[AT] Termites in your mulch?

[Rob Gray]

I'm fried if that hits here since the Ash is a big part of my forest. I 
have not heard that it has hit here in this part of Pennsylvania yet 
though....

Rob


Larry D. Goss wrote:

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