ants attacking my pecan tree

[Chuey]

what can i do save my tree

[deer99hunter]

Two ways I know will work ;
1 - rub vaseline on the bark in a THICK stripe 6" wide around the tree as close to the ground as you can get. The ants will NOT cross it !
2 - Mix an ounce of peppermint oil in a gallon of water and spray the base of the tree and the ground surrounding it.

[Fling em]

Are they the little crazy ants that run around all over the place?

[Johnny Dangerr]

Boiling water = Amdro

[Aggiebush]

I would think that the ants are after what is really after your tree, most likely aphids or some other leaf eaters. The ants may actually be helping you out.

[Andy]

Unless they are cut ants....Andy

[overcomer401965]

Maybe carpenter ants? Need pics. There are baits for nearly all kinds of ants that will kill them.

[Chuey]

Are they the little crazy ants that run around all over the place?

no fire ants

[denimdeerslayer]

What color are they?

[dustoffer]

If you see a line of them going to/from the trunk, and up/down the trunk, with one line carrying little green pieces, they are leaf cutter ants. Their is a bait called "Ant Block" that I use on my customers' yards that is effective, but takes multiple applications and reapplications. I buy it at the local Co-Op.

[Fling em]

no fire ants

Not sure on those! The little crazy (rasberry ants) ants drive me nuts but at least they don't bite and I know how to kills them jokers! Good luck!

[Chuey]

these are fire ants in the mulch looks like the tree is dieing they got my plumb tree last year

[Slew]

Leaf cutters have killed a couple trees at my place. We've put some sorta ash stuff from a pool place out and it helps some, but they come back after a while...

[onetondodge]

Check out a chemical called top choice. It's active is fipronil and is restricted but it will control your ants for up to 9-12 months depending on rain fall. Over and out used to have the same active but they changed it when they made fipronil restricted a couple years back. You would need to use something for a short term kill because it would take 30-40 days to take full effect.

[Chuey]

looks like the bark is peeling right off the tree