Yes, you may plant at any time when using Citrex.

rhizo, Have you used this product? how well did it work if you have?

Since the active ingrediant in Citrex is citrus oil there should be no problem with planting shortly after application. If this is not addressed on the label (which it should be) contact the manufacturer.

Nope, it's not addressed on the label. Not much of anything was addressed on the label actually. Just the basic don't swollow, get in eyes, wash hands, this many oz for that much water.

I was a bit disappointed in the label but desperate. NO stores in my area are offering Fire Ant products that can be used in the vegetable garden, not even the big box ones.

I had heard that orange oil was an organic product for them so I went ahead and bought the Citrex regardless of the lousy label.

My fire ant bites are itching :(

shellva, I have not used the Citrex, but it's certainly worthy of a try. At the very least, your fire ants will vacate the veggie garden territory and move on to another part of the yard so that you can use Amdro. ;-)

Try this for the stings: keep a container of Adolph's Meat Tenderizer on you when working around those darned ants. Sprinkle some on the sting as soon as you can, and rub it in. Works like a charm for me, very little burning and itching, and no big bumps at the sting site.

Thanks Rhizo for the meat tenderizer tip. I'll have to invest in some I guess. Found another mound out in the middle of the yard today. sigh

Well, so far every place I have poured the Citrex the ants are gone but I think I'm only chasing them from spot to spot, no serious ant destruction. grrrr

Michelle

How many Camden's are there? Are you in NJ and getting fire ants? I thought they liked warmer weather.

I treat the mounds with 3 ounces of molasses in a gallon of water. I drench the mound with half of it and sprinkle the rest around the area around the mound. You can use table sugar if you don't have molasses. This does not directly kill the ants but it does seem to scatter them so much that they do not reform. If they do reform, repeat the sugar water drench.

The citrus oil should kill them directly.

New Jersey, Maine, South Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvainia. and probably many other places beside England.

The problem is that these colonies are so deep and so large, that contact killers will never get to the queen(s). That's why the baits are effective.

There is an organic ant bait with Spinosad as the active ingredient. I've not used it myself, but have heard good things about it from those that have. It can be used directly in a veggie garden. Apparently, several companies are manufacturing thier own brand so you'll need to hunt for that active ingredient.

Yeah, in which Camden do you live? There's one in practically (seemingly) every state in the country, lol! I assumed SC because of your zone.

Hi everyone! Add one more state with a Camden....North Carolina. We are located on the coast just south of the Virginia (Hampton Roads) line.

The citrex did kill out right but I know at this point they are just moving around the yard. I have 9 lbs. of Green Light with Conserve on order. I wish it would hurry up and get here already!

Gardening in the veggie area is a unique experience anymore. I am missing the days before fire ants. It's just not fair! I have bermuda grass, nutsedge, mosquitoes, Japanese beetles, squash vine borers, cucumber beetles, some kind of potato beetle and now let's just add fire ants to the mix!

You know, gardeners are either very tough, insane or both! lol

Michelle

shellva,
Did you succeed in destroying the fire ants? I live in Newport, NC on the Coastal Plain and after moving here from Virginia, I found some of the same challenges you did. I kill the fire ants in my garden and yard with spinosad. I tried Conserve in the winter on the warmer days when the temps were above 65 degrees but it never worked. When the weather warmed up in the spring, I used the Garden Safe brand that I got at Walmart and it works in 24 hours. Dead colony and Queeny. I'm not sure if it is the brand or the warmer temps. Pure D-Limonene (Orange Oil) sprayed with a sprayer worked in the yard in the winter with a couple applications and looked like it was slowly working after repeated sessions in the raised bed of the veggie garden. The raised bed colony was the worst to eliminate. Before Garden Safe I tried every "solution" I could find in the forum or by googling. Boiling water worked with new colonies in the yard, but not in the raised bed. Flooding with hundreds of gallons of water for many days did nothing. They laughed at Cayenne and Paprika. Diatomaceous Earth seemed to irritate them if sprinkled directly on them. The next day they danced on it. They ignored Sugar water solution completely. The best one was daily applications of human urine. The wife really like that one. :) It drove them deeper for a few days and they held their noses.

Just an FYI - Worcestershire sauce applied liberally to fire ant bites immediately will kept them from blistering and stop the itch. You may need to apply a couple of times. I am trying to find a fire ant killer that will not hurt birds and will work for organic gardening. Does Citrix work? has anyone tried Green Lite?