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Ants in seeded areas!

10 years ago

So I had two large patches in my front lawn that were all chickweed.
I used Weed B Gone a few weeks ago and this past weekend I was able to rake it all up.
I spread some Scotts' Lawn Soil and then seeded the area.
Now the spots are covered with little ant hills.
I know ants can help aerate your lawn and keep grubs away, but I've also read that they can start to eat your grass seed.

What are some recommendations to take care of this?

Comments (5)

texas_weed
10 years ago
Are you sure they are ants and not earthworms? Picture would be nice.
biggreen73
Original Author
10 years ago
They aren't as defined in this pic since I had just watered this area, but they are definitely ant mounds.
There are tiny ants crawling in and out of all of them and I know worm mounds tend to be more clumpy.
texas_weed
10 years ago
OK go to Lowes o rHome Depot and pick up some Andro. They make several different insecticides for Ants of primarily granules which is a Soy Bean product, liquid sprays, and mound drenches.
biggreen73
Original Author
10 years ago
And these won't have any effect on the grass seed I threw down?
texas_weed
10 years ago
No effect at all. Get the granules as it is a Soy Bean Meal Product treated with Hormones to sterilize the Queen and any wannabes to replace her. The workers will take the bait to the queen for her to eat and sterilize her.

Soy Bean Meal is a organic fertilizer.

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