Carpenter Ants burrowing into trunk of Weeping Peach

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minerquad Webberville, MI(Zone 5b) Jun 09, 2009

I have acquired the job of renovating a friends veterinary clinic's garden. In one of the gardens the focal is a weeping peach tree. Some branches look dead and it needed a thorough pruning, however, upon further inspection, I found carpenter ants had made a small hole (size of the ant itself) into the trunk and many were headed in. I sprayed the hole with the only thing I had (wasp and hornet killer) and am headed back today. I have Diazanon, Bayer Insecticide and Sevin dust. Any suggestions? How can I tell if the ants have done too much damage for the tree to be saved? It is still producing fruit and leaves.

Any suggestion, tips and advice are GREATLY APPRECIATED!!

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Eclipse Norwalk, IA(Zone 5b) Jun 10, 2009

Spectracide makes a great ant bait that works wonders on carpenter ants. Lowes etc carry it.Comes as a granular bait that they carry into the nest and all of them die in a short time.Safer than sprays and get all the way into the queen to kill the whole nest.Follow ALL directions on the label...ALWAYS!! :-)

Kyle :-)

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minerquad Webberville, MI(Zone 5b) Jun 12, 2009

Are there signs to watch for that show irreversible damage?

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CoreHHI Bluffton, SC(Zone 9a) Jun 12, 2009

I would go sevin dust.

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