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[jajeanpierre]

I'm just wondering who will finally get the last word???

You. Or does this count?

 

[jajeanpierre]

Oh Lord, honey. You don't know about grits?! You poor thing.

Go look in the cereal isle at the grocery store. It'll be by the oatmeal. It's definitely a southern thing. Broken grains of corn that you cook up kinda like oatmeal. Bland on its own, but put some butter and/or cheese in it.... You'll hurt yourself.

There's something about the ants not being able to process the corn. Cornmeal can also be used to fight them.

Yes, I knew what grits were, but I wanted Jockeyeba to explain how grits got rid of her fire ants. I've never heard of ants not being able to process corn. Her post is below:


Originally Posted by jockeyeba


I cover the ground, where you see ants, pretty heavy. I have it in a pen with baby chicks & it hasn't hurt them. I've had good luck using grits to kill fireants but if the mounds are where the chickens are the chickens will eat the grits

although I have noticed after the chickens got through scratching up the ants while eating the grits that the ants seemed to disappear. Guess they didn't like their spot being disturbed

 

[wlhtx]

Yes, I knew what grits were, but I wanted Jockeyeba to explain how grits got rid of her fire ants.  I've never heard of ants not being able to process corn.

You said "what are these grits," so I thought maybe you hadn't been indoctrinated yet.

I hadn't heard about the corn and ants thing either before coming on here. Never tried it myself. That's what the exterminator is for. Yes, we use chemicals. (*said as I run for cover)

 

[TammyTX]

Yes, I knew what grits were, but I wanted Jockeyeba to explain how grits got rid of her fire ants. I've never heard of ants not being able to process corn. Her post is below:


Originally Posted by jockeyeba


I cover the ground, where you see ants, pretty heavy. I have it in a pen with baby chicks & it hasn't hurt them. I've had good luck using grits to kill fireants but if the mounds are where the chickens are the chickens will eat the grits

although I have noticed after the chickens got through scratching up the ants while eating the grits that the ants seemed to disappear. Guess they didn't like their spot being disturbed

Oops, sorry ja-jon I thought you didn't know!

 

[jockeyeba]

I cover the ground, where you see ants, pretty heavy. I have it in a pen with baby chicks

Do I buy this at the feed store?  What do you mean by "grits"?  I haven't done anything about the numerous ant mounds--just trying to avoid them--because I've been worried about the animals, but I'm getting sick of getting stung and bitten.

I get "food grade" DE from a garden center & instant grits come in a canister in the isle where oatmeal,etc. is at HEB. The ants eat the grits & they say it expands in their stomach basically "blowing them up". I get stung everyday, its a battle, there's so many of them everywhere

 

[jockeyeba]

Yes, I knew what grits were, but I wanted Jockeyeba to explain how grits got rid of her fire ants.  I've never heard of ants not being able to process corn.

You said "what are these grits," so I thought maybe you hadn't been indoctrinated yet.

I hadn't heard about the corn and ants thing either before coming on here. Never tried it myself. That's what the exterminator is for. Yes, we use chemicals. (*said as I run for cover)

I wanted to highlight a sentence but I don't know how

 

[erikk]

I get stung everyday, its a battle, there's so many of them everywhere

If anyone can ever breed a chicken or guinea who loves to eat these little fire ants they'll be a quick multi-millionair. I think such a development might bring a resurgence in chicken keeping! Everyone in my neighborhood would want some fire-ant-eating chickens.

 

[erikk]

I wanted to highlight a sentence but I don't know how

Click the "quote" button below the post you want to copy from. Edit their quote in the gray box, type what you want to add to the discussion down in the white space below the gray box.

 

[jajeanpierre]

You said "what are these grits," so I thought maybe you hadn't been indoctrinated yet.

I hadn't heard about the corn and ants thing either before coming on here. Never tried it myself. That's what the exterminator is for. Yes, we use chemicals. (*said as I run for cover)

I actually said, "What do you mean by 'grits'?" I thought it a local name for some sort of product. I never in my life imagined jockeyeba meant grits, the cereal.

 

[jajeanpierre]

Oops, sorry ja-jon I thought you didn't know!

Ah, shucks, even us Northerners know what grits are!