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Apr 15, 2006 | 10:19 PM

Aftrmidnite

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Mulch Warning

I would not of ever thought there could be a problem with mulch, but here it goes. After putting over a hundred bags of mulch down, I started looking for something cheaper to put down in my out lying areas. I was warned there is bulk mulch coming out of hurricane damaged Mississippi and Lousiana that has Formosa termites in it. I'm not totally familiar with this termite, but understand there is no termite poison to stop it.

Apr 15, 2006 | 11:34 PM

e1p1

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Interesting. If true the answer is to buy locally produced stuff.

Apr 16, 2006 | 12:01 AM

sierraben

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Read the last two paragraphs.

http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?...icp=1&.intl=us

Also found this in snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/termites.asp

Last edited by sierraben; Apr 16, 2006 at 12:06 AM.

Apr 16, 2006 | 12:05 AM

Ford_Six

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From: The Big, Oregon

From a quick check, it seems to be a major problem down there, they even have a website set up about their efforts to get rid of them and the damage they do.

Apr 16, 2006 | 01:44 AM

bigdaddyII

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Originally Posted by Ford_Six

From a quick check, it seems to be a major problem down there, they even have a website set up about their efforts to get rid of them and the damage they do.

Where did you check? I never noticed any problem. Gee whiz, gotta love the stuff that goes around when one area is concentrated on for too long.