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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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"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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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. [/color] 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 [/color] No white ants but plenty of the black argentinian ants....[/quote] Now that's a thought jonno! If DIPEL works on argentinian ants it would be a sensation. But Argentinians aren't black? They're a honey colour. i once did an article on Argentinian ants and researched pretty thoroughly. The ag. board entymologist demonstrated to me that sometimes the only way to distinguish argentinian ants from other similar species is to count the 'teeth' on the mandibles under a microscope. there's a much darker 'coastal brown ant' that might be your problem. But your not a whole lot better off if it is :-) but a bit I think. A good way of using dipel on white ants would be to insert a capped length of PVC pipe into the nearby soil with some slots in the side and stuffed with paper. |
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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. [/color] 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 [/color] No white ants but plenty of the black argentinian ants....[/quote] Now that's a thought jonno! If DIPEL works on argentinian ants it would be a sensation. But Argentinians aren't black? They're a honey colour. i once did an article on Argentinian ants and researched pretty thoroughly. The ag. board entymologist demonstrated to me that sometimes the only way to distinguish argentinian ants from other similar species is to count the 'teeth' on the mandibles under a microscope. there's a much darker 'coastal brown ant' that might be your problem. But your not a whole lot better off if it is :-) but a bit I think. A good way of using dipel on white ants would be to insert a capped length of PVC pipe into the nearby soil with some slots in the side and stuffed with paper. |
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godwin wrote:
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. [/color] 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 [/color] No white ants but plenty of the black argentinian ants.... Now that's a thought jonno! If DIPEL works on argentinian ants it would be a sensation. But Argentinians aren't black? They're a honey colour. i once did an article on Argentinian ants and researched pretty thoroughly. The ag. board entymologist demonstrated to me that sometimes the only way to distinguish argentinian ants from other similar species is to count the 'teeth' on the mandibles under a microscope. there's a much darker 'coastal brown ant' that might be your problem. But your not a whole lot better off if it is :-) but a bit I think. A good way of using dipel on white ants would be to insert a capped length of PVC pipe into the nearby soil with some slots in the side and stuffed with paper. [/color] They are honey coloured.. Yep. Wasn't thinking... :-( |
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Jonno wrote:
godwin wrote: 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 [/color] No white ants but plenty of the black argentinian ants.... Now that's a thought jonno! If DIPEL works on argentinian ants it would be a sensation. But Argentinians aren't black? They're a honey colour. i once did an article on Argentinian ants and researched pretty thoroughly. The ag. board entymologist demonstrated to me that sometimes the only way to distinguish argentinian ants from other similar species is to count the 'teeth' on the mandibles under a microscope. there's a much darker 'coastal brown ant' that might be your problem. But your not a whole lot better off if it is :-) but a bit I think. A good way of using dipel on white ants would be to insert a capped length of PVC pipe into the nearby soil with some slots in the side and stuffed with paper. [/color] They are honey coloured.. Yep. Wasn't thinking... :-([/color] Apparently Melbourne where I live has one of the largest single colony of Argentinian ants in the world. Why is it so? It hasn't got any enemies due to all the colony being related to each other...by species... Now if dipel could wipe em out, we'd be much happier...Doesnt work on pollies does it? |
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"Jonno" wrote in message
... Jonno wrote: godwin wrote: 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.... Now that's a thought jonno! If DIPEL works on argentinian ants it would be a sensation. But Argentinians aren't black? They're a honey colour. i once did an article on Argentinian ants and researched pretty thoroughly. The ag. board entymologist demonstrated to me that sometimes the only way to distinguish argentinian ants from other similar species is to count the 'teeth' on the mandibles under a microscope. there's a much darker 'coastal brown ant' that might be your problem. But your not a whole lot better off if it is :-) but a bit I think. A good way of using dipel on white ants would be to insert a capped length of PVC pipe into the nearby soil with some slots in the side and stuffed with paper. [/color] They are honey coloured.. Yep. Wasn't thinking... :-([/color][/color] I don't know if it works on them - it does work on the little black and smaller brown (not Argentinian) ants that we have here. We had such a severe plague of those, so bad that the ground felf like a sponge under your feet due to excessive nests plus they were always getting into the house. I used dipel on those about 2 years ago and they are now under control - not gone completely though. They never fully recovered from it so the Dipel bacterium must still be actively working in the soil I assume. Try it on the Argentinians and let us know. If it does work then also contact Gardening Australia & pass it on :-) Apparently Melbourne where I live has one of the largest single colony of Argentinian ants in the world. Why is it so? It hasn't got any enemies due to all the colony being related to each other...by species... Not just by species but as a single 'family' colony rather than seperate colonies with different genetics & pheromones. Now if dipel could wipe em out, we'd be much happier...Doesnt work on pollies does it? We can only dream |
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Permaculture with Bill Mollison wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in message ... Jonno wrote: godwin wrote: 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.... Now that's a thought jonno! If DIPEL works on argentinian ants it would be a sensation. But Argentinians aren't black? They're a honey colour. i once did an article on Argentinian ants and researched pretty thoroughly. The ag. board entymologist demonstrated to me that sometimes the only way to distinguish argentinian ants from other similar species is to count the 'teeth' on the mandibles under a microscope. there's a much darker 'coastal brown ant' that might be your problem. But your not a whole lot better off if it is :-) but a bit I think. A good way of using dipel on white ants would be to insert a capped length of PVC pipe into the nearby soil with some slots in the side and stuffed with paper. They are honey coloured.. Yep. Wasn't thinking... :-( [/color][/color] I don't know if it works on them - it does work on the little black and smaller brown (not Argentinian) ants that we have here. We had such a severe plague of those, so bad that the ground felf like a sponge under your feet due to excessive nests plus they were always getting into the house. I used dipel on those about 2 years ago and they are now under control - not gone completely though. They never fully recovered from it so the Dipel bacterium must still be actively working in the soil I assume. Try it on the Argentinians and let us know. If it does work then also contact Gardening Australia & pass it on :-) Apparently Melbourne where I live has one of the largest single colony of Argentinian ants in the world. Why is it so? It hasn't got any enemies due to all the colony being related to each other...by species... Not just by species but as a single 'family' colony rather than seperate colonies with different genetics & pheromones. Now if dipel could wipe em out, we'd be much happier...Doesnt work on pollies does it? We can only dream [/color] PS Dipel also works with tomato grubs... Whatever theyre called but it seems the tomatoes didnt grow so well this year. Whats bugging them I wonder... Anyone have any clues? |
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thanks for the info... i'll get some today. We live in white ant territory
here so it won't go to waste. cheers wrote in message ... "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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