Spring is almost here...

[jamespowers]

66 and the clover got "treated" this morning.
Now the battle begins to stop ants before they get too plentiful on MY property.
Happens every spring.

DDT works great for ants.

 

[jamespowers]

Saw a robin today in the yard. He didn't look too happy, since it was snowing. I hate mixed messages

How do you think the robin felt?

 

[Stearmen]

You live in Colorado. What do you know.

:eusa_doh:

 

[HudsonHawk]

DDT works great for ants.

Actually, DDT is not particularly good against ants. It typically requires huge doses for even intermediate effect. If you're talking banned pesticides, Lindane (hexachlorocyclohexane) and Chlordane (hexachlorocyclopentadiene) are much more effective.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Actually, DDT is not particularly good against ants. It typically requires huge doses for even intermediate effect. If you're talking banned pesticides, Lindane (hexachlorocyclohexane) and Chlordane (hexachlorocyclopentadiene) are much more effective.

A former boss used to pour gasoline on fire ants, until he realized that just made them mad.
Unless you ran into some of the foremen ants (smoking cigars) it was absolutely useless.
Mine are the garden variety ants, black and plentiful.
I have some granules I can use in the flowerbeds. Anzar?
DDT works great on crabgrass too, curls it up in about 4 hours.
And no I won't explain how I know that.
I'll run by a favorite hardware store today, and get the ant bait.
I think it's the Raid brand.
The substance starts with a "T", and ants just love it, until they kill the queen.
For you animal and nature lovers asking why I'm doing this....
Ants eat wood, and erode mortar.
Over the past few years, I've seen them destroy part of a 40yr old shed (a few boards in the front are just hollow), and mess up some of my brick around the patio.
So they are not welcome on my property, and when spring time comes (with the rain), they rear their ugly heads.

 

[HudsonHawk]

A former boss used to pour gasoline on fire ants, until he realized that just made them mad.
Unless you ran into some of the foremen ants (smoking cigars) it was absolutely useless.
Mine are the garden variety ants, black and plentiful.
I have some granules I can use in the flowerbeds. Anzar?
DDT works great on crabgrass too, curls it up in about 4 hours.
And no I won't explain how I know that.
I'll run by a favorite hardware store today, and get the ant bait.
I think it's the Raid brand.
The substance starts with a "T", and ants just love it, until they kill the queen.
For you animal and nature lovers asking why I'm doing this....
Ants eat wood, and erode mortar.
Over the past few years, I've seen them destroy part of a 40yr old shed (a few boards in the front are just hollow), and mess up some of my brick around the patio.
So they are not welcome on my property, and when spring time comes (with the rain), they rear their ugly heads.

RAID contains tetramethrin. Amdro is what we use to kill the fire ants around here. They used to have a commercial that touted both the practical and therapeutic benefits of killing ants that ended something like "...and while there is joy in seeing all creatures living together in harmony, it's nothing compared to the joy of wasting fire ants." Amen

Edit: check that, it was an Ortho commercial
[video=youtube;FhXl9_K_9qE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhXl9_K_9qE[/video]

 

[Worf]

Spring? Where? 32 Degrees here this mornin'. Although I did smell the first skunk of the season last night... sheeya!

Worf

 

[LizzieMaine]

After our brief frisking and capering in the sunshine Saturday it's back to drizzly, windy, and 35 degrees today. I saw a bird get blown off my feeder this morning by an icy gust. Bah.

 

[jamespowers]

Actually, DDT is not particularly good against ants. It typically requires huge doses for even intermediate effect. If you're talking banned pesticides, Lindane (hexachlorocyclohexane) and Chlordane (hexachlorocyclopentadiene) are much more effective.

It is the way I use it. They were all over a rose bush of mine---not one left.

 

[Michaelson]

Already went through our first round of Spring time tornado watches and warnings, so our week of Spring is just about over....then right into Summer! Regards! Michaelson

 

[jamespowers]

Already went through our first round of Spring time tornado watches and warnings, so our week of Spring is just about over....then right into Summer! Regards! Michaelson

lol lol lol Makes sense.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Already went through our first round of Spring time tornado watches and warnings, so our week of Spring is just about over....then right into Summer! Regards! Michaelson

Had those too, but we got flood warnings as well.
High 70's by Thursday.

 

[Edward]

Enjoying spending hours outside in London before Summer hits and it gets unbearably hot. Sadly, it's being reported we're due a heatwave in May.

 

[jamespowers]

Enjoying spending hours outside in London before Summer hits and it gets unbearably hot. Sadly, it's being reported we're due a heatwave in May.

With all the freezing cold you have been having it should be a nice reprieve.

 

[jamespowers]

Had those too, but we got flood warnings as well.
High 70's by Thursday.

High 70 would be better

 

[Gregg Axley]

I agree. I could live with 50 for a low, and 70 for a high all year round.
Instead we have teens for a low, and 99 for a high in our climate.
Hicks don't like the cold!

 

[Formeruser012523]

You two need to start your own weather site.

:rofl:

 

[Gregg Axley]

Cars and weather?
How about cool cars, hot women, and hot weather?
Oh that sounds better.

 

[Edward]

With all the freezing cold you have been having it should be a nice reprieve.

I must have missed that.... It's been the guts of a month since I last needed an overcoat here.

 

[jamespowers]

Cars and weather?
How about cool cars, hot women, and hot weather?
Oh that sounds better.

Now you are talking!