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Offline franksolich

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primitive uses Borax and jelly
« on: April 25, 2013, 05:22:27 AM »
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chknltl (8,707 posts)    Wed Apr 17, 2013, 06:04 PM

Sugar ant problem? Try this: Borax and jelly.

I recently moved to a house with a sugar ant infestation. Every room had those little rascals. My dog's food dish was a favorite meeting place as was my toaster and then there was that trail of ants on the rubber seal of my refrigerator YUCK!!!
 
So I checked the Internet for a cheap home remedy and found a few sites advocating the use of borax. One such site had tons of witness testimonials which sang the praises of this simple remedy. Figuring that the price was right, (about 10$) I gave it a try.
 
I found the borax at a local hardware store, the small jar of jelly at Safeway. I found a small lidded plastic (feta cheese) container to mix and store it in and mixed up a batch at about 50/50 strength. I poured a little into a few small jar lids then stored the rest in the fridge. Next I placed those bait filled lids where the ants were partying but not where my dog would get at them. Within 24hrs. the ants had found the bait, they utterly loved the stuff. They took the bait back to their nests. Each day saw fewer and fewer ants in my home.
 
It is now a week into my experiment and I am happy to report that my ant problem is tremendously reduced . At this point I am confident that the ants are going away. I feel good enough about this simple solution to recommend it here. If you do try this method, be sure to label your ant poison as such before storing it away for future use and don't set your bait out where pets or kids might find it.

The above's the whole entire campfire.  The whole thing.

Now, under different leadership, probably this campfire would be a few miles long with primitive comments, given that ant infestations appear to be a problem for primitive households.  The defrocked warped primitive would've been there, along with the adroit sparkling old dude, the pie-and-jam primitive grasswire addled Judy, along with swarms of primitives of lesser prominence (PoLPs).
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Re: primitive uses Borax and jelly
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2013, 08:04:28 AM »
I'm really surprised that Warpy's not there.  She's a know-it-all about all of this stuff. 
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Re: primitive uses Borax and jelly
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2013, 08:26:31 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on April 25, 2013, 05:22:27 AM

 probably this campfire would be a few miles long with primitive comments, given that ant infestations appear to be a problem for primitive households.

Roaches too I bet.
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Re: primitive uses Borax and jelly
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2013, 08:33:53 AM »
Quote from: Firekrakka on April 25, 2013, 08:26:31 AM
Roaches too I bet.

The roaches keep the bigger ants away . . . :fuelfire:
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Re: primitive uses Borax and jelly
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2013, 08:42:30 AM »
I'm not sure of the logic of leaving a jar of jelly and borax in the fridge, but then again, maybe we can get lucky and take care of two "pests" at one time.
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Re: primitive uses Borax and jelly
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2013, 10:45:03 AM »
Quote from: diesel driver on April 25, 2013, 08:42:30 AM
I'm not sure of the logic of leaving a jar of jelly and borax in the fridge, but then again, maybe we can get lucky and take care of two "pests" at one time.

I thought that this was from the cooking forum.
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Re: primitive uses Borax and jelly
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2013, 11:16:04 AM »
Or.....they could just buy the ant bait that already has the borax mixed in it.  My house gets those little black ants every year like clockwork, I set a few baits near their trail, and their gone till next year. 
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Re: primitive uses Borax and jelly
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2013, 11:22:31 AM »
That's 20 Mule Team Borax, and Boraxo hand soap, according to Rosemary DeCamp.

I remember the hand soap, in a black-and-white oval metal can.

It was like washing your hands with sand.
 
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Re: primitive uses Borax and jelly
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2013, 11:52:32 AM »
It's an honor to have your dog's food eaten by an ant! Plus ants actually work for their living.
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