Ants are attracted to sugar and starchy foods, making grits a perfect natural pesticide.
Grits are a natural, cost efficient and effective way of getting rid of ants. Grits are most effective in killing off ants when the ant bed can be treated to eliminate the whole tribe. Grits are a good alternative to pesticides, especially if you have children and animals that may come into contact with the ant bed. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Sprinkle a small amount of instant grits on top of the ant bed. The grits should not completely cover the ant bed, but they should be spread evenly across the ant bed so you can still see dirt between the grits.
2. Leave the grits on the ant bed for at least two days to allow the worker ants to pick up and take the grits back to the rest of the tribe and to allow time for the grits to kill them.
3. Check the ant bed frequently and add more grits to the top of the bed when it rains or when you see that the grits layer is thin. With continued treatment for as long as two weeks, the fire ants should be eradicated.
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