[AT] Termites in your mulch?

[Bob Seith]

Sounds like enough sources have weighed in re: termite potential in 
mulch that I don't need to add to the discussion. But I WILL mention 
another problem that crops up when people use lots and lots of  bark 
mulch around their landscape plantings up here in Ohio. You get 
infestations of grubs later on. Whether they came in the mulch or 
arrived via egg-laying insects is unknown to me. All I can say is that 
you sometimes end up with grubs.

They don't really hurt much, but they attract SKUNKS that dig them up as 
delicacies. And if you have dogs, the dogs like to go out and chase the 
"striped kitties," who respond as nature provided. Then you have smelly 
dogs to deal with.

Been there, done that.

Barkley Beagle has never had an encounter with a skunk. But my sister's 
dogs have. And I, being the good brother I am, have bathed smelly dogs. 
Too many times.

Best,
Bob Seith
1953 Farmall Cub

Chuck Saunders wrote:

>Thanks Mike,
>An interesting question is posed. When I followed the LSU link there is much
>information concerning a quarentine on cellulose debris leaving the damage
>area.  I am curious how the author connected the material at the LSU site
>with the apprehension in the e-mail. Now I know a little about the Formosan
>Termite.
>Chuck Saunders
>Kansas City, MO
>
>On 3/8/06, Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net> wrote:
>  
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>>I am forwarding the attached without comment - I don't know how much
>>truth there is to it, and I don't buy mulch.
>>
>>Mike
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>>Louisiana agricultural dept. web site FYI.
>><http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/>
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>Thanks Mike,<br>
>An interesting question is posed. When I followed the LSU link there is
>much information concerning a quarentine on cellulose debris leaving
>the damage area.  I am curious how the author connected the
>material at the LSU site with the apprehension in the e-mail. Now I
>know a little about the Formosan Termite.<br>
>Chuck Saunders<br>
>Kansas City, MO<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Sloane</b> <<a href="mailto:mikesloane at verizon.net">mikesloane at verizon.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
>I am forwarding the attached without comment - I don't know how much<br>truth there is to it, and I don't buy mulch.<br><br>Mike<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Louisiana agricultural dept. web site FYI.
><br><<a href="http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/">http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/</a>><br></blockquote></div><br>
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