Re: Termite Mulch question

**K*@aol.com**

In a message dated 4/6/2006 7:28:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
linschaf@thelifeline.net writes:

I'm not  sure this is a total hoax; more like it is possible but not
probable.   Here in Alabama, our local Extension agent said they have already
found the  Formosan termites in some wood products from the New Orleans
region: wood  pilings or posts, I believe he said.  They're being contained
but this  suggests to me that we still should be on alert regarding wood
products  from Louisiana.

I think the difference is that the email was broadcast willy-nilly  across 
the nation and thus constituted a hoax.  The formosan termite is a  genuine 
problem that is spreading and has the potential to spread throughout the  south 
eventually.  Katrina is not the culprit nor are illegal mulching  concerns that 
target specific companies.  The termite will eventually  spread (so I am told) 
into the middle of the country - around the 35 meridian  (?) mid Kentucky 
latitude. To infer that people in Cleveland that they  will get the termite is 
where the problem extrapolated into a myth.

Kate  Copsey
Freelance Garden Writer
Herbs, Historic Gardens
Pittsburgh,  PA
www.katecopsey.com
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