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Fighting Dear Plant Doctor: Please help. I have fire ants in my yard and I have tried everything to get rid of them. I do not like using pesticides but cannot tolerate these stinging pests. I want to get rid of fire ants forev er. What do you recommend? Calabash ANSWER: I recommend you move. The Imported Fire Ant (ori gin: South America) was first re ported in the United States (Baldwin County, Alabama) in l4>29. Since that time scientists, farmers, and homeowners have been in engaged in a battle of epic proportions, a bat tle which fire ants are winning. At one time, scientists did not believe that fire ants would be able to toler ate the winter temperatures encoun tered in North Carolina but now the pests are common in eastern North Carolina and have moved to south side Virginia... and show no signs of stopping their march north. l ire ants are pests for two rea sons: (1) the sting of the fire ant is painful and often persists as a swollen area for several weeks. Some people are allergic and need medication when stung. (2) Fire ant mounds are unsightly and interfere with crop harvest or landscape maintenance operations. In addition, fire ants are changing the biological composition of native plant and ani mal life in ways scientists are just now starting to understand. No one has been able to totally eradicate fire ants. The best you can do is to control the pest in your own yard. Ouick, safe and effective con trol is possible when a few simple steps are followed. Positive identification is the first step in effective an fire ant control program. Fire ants vary in size from % to 'A inches long and may be red dish to dark brown. A gentle brush of the mound with one's foot or a stick will cause fire ants to actively "boil" out of the mound. The lack of such "boiling" action generally The Constant Fire Ant Battle tST THE PLANT DOCTOR C. BRUCE WILLIAMS Extension Area Turf Specialist means the mound is inactive or not infested with fire ants. Selection of the correct insecti cide is crucial to controlling fire ant infestations. Insecticides can be classified into two categories: baits and contact poisons. Baits will give excellent control if used during the spring and fall when ants are active ly foraging for the colony. Examples of baits that will control fire ants when properly used include Amdro and Affirm. Baits typically eliminate active mounds of fire ants in 4 to 12 weeks. Baits work but you must be patient. Contact poisons yield the quick est results (I to 7 days) on active mounds during the summer months. Examples of insecticides that are la beled for fire ant control include Diazinon, Dursban, Orthene, and a host of synthetic pyrethrins. The most common reason fire ant control fails is from incorrect appli cation techniques. Do not disturb the mound before or after treatment! Mix liquid insecticides per label in structions. Apply the insecticide mixture to each mound. Check the mound in 5 to 7 days and retreat if necessary. Biological control would be the ideal method of control but after nearly 60 years of intensive research Homer Collins of the USDA reports that "... all efforts to date indicate that no single organism is capable of inducing population suppression of the imported fire ant...Due to cost effectiveness, eiivuomnciiiiii con corns, and other factors, the broad cast application of baits remains the preferred method of import fire ant control except in special, localized situations where mound drenches might be more appropriate." I am sending you the publication "Imported Fire Ant Control" that I recently revised that includes the preferred methods and pesticides for fire ant control. Dear Plant Doctor: I have wild mushrooms growing all over my yard. My neighbor is from Europe and frequently collects and eats wild mushrooms she finds in the woods. I have young children and worry that they may eat some poisonous toad stools. Is there anyway you can tell the difference between a poisonous and non-poisonous mushroom? Can I spray something to kill the mush rooms? Wilmington ANSWER: Contrary to folklore, there are no general rules or ways to separate edible mushrooms from poisonous mushrooms or to make poisonous mushrooms safe to cat. If you suspect one of your children or another individual has eaten poiso nous mushrooms, then call a physi cian, the hospital emergency room, or the Duke Poison Control Center (800-672-16l>7). If possible, collect a sample of the suspected poisonous mushroom. If a telephone is not available or it will be a delay of 20 or more minutes, then induce vomiting with an emetic (e.g. syrup of ipecac). Collect the vomited material because it may be important in identifying the mush room (s) ingested. No pesticide is available that will control mushrooms in your yard. Fungicides used to control other types of plant diseases are not effec tive against mushroom producing fungi. I am sending you a newly re vised copy of "Wild Mushrooms?A Potential Hazard". Send your gardening comments or questions to the Plant Doctor, P() Box 109, Bolivia, NC 2X422. PLEASE send a SASE if requesting a reply or publication. Sunset VFD Serves Pancakes And More Sunset Beach Volunteer Fire Department will serve a pancake breakfast Saturday, April 2, starting at 6 a.m. The all-you-can-eat meal will cost $3 for adults and 52 for chil dren, with no charge for those under six. Breakfast will include pancakes and sausage, juice, doughnuts and coffee. Charles Town Dig Is Topic Of Upcoming Museum Talk Archaeological findings at farms scattered 60 miles up and Charles Town, a 17th century settle- down the river. The settlement, con ment on the west hank of the Cape sisting mostly of Englishmen from Fear River in the Town Creek area Barbados, endured for three years, of Brunswick County, will be the Some of the settlers later helped topic of an April K lecture at the found Charleston, S.C., in 1670. Cape Fear Museum. Loftfield, who has worked on the Dr. Tom Loftfield, professor of Charles Town project since 1^87, anthropology at UNC-Wilinington, has presented papers to international will discuss his archaeological find- gatherings of archaeologists in ings at Charles Town and on the Barbados, Jamaica and numerous Caribbean Island of Barbados. U.S. locations. Charles Town was situated in the His lecture, which begins at 11 Town Creek area 330 years ago. a.m., is free and open to the public. One account placed the population The museum is at S14 Market St., at 800 colonists with individual Wilmington. j" Kathryn's "j I $5?00 and Under Store i I Kitchen Gadgets ? Tools ? Toys ? 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He is a major in the organization, having earned 32 ribbons, won the VFW medal for military excellence, been awarded the ex pert M-16 rifle medal, earned a marksmanship badge for small bore rifle proficiency, and served as batallion training officer. He also is a member of Bushmasters and Color Guard, Shallotte Vol unteer Rescue Squad and Waccamaw Fire and Rescue Squad. He is the son of Keith and Nancy White. Lizxxzxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxzzzzzzjj Strawberries 15 Lbs. Avg, - Sliced FREE Pint 794 s;i? 1.49 Asparagus u>. - x Red Or _ _ Bee/ Bottom Round Roast Bosc Pears u>. Western Aiyou Pears 79 $ All Meat Armour Hot Dogs 69 12 Oz. Sliced FREE! Whole & Half ^ Corn King | tl Boneless Hams ? Lb. USDA Inspected Beef ?"^ E? Eye Of Round Roast A ? Lb - X N Bagc Dei t flfionte 1.59 Pineapple Chunks 12 Oz. Bag Long Green ^ Slicing Cucumbers/ * / Bunch Of /1 Fresh Green Onions/ 6 Oz. Bag Zesty Red Radishes Large Assortment Of Easter Flowers Lilies ? Mums ? Hyacinths ? Corsages ? Hydrangeas ? 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