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G'day Carmel
Do NOT disturb them.......I know it's very tempting, but if you do, then they will reappear somewhere else, possibly your house!! Unfortunately, (thanks to all the greenies) you are unable to buy the necessary chemicals to get rid of them now, so you best option is to phone a pest controller as they are licenced and therefore able to buy the chemicals. Get two, or three, quotes and my suggestion is to use the smaller one-man companies, rather than the big household names who charge heaps more to fund their massive advertising programs. Your house is more important than the tree, although if the tree is already damaged then you might need to have any dead limbs lopped in case they could fall on your house. Again, please do NOT be tempted to disturb them. Hope this helps? Bronwyn ;-) Sandgroper wrote: I noticed what I think to be white ant activity in a gum tree near my vegie garden this morning. Any suggestions on how to save the tree but, more importantly, kill the ants! Cheers, Carmel |
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I noticed what I think to be white ant activity in a gum tree near my vegie
garden this morning. Any suggestions on how to save the tree but, more importantly, kill the ants! Cheers, Carmel |
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Oh oh! I did prod around with a "twig". Thought the damage may have been
caused by borers. What's the difference in tell-tale signs? Thanks for your reply - I'd better get a pest controller in. Thanks again, Carmel "HC" wrote in message ... G'day Carmel Do NOT disturb them.......I know it's very tempting, but if you do, then they will reappear somewhere else, possibly your house!! Unfortunately, (thanks to all the greenies) you are unable to buy the necessary chemicals to get rid of them now, so you best option is to phone a pest controller as they are licenced and therefore able to buy the chemicals. Get two, or three, quotes and my suggestion is to use the smaller one-man companies, rather than the big household names who charge heaps more to fund their massive advertising programs. Your house is more important than the tree, although if the tree is already damaged then you might need to have any dead limbs lopped in case they could fall on your house. Again, please do NOT be tempted to disturb them. Hope this helps? Bronwyn ;-) Sandgroper wrote: I noticed what I think to be white ant activity in a gum tree near my vegie garden this morning. Any suggestions on how to save the tree but, more importantly, kill the ants! Cheers, Carmel |
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wrap the tree in glad-wrap and suffocate the *******s?
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he he he. Try loud rap music 20 hours a day - they might leave home - I
nearly did:-) "Dave Turner" wrote in message ... wrap the tree in glad-wrap and suffocate the *******s? |
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i'm against cruelty to animals. gladwrap is one thing, but RAP MUSIC?
you're a sick puppy mate! |
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Dave Turner wrote:
i'm against cruelty to animals. gladwrap is one thing, but RAP MUSIC? you're a sick puppy mate! Ant music? Adam and the ants more suitable ? Look you didnt even mention the poor tree... Rap music would definitely have adverse reactions. If it rots the brain, it would surely rot other organic material.. Probably how root rot sets in...Remember the poor tree cant move... Trying its darndest to move and disaster...Rooted would the the correct technical term! Are you sure youre a gardener? (grin!) |
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Don't you remember that Myth Busters show where they measured the growth of
peas subject to various types of music - I think Heavy Metal provided the best results - soothing orchestral stunted growth. I guess it all depends if the tree has grown up on Hard Rock :-) "Jonno" wrote in message u... Dave Turner wrote: i'm against cruelty to animals. gladwrap is one thing, but RAP MUSIC? you're a sick puppy mate! Ant music? Adam and the ants more suitable ? Look you didnt even mention the poor tree... Rap music would definitely have adverse reactions. If it rots the brain, it would surely rot other organic material.. Probably how root rot sets in...Remember the poor tree cant move... Trying its darndest to move and disaster...Rooted would the the correct technical term! Are you sure youre a gardener? (grin!) |
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Geoff & Heather wrote:
Don't you remember that Myth Busters show where they measured the growth of peas subject to various types of music - I think Heavy Metal provided the best results - soothing orchestral stunted growth. I guess it all depends if the tree has grown up on Hard Rock :-) "Jonno" wrote in message u... Dave Turner wrote: i'm against cruelty to animals. gladwrap is one thing, but RAP MUSIC? you're a sick puppy mate! Ant music? Adam and the ants more suitable ? Look you didnt even mention the poor tree... Rap music would definitely have adverse reactions. If it rots the brain, it would surely rot other organic material.. Probably how root rot sets in...Remember the poor tree cant move... Trying its darndest to move and disaster...Rooted would the the correct technical term! Are you sure youre a gardener? (grin!) I cant see hard rock letting anything grow. See your yates garden guide... Mind you it has to good for something... :-( Just cant think what... |
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"Geoff & Heather" wrote in message ... Don't you remember that Myth Busters show where they measured the growth of peas subject to various types of music - I think Heavy Metal provided the best results - soothing orchestral stunted growth. I guess it all depends if the tree has grown up on Hard Rock :-) yeah I watched that episode with great interest. I live and breathe music but the Mythbusters test wasnt very scientific - they were pretty much just comparing different types of music - classical vs rock etc, rather than actually figuring out or explaining what exactly it is about the music that was actually stimulating plant growth |
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Dave Turner wrote:
"Geoff & Heather" wrote in message ... Don't you remember that Myth Busters show where they measured the growth of peas subject to various types of music - I think Heavy Metal provided the best results - soothing orchestral stunted growth. I guess it all depends if the tree has grown up on Hard Rock :-) yeah I watched that episode with great interest. I live and breathe music but the Mythbusters test wasnt very scientific - they were pretty much just comparing different types of music - classical vs rock etc, rather than actually figuring out or explaining what exactly it is about the music that was actually stimulating plant growth When planting seedlings I was instructed to create air currents over the seedlings to simulate wind. This caused the plants to sway and created space between the plants cells to help strengthen the seedling. It maybe something similar to this. So I would guess mechanical movement such as vibration would do this. Not quite sure if this was the correct explanation... :-) |
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"Sandgroper" wrote in message
... I noticed what I think to be white ant activity in a gum tree near my vegie garden this morning. Any suggestions on how to save the tree but, more importantly, kill the ants! Cheers, Carmel Use 'DIPEL' which contains a bacteria, available from any (good) garden centre. (intended for caterpillars, but works like a charm) Mix it up a sachet and pour it around & on the tree, including into where you disturbed them (disturb them as much as possible). They will carry this bacteria back into the nest & wipe out the whole nest. It also kills many species of nuisance ants. Environmentally friendly too. |
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wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message ... wrote: "Sandgroper" wrote in message ... I noticed what I think to be white ant activity in a gum tree near my vegie garden this morning. Any suggestions on how to save the tree but, more importantly, kill the ants! Cheers, Carmel Use 'DIPEL' which contains a bacteria, available from any (good) garden centre. (intended for caterpillars, but works like a charm) Mix it up a sachet and pour it around & on the tree, including into where you disturbed them (disturb them as much as possible). They will carry this bacteria back into the nest & wipe out the whole nest. It also kills many species of nuisance ants. Environmentally friendly too. Feedback if this works please. Dont breathe the dust from this stuff as it may be harmfull if not observed. Really great stuff to stop cabbage flutterbies. It works great. I originally found out about this from an article in a science magazine some years ago. I tried it at home as we had persistent termites in the backyard. Now they are no longer there and they are gone from the surrounding properties also. They must travel quite a distance underground. Cheers No white ants but plenty of the black argentinian ants.... |
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