Subject: Re: Termites are testing me
From: "David Deutsch (Gondwana Gardens)" <gondwana@ix.netcom.com>
Organization: Gondwana Gardens
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 08:58:00 +0000
Message-ID: <MOD$971225.9411@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$971223.28948@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$971225.1906@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
littlepua@aol.com (Little Pua) wrote:
>Help, my organic principles are being tested. I have discovered termite trails
>in the bark of a young maple tree (~8 years old). This tree is only 40 feet
>from the house front porch where carpenter ants did about $8000 worth of
>damage... which will take me another year just to pay off. I cannot afford
>termite damage. What is a way I can get rid of the termites (including cutting
>the tree down) without sending them to my house? I do live in an area with a
>lot of termites... my neighbor had to rebuild part of his house due to damage
>and he also sprayed a tree that had them. I suspect those termites just packed
>up and headed to my chemical free property.
>Sherry
Beneficial nematodes supposedly control termites underground.
Try Arbico at the following site:
http://www.usit.net/hp/bionet/BO3.html#8
Good luck.
David Deutsch
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