displacedtexan

Well, the ticks are bad here this year, and was just wondering something I can do to kill them in my yard, I live on the edge of town, there are woods across the street. And the house had been empty, and yard not mowed for the summer before I bought it. I'm trying to tame it I know I can't kill them all, but would like to reduce the local population. Just wondering what had worked for yall.

Fronty Owner

gallon of diesel and a match.

I dont think you can still get diazanon. That stuff worked great.

D2 Cat

Get ya some geese, guineas, ducks or some other birds. They'll clean them up.

Buckshotmckee

Hey Nick!

Maybe call your local exterminator (local not one of the big ones, terminex etc...) to come out and spray. Anything over the counter probably isn't going to be strong enough.

tbarbee1

I've had decent luck with 7dust its nothing like diazanon but it will slow them down. There is a liquid spray you can get at most feed stores called Tempo it will kill spiders ants etc... may work for ticks too? i spray it around the bottom of my house and around the window seals it kills everything for months. Its worth a try.

Muddin_dude06

Call your local pest guy, I worked for Ace Pest Control in Magnolia a while back and after spraying one time bugs were no-more of a problem than to cheap of gasoline lol. Get your house sprayed every 3-6 months ( I don't remember) and you will never have any problems...

annabelle

Call the local ext. None of the componds we can buy seem to work.

cameroneod

Yep, three or four chickens will keep a yard pretty tick free. If ya don't mind chickens.

BEAST

I've Heard That Lime Works For Ticks

Dieseldude4x4

I went to Home Depot and asked the guy what would kill ticks and fleas. He showed me some stuff and said a bag would cover about a quarter of an acre. I said give me four bags and he said how much land do you have. I said two 50 by 150 foot lots side by side. He just chuckled. I put that stuff down about five times what you need to use and kept the dogs in till after the rain had washed it in. Haven't had the first tick or flea for three years now. I think it was about $16 a bag.

mcoleman

We use the granules in the 20 pound bag from wal-mart. Seems to work. Even the more generic bag works just fine.

Timberman

Spray it with Talstar. Go to your local Lesco warehouse and ask them about it.

Don Baggett

I asked the same question once and a real "smart" guy told me to get two bricks, put the tick on one and smash it with the other! Don't you just love answers like that? My dogs have been picking up some fleas, so I think I'm going to follow the advise of some of the previous post, myself. Hope you get'em knocked out.

dodgeguy71

I got a 20# bag of something from lowes, it was not diazinon but it was something with "zon" in it, I think. Anyhow, I put down the granules, 20#'s in our front yard, side and back yard.....not very big, the rest is fenced for animals. Then I still have some diazinon concentrate, put it in my sprayer attached to the garden hose and spray heavy. I have not seen any ground bugs alive out in the part of the yard I did that to in 2 months.

Never follow recommended application levels, always overdose it!!

dale29

FIRE ANTS will keep ticks and fleas away