's the problem: It isn't true. According to entomologists, this false remedy has been making the rounds of e-mail contact lists, blogs and other Internet postings. One recent version claims that Walter Reeves, a gardening expert and retired University of Georgia cooperative extension agent, advocates club soda to vanquish fire ants. He does not, as he has stated on his Web site, www.walterreeves.com. A recent flurry of questions about the alleged remedy spurred fire ant experts at Texas A&M to write news releases to post online. One of their colleagues, Elizabeth "Wizzie" Brown, an integrated pest management specialist with Texas AgriLife Extension, tested the club soda remedy last year and found that it did not work. Pouring club soda onto a mound did little more than "produce lots of impressive bubbling action," she said. People are attracted to this home remedy because it uses a readily available product and does not harm the environment, Texas AgriLife researchers say. Disturbing fire ants by pouring liquid into the nest may cause them to move into other parts of their extensive underground and multiple-mound tunnel system, but club soda won't suffocate the ants with carbon dioxide, says Dr. Mike Merchant, a professor and entomologist with Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Dallas. Fire ant baits are the most effective way to control fire ants, and they work best when broadcast over a large area to reach even undetected ants and mounds, Merchant says. Howard Garrett, who writes a weekly organic gardening column for The Dallas Morning News, estimates he received more than 100 inquiries about the club soda remedy, which he categorizes as wishful thinking. His organic treatment can be mixed in the kitchen or purchased ready to use (dirtdoctor.com). Howard Garrett's fire ant killer To make Garrett Juice, mix the following in 1 gallon of water: 1cup compost tea 1 ounce molasses 1 ounce apple cider vinegar 1 ounce liquid seaweed Add 2 ounces orange oil to a gallon of Garrett Juice and drench the fire ant mound. Repeat as needed. http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/home-and-gardening/headlines/20100310-Club-soda-won-t-kill-fire-3988.ece