Moved to a beautiful waterfront site for the winter. The problem is it is a non-paved all grass site. Now I have developed an ant problem.
Any simple solutions to keep them out ??? All help will be appreciated
Ant Powder or Borax around the wheels and jackstands. Vasoline on hoses and power cords. For the ants that have already made it inside, use Terro. The ants eat it and bring the poison back to the rest of their buddies.
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Trailer Life Magazine addressed the ant problem in the latest issue (which I got in the mail a few days ago) in the 10-minute Tech section. They said, put grease around your power cord and your water hoses. This keeps ants from crossing. Ants don't like grease. Don't use too much, and wipe if off when packing up.
Second tip: Put each of your stabilizer jacks in a pan of water, of course supported underneth with blocks, because ants won't cross the water.
Anyway, that's what was in the magazine.
I've never had an ant problem in the trailer, but I have had an ant problem in the house. I ran across this in Bird Talk magazine years ago and we've been doing it ever since.
Dried molasses will kill ants. Where do you get dried molasses? Dried molasses is used as a sweetner in horse feed. You buy it at your local grain elevator or farm animal feed store. Unfortunately, it comes in 50 pound bags, so keep smaller quantities in the TT now too.
Take the dried molasses and just sprinkle it around the trailer on the ground. It will detract ants and won't hurt any other animals, people, or vegetation. But it will wipe out an ant hive in a few days, and ants run from it.
It has a sweet odor, so it's not offensive, and it's biodegradable as it just goes back in the ground, and it leave no residue, white left over substance or anything.
Inside the home, put a small amount in a bottle cap, place wherever you see ants breaking through. When the stuff gets hard and crusty, throw it out and put a bit more in the cap.
Outside the home, sprinkle (very freely) along the foundation of your home. Repeat at least once a month for 1 summer, and you'll not have ants again for years and years!
Keep the stuff around the foundation of your home the second year as a preventative measure. Our ants are gone. Once I got rid of the ants on our property, I started treating the neighbors on both sides of us. Their ants are gone now too. They think I'm a hero or something!
It works, it's safe, it's can be eaten by humans, pets, other animals, other bugs, won't hurt the environment, won't hurt plants, but kills ants, and makes them run!
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That molasseses idea sounds cool. We'll have to try this at home. A method we've used to keep ants from coming in the house is to place cucumber rinds near where the ants are coming in. They love cucumbers for some reason. They stop coming in the house and cover the cucumbers.
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I have a can of Ant and Roach killer in the basement of our 5ver and it's a part of my setup routine to spray everything that touches the outside. Tires, jacks, cords, hoses and all. It takes less than 5 minutes to do it and I have never had a problem. Well.....there was the one time I forgot but the wife won't let that happen again.
I'm with Bob b...We use terro at home and we have not had an ant problem since. As for the other suggestions, they seem like great ideas. We will keep them in mind. I would have never thought of dried molasses or cucumber rinds.
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bob_b wrote: Ant Powder or Borax around the wheels and jackstands. Vasoline on hoses and power cords. For the ants that have already made it inside, use Terro. The ants eat it and bring the poison back to the rest of their buddies.
Works for me as well (although I have used Ortho Home Defense spray around the wood blocks on several trips)!!
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Plain ol AJAX powder (or a like). Ants won't cross it. Learned that from a park ranger years ago. Works every time for us..and just rise away when you pack up. Sprinkle it around your tires, stabilizers and such.
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