[AT] Termites in your mulch?

[Richard Fink Sr]

I got that one from a local friend. i don't buy it except local made
R Fink




At 01:13 PM 3/8/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>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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>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.
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>Mike Sloane
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