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Comments (49)I've been "playing" with all sorts of things to get rid of Carpenter Ants and I finally found a poison that will nail them. I have water oaks around my home and if you know those trees they rot from the inside out. That's a Carpenter Ants' dream home. The product is Termidor SC, or, Taurus SC; the Taurus is cheaper and that's what I used. They use the same active ingredient (Fipronil) in the same percentage. Neither are cheap! Amazon has it. You don't spray the ants or the nest, you spray where they travel which is the trunk of the tree in my case. I sprayed about a one foot wide band all around the tree trunks. In three or four days I started seeing dead and dying Carpenter Ants all over the ground; hundreds of them; Bingo. Exterminators use these products for termites. This is some bad poison so if you're a do-it-yourselfer, read ALL label precautions/instructions. You also need to treat again because eggs hatch. Maybe once every month I assume since I'm still working the situation. Good Luck!...See MoreBorax
Comments (10)Check the labels of household cleaning and laundry products and you're sure to find some kind of hazard warning. Check the ingredients list, most are toxic to one degree or another - depending on exposure and use. There's also going to be warnings on these products - harmful if swallowed, inhaled, contact with skin/eyes, what amounts are toxic/deadly, etc... What to do in case of eye contact or swallowed, etc... So even "your people friendly, elf friendly, planet friendly, non-toxic, biodegradable, phosphate-free, never tested on reindeer" METHOD dishwashing product has a warning to KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN and what to do in case of eye contact or if swallowed. Generally speaking, for it's intended use, Borax is safe to use. Avoid using it around food, which is true of all non-food products that could accidently be accidently consumed. With a little research, you'll find there are "risks" associated with all cleaning products, whether they are natural or man-made. FYI, borax is a natural product with chemical properties that contribute to cleaning power. I use steam for much of my general cleaning anymore to avoid toxic chemicals and perfumes. But even steam can be hazardous if used incorrectly. -Grainlady...See MoreDetergents, additives, and fabric softener brands: 2013 Update
Comments (38)A Chinese business listing on a Bangladeshi online industrial directory included the following TAED product description: "Hongye Chemical Co., Ltd. can supply good quality TAED (tetra acetyl ethylene diamine) low-temperature bleaching activator for sodium perborate. Sodium perborate/TAED oxygen bleach formulation is widely used in laundry detergent, all-fabric bleach, automatic dishwashing and stain removal/cleaning products. The most commercialized low-temperature bleaching activator, TAED is typically applied in domestic laundry detergents, automatic dish-washing, bleach boosters, [and] laundry soak treatments, to improve the washing performance. TAED could be applied in textile bleaching to react with hydrogen peroxide in the bleach bath to produce a stronger oxidant. The use of TAED as a bleach activator enables bleaching at lower process temperatures, and under milder ph conditions. In [the] pulp and paper industry, TAED is suggested to react with hydrogen peroxide to form a pulp bleaching solution. The addition of TAED into pulp bleaching solutions results in a satisfactory bleaching effect. TAED used for [the] detergent industry is in granular form, free-flowing, and has several colors (mainly white, green, blue) to choose depending on users' choice." This post was edited by studio460 on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 4:29...See MoreWhat now?
Comments (14)DavidandNneka, morpheus is apparently very busy this time of year. Be patient. Milorganite can go down any time of year. I would think now would be a good time for the boron, because it is used for photosynthesis. Paul Tukey. Haven't heard much about him in awhile. He's the guy who gives excellent advice for his neighborhood, but as soon as you get a few miles away, it collapses. His broad sweeping statements about how, for instance, grass should be mowed, only applies to some grass types. Granted a lot of people have those grass types, but not everyone and certainly not most people in the south. I want to watch that video, but don't have the time right now. J Gil. If my lawn created 1-2 inches of new soil since I went organic, it should be 15 to 30 inches taller now. It isn't. In fact it sits exactly where it was when I started. So something is wrong with the information you're getting. The best natural soils are found in places where hooved animals graze and browse. They eat the forage, pee, poop, die, shed, and move on. They return 6 months to a year later after the forage has regrown. As soon as they move off the dung beetles sweep in to collect and bury the dung left behind. Those beetles create a porous ground that can absorb any amount of rain you can throw at it. Any amount. Yes, that 22 inches that fell in East Texas would have soaked in rather than flowing off and taking soil with it. I don't always agree with yardtractor1, but I do agree with what he said in reply to you (J Gil). I appreciate your enthusiasm for the organic approach, but I think you're getting information from those zealots YT1 mentioned. For anyone who wants something fairly short to learn more about organic lawn care, click here for a FAQ I wrote about 12 years ago. It needs to be revisited, but it gives you some basics....See Morejwarner191
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