Will termites kill my vegetables???
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Termites in my Mulch!! Yikes!!
Comments (13)I'd suggest to anyone who has termites in the vicinity to have their house inspected once by professionals, which costs about $300, and watch carefully what they do. Once you know what they look for, then you can do it yourself - it isn't rocket science. Insect damage isn't covered by home owners insurance. Treating a house, either through drilling and poisoning or using bait stations and then poisons, is going to set you back $2,500. Let alone repairing any damage. We've had termites come up in the middle of the house through a crack in the concrete slab, go up the walls and into the ceiling. Everyone we spoke to referred us to the bait / poison route, the termites hit the bait, which is a piece of aspen wood. They then shake a few termites into the poison canister, which is tissue paper impregnated with some chemical that interferes with termites shedding their skins or something, and replace the wood with the canister. The termites polish that off, and the nest dies. Anyway, they're there all around there under you, all the time. You don't 'get' them from mulch or by stacking firewood, they live in networks, feeding on roots and dead trees, and occasionally they'll 'fly', spreading their territory that way. We used to get a 'hit' on a bait station once a year for the first 5 years, but that's now stopped. Fingers crossed. This refers to the indigenous termites, the Formosa termites in the South are something else all together....See MoreUsing vinegar/soap to kill weeds in vegetable garden?
Comments (4)Pull what you can. I wouldn't risk killing my vegetables along with the weed. Try to get the whole root. Purslane can reproduce from stems, so if you break off pieces and not the whole plant, it will keep growing....See MoreVegetation to Keep or Kill? What is it?
Comments (3)Hello. Just a really wild guess. Could it be some sort of berry? like blackberry? That's what it looks like to me :D Does it have litthe spikes on the lower part? Is it a crawling vine? Could be a wild one... Calin...See Moretermites in raised vegetable bed
Comments (5)Termites need a cool, moist environment to live in so their nests will always be in the soil someplace that is cool and moist. In the south, especially around the gulf coast there will be 5 species, at last count of termites, some of which will eat wet wood, although most species only dine on dry wood. Termites are a whiteish or creamy color, except for those flying out to establish new colonies and they do not have a waist. Ants have the pinched waist, not termites, so if what you have does not have a waist and is creamy colored you may have termites in that bed, but most likely they will do little to no harm unless you have some dry wood for them to digest....See More- 14 years ago
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