Don't know if this works, or not, but it can't hurt to try
it.
--- On Fri, 1/15/10,
Subject:
Fw: This is a new twist to killing fire ant colonies
Date: Friday,
January 15, 2010, 11:41 AM
> Subject: FW: This is a new twist to
killing
> fire ant colonies
>
>
>
> For
those not familiar with Walter
> Reeves, he is from the
University
> of Georgia
> agriculture department,
specializing in
> home gardening. His television show, 'Gardening
in
> Georgia', is on each Saturday.
>
> I know fire
ants are picky eaters and any type poison that
> is effective
takes seven feeding steps before the queen
> receives it. Plus, if
the bait is stored in close proximity
> to any petroleum or
fertilizer products they won't touch
> it. Contact poisons that
are on the market just cause the
> colony to move away. A well
developed colony can be as deep
> as 30 feet and spread
out
> some 20 to 50 feet from the mound center... This
was
> documented by studies done in the early 60's when
they
> were first sited in South Alabama.
>
> An
environmentally friendly cure for fire ants has been
> announced
by Walter Reeves on his Georgia Gardener radio
> program.
Testimonials that it REALLY WORKS are coming in.
>
> Simply
pour two cups of CLUB SODA (carbonated water)
> directly in the
center of a fire ant mound. The carbon
> dioxide in the water is
heavier than air and
> displaces the oxygen which suffocates the
queen and the
> other ants. The whole colony will be dead within
about two
> days.
>
> Besides eliminating the ants,
club soda leaves no poisonous
> residue, does not contaminate the
ground
> water, and does not indiscriminately kill
> other
insects. It is not harmful to your pets, soaks into
> the ground.
Each
> mound must be treated individually and a one liter
bottle
> of club soda will kill 2 to 3 mounds.
>
>
Spread the
> word.
>
>
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