lasttombstone
Kinder, Gentler LTS
Better have a backhoe if you want to try that in northern Granville. Gonna be there all day long with a shovel.
Spray the whole plot with BifenOne of our food plots has become absolutely overrun with fire ants. They’re everywhere! I’ve spot treated the mounds with Advion in years past but this year they’ve exploded. There’s a mound every 10 yards of so. This plot is about 1.5 acres.
I’ve got some equipment available; what’s my best route to exterminate them?
Spread a bait? Spray an insecticide?
I’ve got to at least knock them back some. I hate to think of shooting/tracking/dragging a deer out of there this year.
And treat hills with it as wellSpray the whole plot with Bifen
there has to be a catch.
well I even cheated on the perimeter stuff.there is,,,,them things are the WORST of illegal immigrants,,,,not even a wall can stop them but you can abate the tide!
challenge is managing your perimeter,,,I have game lands behind me and the fire ants love migrating up the plowed fire breaks
And a hint on buying Orthene.... Seems the average price is around $10-$11 per jug now when you need it; but if you watch Amazon in the winter, you can order 2 jugs for around $15. I wait and order several when I see this. But, I only see it around Dec.
Just treated a few mounds on field edges. This has to be the worst smelling chit I have ever smelled... I even looked around for a dead....rotten....animal for a second. Ha!I had my place eradicated but the infilitrated from the game lands again,,,,dang firebreaks,,,they are like super highways for them things,,,
anyhow,,we are back after them with my favorite dust for them,,,have never had an issue with this stuff not taking them out
but it's not designed for applying to large acreages of course,,,but for a 1.5 acre food plot I'd just walk it and dust the mounds,,,then do a walk around on any trails or firebreaks that are close by - I am working a 6 acre piece of my land that is adjacent to the aforementioned game lands and I dust them as I work my pup down there...
They took that stuff off the market at one time. Changed the labeling and brought it back. It works.It smells like,,,,victory!