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realme52
True Blue Farmgirl
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Klara
Gatesville
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Mar 14 2006 : 4:59:06 PM
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I wasn't sure where to best post this. Actually, at first, I wasn't even sure if I should forward this information at all. Now adays, you never know how much of this stuff is "solid" information and how much is hype. But I think everyone can decide for themselves, if they want to go by this caution or not....
I hope that enough people see it here.
From Dr. Rufus Morison:
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.
Here's the link:
Click here: LSU AgCenter . Formosan Subterranean Termites Portal
<http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/en/environment/insects/Termites/formosan_termi
Geologist-Geoscience Information
Kentucky Geological Survey
228 Mining & Mineral Resources Bldg.
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Ky. 40506-0107
Visit our WWW site at http://www.uky.edu/KGS/home.htm
From this hour I ordain myself loss'd of limits and immaginary lines. Walt Whitman |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Mar 14 2006 : 5:21:25 PM
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| There was also a new notice that this is false! |
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LJRphoto
True Blue Farmgirl
760 Posts
Laura
Hickory Corners
MI
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2006 : 07:07:20 AM
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That link isn't working.
Here is a link about the quarantine of wood from the area. i've also heard that the flooding is actually a good thing for quelling the termite problem because they can't survive long under water.
http://tinyurl.com/oofva
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain
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LJRphoto
True Blue Farmgirl
760 Posts
Laura
Hickory Corners
MI
USA
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realme52
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Klara
Gatesville
Texas
USA
106 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2006 : 09:30:57 AM
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I'sorry for not checking if this kind of topic was already discussed elsewhere. To my defense: when you are in a hurry, it's an effort to search through the many threads, and I didn't want this to keep me from throwing out the (possibly unfounded) warning. Next time I know better.
Hope you all can forgive me. ;)
From this hour I ordain myself loss'd of limits and immaginary lines. Walt Whitman |
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LJRphoto
True Blue Farmgirl
760 Posts
Laura
Hickory Corners
MI
USA
760 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2006 : 09:50:52 AM
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I didn't mean it to be critical! Just that there's more information to consider in another spot. Who hasn't gotten in a hurry and not checked for duplicates? Especially when my computer is being slow!
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain
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