Chelsea Christenson wrote in
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shawn wrote:
Hello again,
I've searched and searched I guess theres no solid answer. I'm in
florida is mulch in the beds surrounding the house advisable or not?

Termites are prevalent in my area, and the local building code requires
18" of concrete between ground and wood siding. I have mulch pretty
much all around my house. So wood mulch around concrete is okay, as
long as you don't have siding within easy reach of the mulch.


yeah everything I run into assumes some type of siding material, my home
is concrete block with real stucco, you dont really have exposed
foundations like a traditional stick home.

The threat seems to be in florida subterrian which are attracted to
moisture...then danger of getting up through cracks etc, HOW any termite
treatment besides the original soil treatment when the house was built
would work with this is beyond my comprehension, I would dare to say I
dont believe it as chems sprayed on the stucco, gound cannot possibly
soak inches and inches down then under the slab.

When I read up on it it says termites are attacted to moisture which rock
& mulch both seemingly provide, its florida, everything is wet!
everything molds during the rainy season.

Anyways noone in the neighborhood has had a problem & considering the
previous owners didn't do anything around here for 10 years I think I'll
just go with a natural mulch instead of rock this time.

thanks,
shawn