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Surefire Permie solution to fireant problem.

 
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   Surely someone else has discovered this. I was headed to the compost bin with a gallon of aged urine when I spotted a new fireant nest in the center of newly sprouted kale. I was angry and poured the urine, which had a strong ammonia smell, on the nest. Next day as I passed the ants had quit expanding the nest and the day after that they were all dead or gone. I then tried this on another huge ant hill. It took two applications and four days but now that nest is dead. I believe the ammonia killed the queen as well as the workers.
   Please let me know if anyone has success with this method.
 
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Looks like someone else has tried this:

https://www.ehow.com/how_7346102_kill-fire-ants-urine.html

Thank you for letting the forum know about a permie solution.

I don't have fire ants though I have ants that bite like fire so I can't wait to try this on them.
 
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