Will Termite Tenting Kill my Plants & Trees? Experiences?
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Help! Threy're gonna kill my plants!!!
Comments (4)All I can tell you is my experience - nothing will kill a wisteria. I have been trying to kill mine for years without success. It laughs at Roundup. Short of salting the entire ground around it, thus rendering it useless forever, I have tried everything and it still pops back. The jasmine will probably be a goner but you can always replant, and in a zone 10 it will quickly grow like a weed. As for the wisteria, good luck keeping it from eating the house! Eduarda...See MoreWill termites kill my vegetables???
Comments (26)I know this thread is literally a decade old... but, I was dead set to prove I'm not crazy, and neither are you! I live in Georgia, so southeast US as well. We (apparantly) used untreated lumber to build our two 20'x4' raised beds this year. I planted 9 stalks of peaches n' cream sweet corn at the far end of the first bed. They were doing great! Then, one started curling like it was dehydrated. So, I checked the soil, realized it could be a little more moist, but the roots were pretty close to the top of the soil. I decided it would be best to add a bag of garden soil around the stalks to keep the roots from being exposed when it rains. The next day, I go to check on the corn and that stalk was done for... and two more were showing signs of dehydration by curling. So, I pulled the dead one up and when I did, the stalk easily broke at the new soil line I had just added the day before! I thought it was strange and dug around the base of where the plant was to pull the remainder of the stalk and the roots out, and when I gently pushed the soil that I had just added out of the way, there were TONS of termites... just like your picture! I panicked and checked around the base of the other stalks and lo and behold - termites. So, I dumped the 2 stalks that were not salvageable and weighed the pros and cons of transplanting the stalks to the second bed. Do I risk losing the plants to shock or losing them to termites? So, I shocked the bejeesus out of them (sadly) by completely cleaning their root balls of termites by rinsing them in water (if I had any other choice...). I replanted them in the opposite end of the second bed and hoped the termites wouldn't make it that far before we could harvest... the corn did show signs of shock for about a week, but then perked up and took off! They were doing great! Then, I walked out to the garden one morning and two of the stalks had broken off at the soil line and completely fallen over... checked the soil - termites. So now, both beds are completely infested and I don't think I'll ever be able to grow corn in my garden :( Anyone have any luck planting termite buffet food in containers that they cannot penatrate? Metal garden beds? Heat treating the soil? I'm at such a loss and really disheartened... </3...See Moreplants turning yellow after termite tenting
Comments (14)THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND VIKANE KILLED THOUSANDS OF MY PLANTS AT MY HOME NURSERY SPECIALIZING IN MILKWEED. Other pesticide applications are also killing them. I have all the documentation. VIKANE DAMAGE PICTURES ARE BEING BLOCKED ON THE INTERNET! I want to fight this, and looking for more people with pictures of damage this pesticide that was designed as a CHEMICAL WEAPON. My hair fell out, myself and my husband almost died and have had to fight for my life for 2 years after allowed to tent 3x next door in 12 months and then again one month later a couple doors down for 4x in 13 months! Look at this distinctive burn mark on my stems. There were other pictures like this on the internet and now they are gone? Saw them when typed in Vikane damage. Now not there? Just found this document that shows the damage when high levels of Fluoride are introduced and shows the same pattern I have on my big green leaves all over the place. The only reason this is accessible is because from Korea. This info blocked from Americans by Terminix and Vikane makers. Read this study: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e82d/c22d2556acedab1158000241e15e13ba1835.pdf...See Morewill mole or gophers kill my fruit trees.?
Comments (12)Jean, From your post I'd definitely identify whether you are dealing with gophers or moles. Not at all the same animal, or the same consequences to your fruit trees. As mentioned, moles are harmless to trees and may actually be beneficial by eating larva of pests potentially harmful to trees (i.e. cicada larva). It's true some people don't like the evidence of tunneling on their lawns, but they don't do as much damage as yard chickens IMO. Personally, I leave moles alone. Plus, Mole was such a kind animal in Wind in the Willows :-) Not so with gophers. I've not had a problem with gophers here, but from what I've read, they can easily destroy trees. This post was edited by olpea on Mon, Feb 9, 15 at 9:31...See MoreBabka NorCal 9b
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