[AT] Termites in your mulch?

[Easley, Greg]

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

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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?



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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