THE EASY WAY TO KILL FIRE ANTS 🐜 DEAD - NO MUSS... NO FUSS

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  • @SouthernPioneer1965
    @SouthernPioneer1965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Licensed Florida pest control operator...We use this product here in Florida for small fire ant mounds. We use a product called top choice for
    Removing fire ants completely from
    Large property such as cow pastures...after 29 years in business
    These are the only two products that work for our customers and we guarantee both ...

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Never heard of Top Choice.
      Looks like it takes a little longer to work, but maybe works longer.
      Thanks for the recommendation.

  • @badassmommy6527
    @badassmommy6527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Ant wars work just as well and no poison needed. All you need is two separate ant hills. Take a scoop from one and put it onto the hill of the other and vice-versa . They will battle until all ants from both hills are dead.

    • @dellasmalley6097
      @dellasmalley6097 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Badass momma thank u so much for this info. Ya all have a gd week n take care

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I've heard that, but few people have ever told me it worked for them.
      Be careful as you carry the scoop of ants... they will crawl up the shovel and GET you! 😎

    • @TheNCGardener
      @TheNCGardener 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      who holds the shovel? Not me.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      HerdDat 😎

    • @royhoco5748
      @royhoco5748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@BIGALTX spray WD-40 or lithium grease on the lower end of the shovel handle to prevent ants crawling up the handle

  • @annalawler6970
    @annalawler6970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I was advised to put an old milk crate over the mounds where I put poison to keep other animals from getting into it

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That might work for chickens!

  • @kareneckels4453
    @kareneckels4453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I took your word as a fellow Texas and ordered through your link. Thanks for the information!

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hope you like it!
      Let me know how it works for you.

  • @pbrenneraz
    @pbrenneraz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for another good option - I'm going to get some of this for other areas of my property. I found your youtube channel a couple of years ago looking for how to get rid of fire ants. Based on your video, I bought a gallon of Bifen I/T and it has worked well. I'm on 7.5 acres in the Texas hill country and we have those pesky suckers also. Amdro has worked for me, but the chickens would also try to eat it (but not the ants, dagnabbit). The Bifen worked great and no poisoned chickens. It also worked on chinch bugs in my small area of St Augustine. Love your videos, thank you!

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching!

    • @Jimfabbio
      @Jimfabbio 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So did ambro work better for you or bifen?

    • @pbrenneraz
      @pbrenneraz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Jimfabbio I like the bifen much more than the amdro. I also use it around the perimeter of my house. The gallon jug of bifen is lasting a long time too - I've only used about 1/2 of it in 2 years.

  • @ntme6506
    @ntme6506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I have had good success with boiling water. You need a large pot though +2 gallons. Helps if you make a whole in the center of the mound first.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've heard of very few people that used boiling water successfully. Can't remember if I ever tried it or not.
      Why? Because the risk of carrying boiling water around on 2 acres is much greater than using something like this.
      Be careful. That's a good way to really hurt yourself. 😎

    • @NunYaO
      @NunYaO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I use my crawfish pot. It gets even those monster mounds we get in Texas!

    • @NunYaO
      @NunYaO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BIGALTX I use boiling water because I'm on 38 acres on the coast and can't use most pesticides because they'll runoff and kill ocean wildlife. I just haul the pot, the 5gal of water, and the propane rig to the location of the ant mound and boil it there.

    • @MrSymbolic7
      @MrSymbolic7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NunYaO It does work very well, I live on the Texas Coast as well !

    • @cookmaster3626
      @cookmaster3626 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I have used boiling water and it has worked but it killed the grass around the mound and took few months to grow back. I use Orthene white powder now and it works well.

  • @janewalker1731
    @janewalker1731 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In Australia we can buy Bifenthrin in a granule (called Ant Killa). I've found it to work well. For organic control orange oil with a concentrated dish washing liquid works fast, but you need to stir up the next with a metal stick to get to the queen fast before they remove her.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Great tip. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻 😊

  • @susan-almosta_farm8823
    @susan-almosta_farm8823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well shoot the bed! I'm in NE Texas and live with fifty billion trillion fire ants and when I saw this vlog, I immediately ordered the Advion. First time I put it out on some small to medium size mounds, it worked! yay!! But I have 2 larger mounds that I have treated 3 times now and they are still alive! :(

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Give it a little time.
      Make sure it doesn't get rained on... or a heavy dew.

  • @royhoco5748
    @royhoco5748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bengal and Extinguish are very effective, broadcast Extinguish twice a year like fertilizer. Bengal is powder form sprinkled on the nest works in 24 hrs.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good to know... thanks Roy!

  • @midsouthhomestead7527
    @midsouthhomestead7527 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi from Southwest TN.
    Thanks.
    I just used your link to purchase this ant killer.
    I will let you know how it works.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, thanks, and yes... let me know.
      It works very well for me 👍😎

  • @lolitabonita08
    @lolitabonita08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    try orange oil mixed with dishwasher soap and then apply it...gone!!!

  • @jarnold8803
    @jarnold8803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is advion labeled for use around honeybees and other pests. Ps was in mineola the other day and stopped at Bob wells nursery. Knowledgeable people

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know, but since it's only used on the ground, I don't see honey bees being interested in it.

  • @cores10
    @cores10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've heard if you allow orange peels to moss out the green and bluish stuff, then place those next to the ants, they will collect the moss which keeps its population in control. I haven't really tried it since I haven had any problems with ants, yet I do have a lot of rotten orange peels in the compost, it might be acting like a deterrent without me knowing.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      👍😎

  • @whatfreedom7
    @whatfreedom7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have a massive network of fire ants in my backyard. They are at my back door across my whole back wall. I followed their trail and it goes over 120 ft across the yard pas my fence line to some overgrowth area then I loose it. I think they may have a nest under a pile of old rubble I found. They are also in my tree. When I go to the rubble area the trails seem to go multiple directions like a highway and they even have trenches worn into the ground they have so much traffic. I’ll have to try this stuff.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It works for me.
      Here's the Link to a 2 LB canister of Advion Fire Ant Bait: amzn.to/3ohFyNQ

    • @whatfreedom7
      @whatfreedom7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BIGALTX thanks, it’s worth it instead of wasting money on multiple other brands that don’t work.

    • @underthetornado
      @underthetornado หลายเดือนก่อน

      AMDRO

    • @whatfreedom7
      @whatfreedom7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So i finally gave up and lost a 2 year battle with these ants. I tried everything on the shelf and even a few off Amazon. Nothing phased these ants. I finally called an exterminator and it turns out they weren’t fire ants but he thought they might be Argentine ants. The guy said he’d never seen anything like what I had going on. There not only made little highways but were also making paths up all the trees. Just every where you look just thousands of ants. He admitted he wasn’t even sure he could get rid of them. He also told me the advion and optiguard was the good stuff and they ate it like candy. He sprayed something all over the place and used granuals and some other stuff . One day later finally saw good results and by the end of day two they were almost completely gone.

  • @Jimfabbio
    @Jimfabbio 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you have lots of ant hills ..tried professional didnt work..in meantime..I havent mowed for over a month...Do you NOT MOW before you treat ants!?? I also have fire ants afraid to disturb with mower ir trimmer...but my yard is over grown! Please help

  • @EDLaw-wo5it
    @EDLaw-wo5it 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have 3 dogs and I am afraid of using topical. Does the warning label mention pets? thanks for the tip. We have plenty of the little buggers in Okla. Havagudun TP.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I really don't know.
      Here's the label: www.syngentapmp.com/current-label/advion-fire-ant-bait

  • @occamsrazor7939
    @occamsrazor7939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was told that when you sprinkle around the outside of the mound and not on the mound. Don't disturb the mound. There are feeder openings around the mounds.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Makes sense to me 👍

  • @lelandshanks4759
    @lelandshanks4759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well T.P., we got em up here in OK., best thing we found is Terro liquid, break off end of vial poke in center of mound let gravity take it down. Gone in 24 hrs. Guaranteed.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll check out Terro, thanks!

  • @occamsrazor7939
    @occamsrazor7939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Alan

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are very welcome

  • @oleman490
    @oleman490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OH SOAP AND WATER MIXTURE DID GIVE ME TIME TO MOVE GROW BAG FROM PLACE TO PLACE FOR SHADE CONTROL;;;LOL;;;LEARNED THE SOAP METHOD WHILE CROPPIE FISHIN FROM BANK YEARS AGO;;;KEPT SOAP MIXTURE IN SPRAY BOTTLE FOR CAMP CLEANIN;;;ALL I HAD TO TRY TO DETER SO COULD FISH AND IT WORKED BUT HAD TO KEEP SPRAYIN OCCASIONALLY;;;LOL;;;LOTS ANT BITES AND FEW FISH;;;;

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahaha. Thanks Ole Man!

  • @wandaglover7984
    @wandaglover7984 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I also use corn meal. If you don’t get the queen and it moves keep putting corn meal on them. They will eventually die.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      👍😎

  • @michellebeard8066
    @michellebeard8066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for this! I have tried all the non chemical tricks and nothing works

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here it is on Amazon... cheapest I've found: amzn.to/3ohFyNQ

  • @adnacraigo6590
    @adnacraigo6590 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome!
      Here it is on Amazon... cheapest I've found: amzn.to/3ohFyNQ

  • @Kantuk391
    @Kantuk391 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're most welcome

  • @pegasus6724
    @pegasus6724 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    dug my garden out tonight along the walls pulling the earth back and revealed holes in the brick work underneath , that houses colonies of ants
    So if you have them in gardens try pulling the earth back anywhere where earth meets wall and paving slabs I found 6 nests in about an hour and a half in fact about 8 nests
    Then when you find them use fair liquid with water in a pump spray bottle and it kills them in about 5 to ten seconds

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you found them… And exterminated them! 👍🏻 😊

    • @pegasus6724
      @pegasus6724 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BIGALTX so am I they have a nasty sting for a creature that's probably more than 1 million times smaller than me

  • @josanders1428
    @josanders1428 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I will try it for sure.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here's the Link to a 2 LB canister of Advion Fire Ant Bait: amzn.to/3ohFyNQ

  • @eledhwenmare2403
    @eledhwenmare2403 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What do you have for bagworms?

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never heard of 'em... so...I don't know :)

  • @russellt9059
    @russellt9059 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Can you use this if they are in your planter pots

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It’s my understanding that the label says don’t use in gardens. But, since this is a “Bait”… the ants will come looking for it.
      So, if you sprinkle it around your containers, they will find it. That’s what I typically do. Around the containers or around the garden.

  • @johnraba9322
    @johnraba9322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amdro works for me every time.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's good, I just never had any success with it.

    • @johnraba9322
      @johnraba9322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BIGALTX in fact. I just used it two days ago. Ants are dead.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      👍

    • @rjay7019
      @rjay7019 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's worked out for me on the bigger red and black ant's but I can't get rid of them little ones. Keep finding em all over my container garden. They aren't fire ants just them lil buggers🤬 does this work for them? Or just fire ants?

  • @jamespuckett8425
    @jamespuckett8425 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Does it kill the queen though.

  • @carolynconnelly3395
    @carolynconnelly3395 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome

  • @charlestravis9798
    @charlestravis9798 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ADVION sold on Amazon $49.95

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep. It’s gone up a little bit, but it sure works.

  • @lolitabonita08
    @lolitabonita08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have the little ones that ones that are mean and attack in a blink of an eye...nasty critters for sure..

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For sure...

  • @notadumbblond3
    @notadumbblond3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My problem is I don't see any mounds at all but the ants are all over the place. You can't step outside without getting stung at least once if you stand still for a couple minutes, sometimes even if you don't stand still.
    Some are living in my walls. So I can't bait them with that inside, right?

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fireants don't usually come inside so not sure if that's what they are.
      You can bait around the outside of the house. That would probably get them
      If they are not fireants, this product may not work on them

  • @johnfoster3286
    @johnfoster3286 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Re the headline, how the ferk can you kill something not dead?

  • @underthetornado
    @underthetornado หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you disturb the nest enough they'll move. Modern fire ant nests are housing multiple queens today.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good to know, thanks

  • @antiowarr9467
    @antiowarr9467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now what you just said is very interesting an ant ness in a chicken yard... you must have weird chickens or ants are friends with the chickens. All my dad and uncles always done was let the chicken eat the ants and they will even dig for them.

    • @TexasMyTexas
      @TexasMyTexas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Funny you said that…😆… My chickens refused to eat fire ants…. and I thought chickens ate pretty much everything that moved. But they would not eat ants…even those little black piss ants.

    • @antiowarr9467
      @antiowarr9467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TexasMyTexas Interesting to know for sure. Is it because they are trained on dead food and that is the custom or do they eat other insects. Kill a few ants and see if they will eat dead ants when you throw them done on the ground.
      Where i'm from they eat ants but we don't have fir ants and they will termites as well.

    • @TexasMyTexas
      @TexasMyTexas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@antiowarr9467 I don’t think so…. I mean I’ve seen mine eat “dead” and living food… even small frogs before…gruesome. 😵 I always wondered if they would get a sting from the fire ant… cause they have a real nasty bite. And you don’t know they’re all over your feet and hands until you start feeling the sting. I hate fire ants with every fiber of my being…😤

    • @antiowarr9467
      @antiowarr9467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TexasMyTexas lol lol My first encounter happened when I was on vacation and was helping a friend of mind install a new fence. lol lol Little buggers all I got to say...lol

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think I've EVER seen a chicken eat a fire ant.
      They must sting their throats on the way down 😎

  • @jaycollier8805
    @jaycollier8805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw Advion on E-Bay for $45 for 2 pounds with free shipping.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's $2 cheaper on Amazon: amzn.to/3ohFyNQ

    • @jaycollier8805
      @jaycollier8805 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BIGALTX The reason I mentioned the price is because around 4:50 into your video, you mentioned (twice) that the price was about $40.00 for your container which was also 2 pounds.

  • @HisWayHomestead
    @HisWayHomestead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you can get this on amazon

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep. That's where I get mine.
      Here's the Link to a 2 LB canister of Advion Fire Ant Bait: amzn.to/3ohFyNQ

  • @InjunOutdoors
    @InjunOutdoors 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best method was the old tried and true Chloradane. Sadly it was outlawed back in the day.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chlordane will kill the Devil himself.
      Sad when they banned it here.

    • @Jimfabbio
      @Jimfabbio 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oil or gasoline?

    • @Jimfabbio
      @Jimfabbio 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ethanol?

  • @nancytharp8213
    @nancytharp8213 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing. I hate fire 🐜.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      👍😎

  • @christapherdane
    @christapherdane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Orthene has less movement through the soil and a faster half life.

    • @SallyWooten
      @SallyWooten 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We also use orthene

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I used Orthene for YEARS... and it WILL get the fire ants.
      But, it is sooooo toxic... and such a *fine* powder.
      I had to use it on a very calm day so it wouldn't blow back in my face.
      A friend of mine got really sick using Orthene when he got a big whiff of it on a windy day.
      So, be careful!

    • @christapherdane
      @christapherdane 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BIGALTX The LD50 for Acephate and Indoxacarb are about the same. I will give you that the granuals you are using are much much less toxic as the percent of active ingredient is MUCH smaller. But it sticks around for a lot longer. Yes it's a gamble either way.

    • @SallyWooten
      @SallyWooten 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BIGALTX yes it is VERY toxic and we are careful. It is almost never windy in Florida.

  • @JCHD18CVOLim
    @JCHD18CVOLim หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ortho Orthene works. I have been using it for 25+ years.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is pretty potent stuff. Don’t get downwind of it.

  • @chrisfairfield1929
    @chrisfairfield1929 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does this actually kill all the ants or just the queen? Do the ants go somewhere else?

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Seems to kill the queen, which kills the mound. I’ve been very pleased with the results.

  • @rogerdue85
    @rogerdue85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you tried honey and borax?

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, I haven't
      Honey would *_absolutely_* attract bees.
      I don't know if the borax is harmful to bees or not.

    • @rogerdue85
      @rogerdue85 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BIGALTX I’m sure it would be bad for bees. Didn’t know you kept bees. I know it worked great for our ant problem. They weren’t fire ants .

  • @jedd.5407
    @jedd.5407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That is TOO EXPENSIVE!!! Here is a better, natural killer that you can watch the ants die immediately! Out of 30 mounds, I have had only one that I had to retreat and it died too! This is far better for your garden!
    First: Do NOT disturb the nest until you treat it!
    Mix 1.5 ounces of orange oil and 3 ounces of the Dawn into 1 gallon of water, and 2.11 ounces of orange oil to 1 gallon of water. Apply as a mound drench during early morning or late afternoon hours of the day, which is when the fire ants are most likely to be home.
    Pur on the mound and watch them immediately panic and die! Safe, effective and so much cheaper.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad it worked for you, but I've tried several organic methods.
      Orange oil, molasses, DE... lots of stuff, with no success.

  • @DreidMusicalX
    @DreidMusicalX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you tried the borax and sugar method?

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure about that one, but I've tried several "organic" methods without success.

    • @rjay7019
      @rjay7019 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did it took several times but I think it finally worked, after I poured boiling water and then Amdro around the mound. I have these tiny ants all over the yard I can't seem to get rid of. I don't like using the chemicals cause I have dogs and cats outside. I try the bait in places the animals can't get into it.

  • @sameoldmphymel
    @sameoldmphymel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TP, try using some TP pee on them, three "applications" usually does it, I've killed a big 18 inch mound just two weeks ago. Aside from that, talstar is my nuclear bomb, or DE around my Okra, which they seem to love

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've peed over many mounds with no effect... except for the relief on my kidneys 😎

    • @underthetornado
      @underthetornado หลายเดือนก่อน

      Talstar is pretty poisonous

  • @rehoboth_farm
    @rehoboth_farm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you tried a 2 liter bottle?

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, I haven't.
      How does that work?

    • @rehoboth_farm
      @rehoboth_farm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BIGALTX supposedly if you take a 2 liter coke bottle about half full of water (or was it coke?) and bury it up to the rim they will crawl inside and drown. Since fire ants collect their dead, one right after the other will go in looking for the dead ones and all die. A guy that I knew who was a Mackinaw Indian told me that about 20 years ago. I've never tried it. I just leave fire ants alone. I've always noticed that they were really busy doing things that are usually more beneficial to me than harmful if I just watch where I step. They usually finish their business and go somewhere else. Besides, I thought it was kind of a lousy way to exploit an honorable trait of another living being. I've heard people say that pouring gasoline down their holes and setting them on fire is especially effective too. IDK. At least it won't make the frogs gay.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rehoboth_farm
      HAHAHA!

  • @michelewynn9140
    @michelewynn9140 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love his accent!!!

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What accent?!?! 😊

  • @tpaw6908
    @tpaw6908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great I need this SC is all fire ants....

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep.. not sure exactly how far north they go.
      Here's the Link to a 2 LB canister of Advion Fire Ant Bait: amzn.to/3ohFyNQ

  • @josanders1428
    @josanders1428 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If it gets rid of them then why do you still have them? Just asking.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have 17 acres but only treat the 2 acres I live and garden on (can't afford to treat all of my land)
      So, I don't treat the other 15 acres.
      There are a lot of mounds on the 15 untreated acres and they move in on the yard from time to time.

  • @ClickinChicken
    @ClickinChicken 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    import a pet ant eater.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then it would get too fat... then just lazy... and the ants would just come back
      hahaha 😎

  • @porthos9502
    @porthos9502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    diatomaceous earth works till it rains.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It never worked for me.
      I bought 100 LBS of it years ago!

    • @rjay7019
      @rjay7019 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I haven't had any luck with DE here in West Texas. Yet 🙄

  • @WhatDadIsUpTo
    @WhatDadIsUpTo ปีที่แล้ว

    AN EVEN EASIER METHOD:
    Get you a bottle of orange oil. Mix about an ounce of orange oil with an ounce of Dawn liquid dish soap and some warm water to make approximately half a gallon and pour that right on top of the mound.
    Within minutes, the entire mound will be dead.
    This won't hurt anything but the ants and it smells nice too.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting, thanks!

    • @martizavala6713
      @martizavala6713 ปีที่แล้ว

      This worked for me very, very well! Shocked actually. Learned about it from the Dirt Doctor. I had non-ionic surfactant which I used instead of Dawn. Poked a hole in the middle as deep as it would go and poured 1 gallon of diluted orange oil slowly then poured another gallon around the edge of a large circle. It will kill the bacteria in the soil but you follow up with molasses and compost tea to bring the soil life back into the soil.

  • @sansomspressurecleaningpoo9519
    @sansomspressurecleaningpoo9519 ปีที่แล้ว

    You rock

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! 😍👍

  • @georgegouvas27
    @georgegouvas27 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    amazon has it

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes they do.
      Here's the link: amzn.to/4621nnN

  • @mnp870
    @mnp870 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dragon flys love eating
    ants and armadillo as well.

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  หลายเดือนก่อน

      👍😎

  • @patriciajoyner9871
    @patriciajoyner9871 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where do you get ? I hate fire ants

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can't find it at Lowes, etc.
      Either a big chemical store, or Amazon.
      Here's the Link to a 2 LB canister of Advion Fire Ant Bait: amzn.to/3ohFyNQ

  • @underthetornado
    @underthetornado หลายเดือนก่อน

    That picture is not a fire ant by the way

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ha ha ha… Google images thinks it is 😊

  • @oleman490
    @oleman490 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    SURE IT WORKS BUT PER YOUR PAST VID ON BIFIN MADE A BELIEVER OF ME;;;WONDERING ABOUT FIRE ANTS IN YOUR GROW BAGS;;;LOL;;;ALL NATURAL AVENUES GOT ME SINGIN AND RUNNIN;;;FIRE ANT WON;;

  • @andielliott7721
    @andielliott7721 ปีที่แล้ว

    They have eaten me up this month.....

    • @BIGALTX
      @BIGALTX  ปีที่แล้ว

      After this rain, they are popping up everywhere