Borax Ant Killer.-- Cheap and Effective

Excellent. Thank you.

I like cheap and effective.

We've just always used powdered sugar with the Borax, as a dry powder the borax sticks to the ants, they take it back to nest, game over....

Been doing that for years, works great.
I keep the mix in an old Parmesan cheese can and shake it all over the place.
When moisture gets in it forms solid lumps, I toss these around and it works just as well.

Keep in mind that Borax is not recommend to be used around pets. Don't use it where pets will walk or lay.

No Borax With Pets

2gypsies wrote:
Keep in mind that Borax is not recommend to be used around pets. Don't use it where pets will walk or lay.

No Borax With Pets

For a lot of reasons it is also not real safe around children. Please keep them out of it. For more information PM me.

With that mess spread all around doesn't RV get sticky :B


I just use 'dry mix' and sprinkle

I had to get rid of some ants but where they were I did not wish to use any harsh chemical ant killer.. So I used BAKING SODA.. Yup, worked too.

here is an article I found on the internet.. it is text (or converted to text) to save bandwidth.

Ants are everywhere at the moment. They have even found their way into my kitchen and I am just about at my whits end. I don’t like to use harsh chemicals because of my dogs so I went searching for the best organic methods to get rid of them for good.

I have tried all 10 and all seem to work. Some take longer than others and depending on what type of ant you are actually dealing with. Check out all 10 and let me know if you end up trying any. If you have any other ways to rid them please let me know also and I will test it out and put it on this article.
10 Organic Ways To Kill Ants For Good:

1. Baking soda is poisonous to ants, sprinkle it around your plants to ensure ants will stay away.

2. Flour & Baby Powder will keep ants from reaching your plants, ants will not cross the powder – so circle your plants with it.

3. You can use coffee grounds, chili powder, cinnamon, peppermint or black pepper. All deter ants and if you pour coffee grounds directly on an anthill, they will eat the coffee grounds and implode.

4. Grits, instant rice & cream of wheat can be sprinkled around plants. The ant will eat a piece of whichever you sprinkle, drink water and the grain expands and kills the ant.

5. Fill a spray bottle with 1 part vinegar and 1 part water and spray on plants. The acid in vinegar will kills ants.

6. Mix together one-third cup of molasses, six tablespoons of sugar, and six tablespoons of active dry yeast into a smooth paste. Use the mixture to coat strips of cardboard. Keep out of reach of pets and small children. You can leave mixture on a saucer outside anthill and they’ll eat it and die!

7. Fold contact paper in half, with the sticky side out and make a circle around base of plant. The ants get stuck on the paper – problem solved.

8. Cut off the bottom of a paper cup and cut a slit up the side of the cup and coat outside with Vaseline and place around base of plant. You can also use packing tape.

9. Mix one cup of borax, two-thirds a cup sugar and one cup water. Dip cotton balls in the solution and place in areas near your anthill Ants will leave the plants alone and ingest the sweet mixture. The borax kills the ants.

10. Diatomaceous earth is a commonly sold organic pesticide that will destroy the insects outer skeletons, causing the pests to die from dehydration.

That sounds like a lot of mixing and farting around to create a sticky mess.

I read through a lot of posts always looking for new ideas or to help out. Boraxo has been used for years and I often see campsites that still have a pattern were he tires were situated.

What I found interesting in this thread was the use of an old Parmesan container for spreading the powder...good idea.

Just be sure to re-label the cheese shakers when using them for poison!