Fire ants are a terrible enemy to any lawn. There is nothing worse than having a beautiful lawn, but not being able to go outside and enjoy it due to fire ants taking over!
So what is the best long term solution for fire ants? What is the easiest, one and done thing you can do to keep them away long term?
The answer is Top Choice by Bayer. Top Choice is by far the best product on the market for controlling fire ants long term. Top Choice is a broadcast application that is spread over your entire lawn, and it will keep fire ants out for an entire year.
It is a restricted product, so you will have to have professional apply it for you unless you happen to have a license yourself.
Right now is the best time to apply Top Choice. Fire ants are not very active right now, but will be becoming more and more active as the temperatures rise. Top Choice takes about 2 weeks from the time it is applied to activate and start working. So applying it now will be perfect for keeping fire ants away once they become active.
There are some products out there that claim to provide up to six months of coverage for fire ants. The ingredient that targets fire ants in these products is bifenthrin. We use bifenthrin quite a bit targeting a number of different pests, and in our experience you will only get 45 to 60 days of coverage. Bifenthrin does work against fire ants, but just know going in that it will take multiple applications per year to control fire ants.
If you are looking for a one and done, long term solution for fire ants, there is no question that Top Choice is the way to go.
