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RVcrazy
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Apr 05, 2015

Breathable rugs

Do these rugs keep fire ants off/away from the patio? Thanks!

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  • Take a shovel full of one mound and dump it on a different mound, watch the ant gladiators go at it! They stay busy and leave you alone.

    Dump fine corn meal or grits on em, they eat them and the moisture in their body swells the corn up and they pop
  • RVcrazy, when you find that simple solution that actually works, patent it, sell it and make a billion dollars off those of us that live in fireant country.

    We all just chase them around or into our neighbors yard. It is a continual battle to keep them at bay.
  • Pour club soda on the mounds, about 1/2 a 2 liter bottle. Works in our backyard here in TX.
  • Thanks! We are getting tired of dodging fire ants and we're looking for a simple solution... We use ant killer, but new mounds show up the next day inches away.

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