[AT] Termites in your mulch?

[Larry D. Goss]

THAT'S IT!  Check the bark and you'll see evidence of larva runs all
over the back side of it.  The borer effectively girdles the tree and it
dies in a matter of days.

Larry

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Richard Fink
Sr
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:51 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: RE: [AT] Termites in your mulch?

Greg how do the trees die. I ask because we have some ash on our
property 
and last year in the spring they had leaves then about mid summer died
and 
the leaves fell off. Looked healthy other wise. I have one now that the 
bark looks to be falling off in places.
R Fink
PA



At 06:19 PM 3/8/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>We've got a ten acre grove that came back predominantly in white ash
after
>it was logged in the mid 70's.  The borers showed up about ten years
ago.
>Have been taking 8-10 cord a year off it ever since.  There might be
another
>two years worth left to cut.  And like Larry's area, we're not 
>'officially' infested.
>
>Greg
>http://www.geocities.com/heartland/woods/1416
>
>________________________________
>
>From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of Rob Gray
>Sent: Wed 3/8/2006 5:57 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] Termites in your mulch?
>
>
>
>My woods are mostly White Ash. If I got that borer here, I'd be
>overwhelmed with firewood :(
>
>Rob
>NE PA USA Earth
>
>Larry D. Goss wrote:
>
> >I used to be able to go down to my local convenience store or
favorite
> >Big Box store and buy a few bags of mulch every year for the flower
beds
> >around the house.  But that was before my wife got herself certified
as
> >a Master Gardener.  Now, the bagged stuff is not satisfactory --
wrong
> >wood, wrong mixture, etc -- so I have to go out and buy the bulk
stuff
> >at one of the local nurseries by the truck load.  Last year, I think
I
> >filled the pickup six times before the season was over.  Each load is
a
> >cubic yard of mulch.
> >
> >I'm more concerned about the Emerald Ash Borer than I am about the
> >Formosan Termites.  Theoretically, we aren't infested yet, but I've
lost
> >a couple dozen trees out of the yard --- all but two of them were
ash.
> >
> >Larry
> >
>
>
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