[TheForge] OT: Fire ants Not killed by Club Soda..

[Bruce Freeman]

Anhydrous ammonia will kill any animal it contacts.  Including you.

Don't start messing with anhydrous ammonia on a whim.  Farmers who use
the stuff (as fertilizer) have to be certified in its use, I
understand.

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 12:40 AM,  <dann at wctatel.net> wrote:
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> According to Snopes,  they went back and called Walter Reeves, the Georgia
> professor that was quoted:  It is False.   Walter Reeves didn't say that,
> and he says the Club Soda method doesn't kill the ants.
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> http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/fireants.asp
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> But I do wonder if anhydrous amonia would do the trick. That is an old
> farmer's method to kill gophers, and other critters that live underground.
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> Dann
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>> From: Faye Hurst
>> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:33 PM
>> Subject: FW: Fire ants
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>> Got problems with these vicious creatures?  Maybe this will help.  It's
>> worth a try.
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>> Fire Ants
>> 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.
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Bruce
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