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Cheap Ant Killer?

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MimiJane
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Seem to be inundated with flying ants in the garden, anyone got any ideas how to get rid of them (could always try boiling water I suppose). Don't tell me, white vinegar??!!

Thanks.

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  • Careful_Shopper_3
    Careful_Shopper_3 Posts: 78 Forumite
    Vinegar might work but I overheard a group of ants recently warning others to stay away from the baking soda if that's any good!
  • cathy_3
    cathy_3 Posts: 1,500 Forumite
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    Sprinkle sage around affected areas and in cupboard corners this will repel the little boogers

    cucumber peelings sprinkled with salt  leave them around where the ants are  they run away screaming

    strange as it sounds   draw a chalk line on the floor or walls or window sills and they wont walk across it

    and yes    ::) ::)spray neat vinegar on the outside of your windows and polish off with newspaper and they drop down in a coma as soon as they land on the glass

    ;D


    for next years visitors, plant nicotena in the garden they wont go near you they hate the stuff

    ;D
  • Fran
    Fran Posts: 11,280 Forumite
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    Seem to be inundated with flying ants in the garden,
    I don't know if this is right but I've decided it's the mating ants. They're only around for literally a day or two then fly off. At my previous house they were inside in their hundreds and all the other ants came out of holes to see them and pick a mate or two. We were scooping them off the walls and dropping them outside (they get a bit tired after all the excitement).

    Cathy,
    What do you suggest for bruises after slipping on the cucumber peelings (with salt) and landing face first in a pile of sage on your way to the nicotene plant to roll your next fag?! :D ;D ;)
    Torgwen.......... :) ...........
  • cathy_3
    cathy_3 Posts: 1,500 Forumite
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    WITCH HAZEL without a doubt ;D ;D ;D
  • cathy_3
    cathy_3 Posts: 1,500 Forumite
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    anyway how do you know they are Cheap ants?? they just might be very expensive ones, you never know :D
  • MimiJane
    MimiJane Posts: 7,989 Forumite
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    Nothing's that exclusive round here, so I'd definitely say they're "cheap" ants!! ;D

    Thanks for all the tips girls ... I'll look in my cupboards and fridge to see what I have in stock.


    :-*
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  • 16011996
    16011996 Posts: 8,313 Forumite
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    ::) sat here reading this with my three year old who said "why don't you just stand on them, that costs nothing" scary but he's got a point.
  • cwp500
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    Its not necessarily cheap but there is a great liquid ant destroyer called NIPPON. It works by killing the ants in the nest before they start to swarm.

    Apply it to non absorbent surfaces when you see little worker ants. i.e. before the flying monsters swarm.

    The drawback is that you have to be a little patient as initially the workers devour the stuff and you have little clumps of ants gorging themselves before they groggily stumble back to poison the rest of the nest.

    No use on flying ants who are swarming to find new living quarters. Boiling water and good old fly spray are the best here.
    :o Keep trying.........................what else is there to do? :o
  • cwp500
    cwp500 Posts: 530 Forumite
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    cathy wrote: »
    anyway how do you know they are Cheap ants?? they just might be very expensive ones, you never know :D

    I had a cheap aunt once. She always bought me a selection box for xmas right up until I was 21.
    :o Keep trying.........................what else is there to do? :o
  • pigpen
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    Ahem.... Poor petrol on the nest.. sprinkle with sugar.. the ants take the sugar into the nest.. after about an hour of busy activitiy.. light it... WHOOOMMMPPPPHHHHHHHH.. ants gone...

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    And half your own lawn where you walked through and spread it about...


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    If your lucky you avoid the house!!!

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