The ants go marching one by one..

[junglegal]

Am I the only one who has a trained nose to smell ant infestation? They are heavy in the yard right now. I feel like I might be bringing them in with bagged mulch. That said, I walked around tonight squishing scale & now after washing my hands 5 times, my hands still stink & my finger tips are stained orange. !###
I read up on an organic soap called basic H that supposedly kills ants. I tried organicide & it attracts my dogs & stinks to high hell too. Didn't work. This soft scale is evil stuff

 

[kwtimo]

Try a product called Amdro for the ants. It is a granule that you shake around the infestation. I have had excellent results with this rather inexpensive product. You should be able to purchase it at your local box store. Getting rid of the ants will help you out a lot.

 

[JoseLopez]

Hi , what I use for scale is 1 cup of alcohol, 1/3 cup of dishwashing liquid (lemon essence and not anti-bacterial). I wash plants once and if it has a heavy infestation then I wash the plants three days continuously. This is good to do once a month. I don't use Merit because I like to keep the butterflyes, dragon flyes and bees around my flowers.
I hope this helps.

 

[junglegal]

Jose do you use a sprayer,let it sit then hose if off? I'm trying to stay organic for my dogs. They forage too much. I'm going tp try sprinkling DE too.

 

[JoseLopez]

Yes, I use a 1 qt. sprayer. I forgot to tell you that you mix all those ingredients with water. I leave on the plants until I water the next day. You do not need to wash off.

 

[Moose]

Jose do you use a sprayer,let it sit then hose if off? I'm trying to stay organic for my dogs. They forage too much. I'm going tp try sprinkling DE too.

Just curious what organic product you use to control your babies' fleas?

 

[junglegal]

Ron, I get what you are saying but they are on trifexis, so it's spinosad. I went out and bought a 3 gal sprayer last night. I'm going to give Jose's concoction a shot on Saturday and sprinkle a bit of DE around some select plants. We got some good rains last night so hopefully that quelled the spider mite activity a bit too.