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Hi Gary. I am the lady with ants in the compost pile. Imagine my surprise to see this video🐜🐜 Thank you🎉
Perfect timing – thank you!
I had ants on my blueberry bush. I made the borax mix, have not seen the ants after that.
Would grits work the same as cornmeal? I have an overabundance of grits.
Will it work for fire ants
Doesn't cornmeal draw rodents? And if I left the lid off, would it kill the rodents too? I don't want to hurt hummingbirds though
Jell-O shots for the ants!!!
We have bees. Do you know if this attract/harm them? Tia
Thanks Gary! Perfect timing!
Can you use borax on scorpions? I found four on one of my tomato plants, and I am very leery about getting back into the garden without doing some thing.
Mix Borax + some sweet liquid and its done.
Ants are beginning to sound like humans with their selective taste buds😂 🐜 🐜 🐜.
Thank you for this! I use borax and honey if I get ants inside, but this year we have the worst ant problem outside. They do eat sugar, but they aren’t the typical little black sugar ants. They are a little bigger and have a red band and are aggressive and will bite. They’ve come in to the house twice and I have never seen so many ants show up so quickly!
I love this idea to use a jar and sugar/water because although it is similar to my indoor solution, it will last longer outside.
I’m going to mix some up right now! Thank you!