Re: Termites, cheap mulch and hurricanes

**"Lorraine Ballato" l*@msn.com**

This mulch issue had been cruising the internet now for a few weeks.   

I went to Snopes.com (a highly regarded checker of hoaxes, etc.) to check its veracity.  Please see their reply with the referenced link, which is attached.  Their link gives more info with links in addition to LSU one that Doug provided.

Lorraine Ballato
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---------------Original Message -----  
From: snopes.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 4:17 PM
To: ladygardener@msn.com
Subject: Re: snopes.com: Formosan Termites  

Thanks for asking about that.  We just wrote about that very topic.  Here's  
a pointer to our article:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/termites.asp

- Barbara

Urban Legends Reference Pages
http://www.snopes.com

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Comment: Please advise as to the veracity of the below:
If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying mulch this
year. After the Hurricane in New Orleans many trees were blown over.
These trees were then turned into mulch and the state is trying to get rid
of tons and tons of this mulch to any state or company who will come
and haul it away. So it will be showing up in Home Depot and Lowes at dirt
cheap prices with one huge problem; Formosan Termites will be the bonus in
many of those bags. New Orleans is one of the few areas in the country
were the Formosan Termites has gotten a strong hold and most of
the trees blown down were already badly infested with those termites. Now
we may have the worst case of transporting a problem to all parts of the
country that we have ever had. These termites can eat a house in no time
at all and we have no good control against them, so tell your friends
that own homes to avoid cheap mulch and know were it came from.

----- Original Message -----
From: DGreen
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:49 AM
To: 'Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum'
Subject: [GWL] Termites, cheap mulch and hurricanes

You might want to peruse this article at LSU on termites (see the bottom of
this page for relevant articles).  With cheap mulch on the way this spring,
there is apparently a very real danger of spreading some pretty vicious
critters in that mulch.  Can you say "special" on mulch this spring?  You
may want to warn your readers.

http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/   

Doug

Doug Green SGF Communications: e-publishing content
Home: http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com

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