Hello all from Arizona! Well here it is in a nut shell....Fire ants. There are no visable mounds, the exterminator lays down some sort of pellet kill and they are back. I believe they maybe be the 'Southern Fire Ant' as opposed to the 'Red Imported'. As a nudist who spends a great deal of time in the yard, I want the biting little buggers gone for good! Whatever method it has to be safe for pets. Any good long term solutions short of torching the yard? (It is desert landscape so that could be an extreme option!)
Hello all from Arizona! Well here it is in a nut shell....Fire ants. There are no visable mounds, the exterminator lays down some sort of pellet kill and they are back. I believe they maybe be the 'Southern Fire Ant' as opposed to the 'Red Imported'. As a nudist who spends a great deal of time in the yard, I want the biting little buggers gone for good! Whatever method it has to be safe for pets. Any good long term solutions short of torching the yard? (It is desert landscape so that could be an extreme option!)
Well, like the previous member mentioned GRITS....I also read that adding orange peelings to boiling water and let simmer few minutes---then pour hot mix over mound or opening where you see them coming out... also read that boiling lots of garlic cloves in water, then pouring it over area works too. And, one final one I read.....cheap baby powder sprinkled along areas where you see them traveling. Good Luck!
I heard on a gardening program on local radio that Roundup and the like are inefectual on ivy, and the only effective thing is to just pull it out. I've been doing that, but there is this on stubborn strand that just keeps coming back. It's hard to get as it is sprouting up through the branches of a shrub I'd like to keep. Oh well, at least it gives me a good excuse to get outdoors instead of staying inside and painting, lol!
I heard on a gardening program on local radio that Roundup and the like are inefectual on ivy, and the only effective thing is to just pull it out. I've been doing that, but there is this on stubborn strand that just keeps coming back. It's hard to get as it is sprouting up through the branches of a shrub I'd like to keep. Oh well, at least it gives me a good excuse to get outdoors instead of staying inside and painting, lol!
Ivy is a tough one. The main root ball may be 20 feet from the part you see. The plant will grow along the ground an start new root balls along the way. Your desired plants should take quite a beating unless it is frail like a orchid. I would suggest you take a nice morning and dig, following the root, to remove the "balls" from the ivy. Most plant roots will do fine if a clean cut to the roots is applied so your desirables should be ok if you prune theroots you expose. Get all the root and ballsand it can't come back. You will dig a lot by hand doing this so be very careful of glass or other sharp objectsin the soil.
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