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Treatment
Options
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Ant
mounds can be shoveled out of the garden (using special
precautions) or treated with very hot water, taking care
not to disturb the mound or allow hot water to contact
garden plants, people, or animals.
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2 |
Only
a few products are specfically registered for treating imported
fire ants in home gardens, including Greenlight® Fire
Ant Control with Conserve® (spinosad). The bait product
Extinguish®, which contains methroprene, is registered
for use in "cropland". Other bait products are
not specifcially registerd for use inside home vegatbale
gardens, although they can be applied outside the garden's
perimeter. Foraging ants from colonies both inside and outside
the garden will collect the bait and take it to their colonies. |
3 |
A
number of contact insecticides are registered to treat "ants" in
home vegetable gardens, such as those containing carbaryl,
pyrethrins, pyrethrins plus diatomaceous earth. Some are granular
products containing carbaryl, carbaryl plus metaldehyde, or
pyrethroid insecticides including cyfluthrin or esfenvalerate.
These are available for treating other "soil insects" and
may provide some control of fire ant foragers. Follow closely
directions and pre-harvest intervals indicated on the product
label when using a pesticide on and around food plants. |
4 |
To
prevent ants from entering a garden, manage fire ants properly
in the surrounding landscape. Products registered for controlling
ants in turfgrass can be applied outside the perimeter
of the garden as a barrier, or used to treat individual
mounds near the garden.
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