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My dad used to work for them at the state level. He worked with gasoline spills almost exclusively. Don't try to tell me about the EPA.
The amount of gasoline required to combat a hill of fireants is very small, maybe 1/2 gal TOPS (heck the stuff is expensive!) and on a sunny day that stuff ain't goin to soak deep enough to reach the aquafier.
In Arkansas ours isn't above ground like yours is -- it's somewhere at least 4' down where I live.
Do you know what they do to clean up a gasoline spill, say from a gas station leak, where gas is coming up in people's well water? Talking MANY gallons spilled. THey stir up the ground to expose it to sunshine and air to make it dissapate faster, because gasoline has a short half-life.
A little bit spilled on the surface ain't lasting very long at all, but it sure kicks the fire ants out.
I spent the whole first year we lived here combatting fire ants with stuff they sell for it. You know, the environmentally "safe" stuff that has all the warnings on the bag....
In desperation one day, I took the leftover lawnmower gas to them, and they didn't come back for almost a year! Now I don't waste time with the crap from the store, and ya know what, I don't step in fire ant hills when I mow either! You can just keep your Amdro if it works for you. I'll stick to what works for me.
My dad used to work for them at the state level. He worked with gasoline spills almost exclusively. Don't try to tell me about the EPA.
The amount of gasoline required to combat a hill of fireants is very small, maybe 1/2 gal TOPS (heck the stuff is expensive!) and on a sunny day that stuff ain't goin to soak deep enough to reach the aquafier.
In Arkansas ours isn't above ground like yours is -- it's somewhere at least 4' down where I live.
Do you know what they do to clean up a gasoline spill, say from a gas station leak, where gas is coming up in people's well water? Talking MANY gallons spilled. THey stir up the ground to expose it to sunshine and air to make it dissapate faster, because gasoline has a short half-life.
A little bit spilled on the surface ain't lasting very long at all, but it sure kicks the fire ants out.
I spent the whole first year we lived here combatting fire ants with stuff they sell for it. You know, the environmentally "safe" stuff that has all the warnings on the bag....
In desperation one day, I took the leftover lawnmower gas to them, and they didn't come back for almost a year! Now I don't waste time with the crap from the store, and ya know what, I don't step in fire ant hills when I mow either! You can just keep your Amdro if it works for you. I'll stick to what works for me.
