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Post by **sundown** » September 12th, 2007, 9:34 pm

Does anybody know of a good pesticide to treat fire ants ? I tried everything Lowes sells and all I can do is get em to move about five ft...first rain and another big hill...I got two acres of backyard full of em ! any advice much appreciated !

Post by **birddog** » September 12th, 2007, 9:35 pm

Amdro works pretty well as long as you follow their program. Also Talstar. We use both around the plantation and have had good success. Kinda pricey though

Post by **sundown** » September 12th, 2007, 9:39 pm

I used Amdro and its probably the best of what I've tried so far this summer..I know there are some agricultural chemicals that aint readily available to the homeowner that are spose to do real good....

Post by **Barhopr** » September 12th, 2007, 9:52 pm

make friends with a sod farmer. They deal with it all the time

Post by **Tom Keels** » September 12th, 2007, 9:55 pm

If you fertilize your yard use Scotts Bonus S Max. I used to have a huge problem with fire ants. I used this once in the spring and did not have a bed crop up for 2 years. I do it every spring in April and it is awesome.

http://www.scotts.com/index.cfm/event/P ... CAA4E86C13

Post by **birddog** » September 13th, 2007, 5:28 am

Talstar

Post by **Dubble Trubble** » September 13th, 2007, 6:07 am

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Small ... mandua.cfm

Post by **Chalk** » September 13th, 2007, 7:46 am

I believe there is the Lowes version of Amdro and the commercial version...you want the commercial one...it has a higher concentrate

Post by **birddog** » September 13th, 2007, 8:17 am

BIGD · Post by **BIGD** » September 13th, 2007, 8:56 am

I treat for fire ants and had the same problem were having then after applying ant stuf i added about 1 gallon of water to mound next day u could see dead ants all over mound try that and let me know back.

Post by **snatch-n-reel** » September 13th, 2007, 10:07 am

Talstar is a product that will work but is a contact killer. (The ants have to come in contact with the insecticide for it to work.) With the Amdro from lowes. This product has a very low active ingredient (home owner) product and you will never get the results that you want unless you chase ant beds around your yard everyday. The best way to control ants in your yard is to use a product called Cease Fire which is a ant bait $15.97 for #2 jug. once you have baited all of the beds in your yard then come back with a product called Top Choice (Bayer) #50 $145.00 this is a professional product that controls ant for 12 months and is backed by Bayer. You can get both of these product at Lesco in Tallahassee. I'm the manager. Give me a call with any question 850-514-1844. Ask for Pat.

Post by **MudDucker** » September 13th, 2007, 11:52 am

birddog wrote:Talstar

bbb · Post by **bbb** » September 13th, 2007, 12:01 pm

snatch-n-reel wrote:Talstar is a product that will work but is a contact killer. (The ants have to come in contact with the insecticide for it to work.)

So I can stir up the bed real good with a stick, poor the Talstar on it and run.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Jumptrout51** » September 13th, 2007, 8:24 pm

Diesel Fuel.

Post by **Charles** » September 13th, 2007, 8:43 pm

I've been having very good results with Bengal UltraDust2x Fire Ant Killer. Don't know what the specific poison is, and I'm too durn lazy to go out to the shed right now and look. I just stir up the mound, dust it, and go do something else for 5-10 minutes, then come back to watch them little buggers doin' the kickin' chicken.