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Re: Ants are driving me mad!!!

Post by malcontent » Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:50 pm

Rechargeable batteries are the exception, they need to go in your carryon.

Here is the one I bought, it’s fairly compact and was less than $5… has successfully killed a lot of unwanted plant growth around my and my in-laws’ place.

https://www.spectracide.com/products/we ... edger.aspx
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Re: Ants are driving me mad!!!

Post by Lisafuller » Thu, 30 Nov 2023 3:28 pm

We've got weeds growing in the cracks of the brick outside. We pluck and pluck but they come back. Sometimes they show up in the grout though I have no explanation for that.

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Re: Ants are driving me mad!!!

Post by malcontent » Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:55 am

Lisafuller wrote:
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 3:28 pm
We've got weeds growing in the cracks of the brick outside. We pluck and pluck but they come back. Sometimes they show up in the grout though I have no explanation for that.
Exactly! This stuff I bought kills the root, so they don’t come back.
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Re: Ants are driving me mad!!!

Post by Max Headroom » Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:50 am

malcontent wrote:
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:55 am
Lisafuller wrote:
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 3:28 pm
We've got weeds growing in the cracks of the brick outside. We pluck and pluck but they come back. Sometimes they show up in the grout though I have no explanation for that.


Exactly! This stuff I bought kills the root, so they don’t come back.
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Re: Ants are driving me mad!!!

Post by abbby » Sun, 10 Dec 2023 10:17 am

I'll find the source of the holes where the ants come and take blue tac to seal off the holes and they usually disappear after.
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Re: Ants are driving me mad!!!

Post by malcontent » Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:50 am

Max Headroom wrote:
Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:50 am
malcontent wrote:
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:55 am
Lisafuller wrote:
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 3:28 pm
We've got weeds growing in the cracks of the brick outside. We pluck and pluck but they come back. Sometimes they show up in the grout though I have no explanation for that.


Exactly! This stuff I bought kills the root, so they don’t come back.
Mal, life will find a way.
Agree… but usually they don’t sprout up in the same location that was treated. The chemical seems to keep the area inhospitable to new growth - at least so far (over a year and counting). Chemicals in products like this from the US tend to be highly potent. This one even says it’s water resistant after so many minutes.
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Re: Ants are driving me mad!!!

Post by malcontent » Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:57 am

abbby wrote:
Sun, 10 Dec 2023 10:17 am
I'll find the source of the holes where the ants come and take blue tac to seal off the holes and they usually disappear after.
That can work, sometimes… if the ants don’t find or make a new hole, and if that’s the only nest.

But I have to say, nothing I’ve used so far beats Terro ant bait - whatever ants you’ve got (known or unknown), they will eventually take the bait and share it with all the others… ensuring their demise.
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