Mulch
F.Y.I.
link _www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/_
> > ( <http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/>
http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/)
> >
> > (Forward to people who own homes asap, as this is
> > the time of year when
> > homeowners start working in their yards.)
> >
> > 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 may have been turned into mulch and are
> > possibly being sold to other
> > states or companies who will come and haul it away.
> > So it may be showing up in
> > such places as Home Depot and Lowes at dirt cheap
> > prices with one huge problem:
> > Formosan Termites will be the bonus in many&! nbsp; of
> > those bags. New Orleans is
> > one of the few areas in the country where Formosan
> > Termites have gotten a
> > strong hold and many of the trees blown down may
> > have already been 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.
> > Hopefully this info will help avoid expensive
> > termite repairs. Click on
> > link above which goes to the LSU Ag Center website.
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