Thanks - I live in one the states which still requires a license. But since I know about the stuff, I can ask our exterminator to apply some. I didn't realize that it could last so long.anyone can buy stuff I used to have to have a license to get from this site.
There are generics that might get you around termidors label, just search for fipronil, the active ingredient.
Just wow . . .
Truth be told I try very hard to use natural remedies or products / ideas when and where I can.After reading several posts above about using insecticides to address the OP's ant problem, let there be no misinterpretation of my recommending non-poisonous duct seal that I'm a raging environmentalist / tree hugger.
Oh, yeah....I was squirttin' some new spring weeds last weekend in the pea gravel bed that surrounds my house with go ol' Roundup......Truth be told I try very hard to use natural remedies or products / ideas when and where I can.
We have super short summers here and having tried most of the common recommendations and weeks going by with no positive movement.
Had to break down and use some chemicals.
Our neighbor has what they term a hobby farm. So they provided us some commercial round up.Oh, yeah....I was squirttin' some new spring weeds last weekend in the pea gravel bed that surrounds my house with go ol' Roundup......
I gotta admit....I didn't think of that for these weeds and it would be perfect because it's pure pea gravel, no flowers or shrubs....just weeds.Which obviously led me to go buy a huge blow torch!
Ants normally I have not found to be problematic ..
Like you I’ve seen and been around them for years. But, for whatever reason never pushed forward to buy one.I gotta admit....I didn't think of that for these weeds and it would be perfect because it's pure pea gravel, no flowers or shrubs....just weeds.
I've got 3 of the 5 gal. propane tanks that I keep full for my propane portable generator so no problem with getting a torch on the end of a hose with a wand. I've seen those things all my life and I must have forgotten about them. I used to see the contractors in the roadway heating the asphalt with one for a few seconds before applying the reflective lane delineators that were pre-coated with epoxy; the heat would accelerate the curing of the epoxy and strengthen the bond.
Thanks, man!
OK, just picked up the propane torch at Harbor Freight on my way back form the podiatrist. It looks a lot like yours: 6-1/2 foot hose, Piezo push-button ignition, connector for 25 lb. propane tank. The plan is to sit the tank in my 4 wheel garden cart and pull it with one hand while I wield the torch in the other. I plan to mow some grass later today and if the wind will die down a bit I'll light this puppy off and burn some weeds. Gotta watch out, I've heard that my late uncle was a pyromaniac......
That’s great to hear as I’m sure you’ll see the benefits now and in the long term.OK, just picked up the propane torch at Harbor Freight on my way back form the podiatrist. It looks a lot like yours: 6-1/2 foot hose, Piezo push-button ignition, connector for 25 lb. propane tank. The plan is to sit the tank in my 4 wheel garden cart and pull it with one hand while I wield the torch in the other. I plan to mow some grass later today and if the wind will die down a bid I'll light this puppy off and burn some weeds. Gotta watch out, I've heard that my late uncle was a pyromaniac......
