Re: [Fwd: Mulch from hurricane zone]

Perhaps you should check some of the online Urban Legends sites before  
sending stuff like this out.

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



On Mar 3, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Joan Cooper wrote:

>  Got this from the pres fo the Daffodil Society. Thought it was worth  
> passing on.             Joan Cooper
>
>  -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:
> Mulch from hurricane zone
> Date:
> Fri, 3 Mar 2006 11:21:58 -0600
> From:
> Margaret Macneale <MMacneale@jfcsmpls.org>
>
>
>
>
> I just got this, and have NOT verified it.  But it is very possible  
> that it's true.  So, take it with a grain of salt, but also don't  
> forget that it MAY be true!    Those recipients of this note who are  
> Master Gardeners--if you could check this out with the U of M, it  
> would be a service to all of us.  Thanks.
>
> Margaret Macneale
> Vice President
> Daffodil Society of MN
> 952-542-4816 (work)
> 763-377-1458 (home)
> mmacneale@jfcsmpls.org
> www.daffodilmn.org
>
> From:
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:18 AM
> To:
> Subject:
> FYI regarding mulch.  Not sure if it's really true but better to be  
> safe than sorry.
>  
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ----------
>   
>  Louisiana agricultural dept. web site: 
> http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/
>  
> 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. 
>
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