[fmeadow]

Hi,
I am having a problem with ants crawling on my sidewalk adjacent to my lawn. is there any type of commercial insect spray that I can use without
killling my grass.


Thanks

 

[A.T.A.K]

Talstar or Merit for long term control. If the ants are the only insect you are after try a simple bait. But with out knowing what ant you have I can not say which product will better serve you.

 

[Grandview]

I do not know of any insecticide that hurts grass.

 

[A.T.A.K]

I think he is refering to Phytotoxicity

 

[TurfProSTL]

Merit is not going to control ants unless they are eating the grass. Talstar, Astro, Deltaguard, Sevin, etc. should all do the job.....

 

[A.T.A.K]

Last time I checked Imidacloprid Is also a termiticide, which bonds to soil. With that said if it is put down with the right volume of water, you will create a barrier that ants will not pass through.

 

[MikeD520]

Last time I checked Imidacloprid Is also a termiticide, which bonds to soil. With that said if it is put down with the right volume of water, you will create a barrier that ants will not pass through.

You are partially correct, however, Merit does not control ants via a soil barrier. It controls aphids and other sucking-insects that ants tend in order to have a supply of honeydew that is supplied from the secretions of these plant-sucking insects. That being said, if you remove the food source of a particular pest you will aid in controlling of that particular pest.

 

[TurfProSTL]

Last time I checked Imidacloprid Is also a termiticide, which bonds to soil. With that said if it is put down with the right volume of water, you will create a barrier that ants will not pass through.

Are any Imidacloprid products labelled for ants?

 

[MikeD520]

Are any Imidacloprid products labelled for ants?

Premise for carpenter ants.