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Can someone please tell me how to get sub-terranean termites out of my
veggie bed... they desimate my turnips, broccoli, cabbage and brussels!! If I move the plants.. they follow! How, oh HOW, do I get rid of my unwanted garden guests????! TIA very much! Erin |
Erin wrote... Can someone please tell me how to get sub-terranean termites out of my veggie bed... they desimate my turnips, broccoli, cabbage and brussels!! If I move the plants.. they follow! How, oh HOW, do I get rid of my unwanted garden guests????! TIA very much! Termites? In the UK? Are you sure? Or are you somewhere else in this small world? -- Regards Bob In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London |
Bob Hobden wrote:
Erin wrote... Can someone please tell me how to get sub-terranean termites out of my veggie bed... they desimate my turnips, broccoli, cabbage and brussels!! If I move the plants.. they follow! How, oh HOW, do I get rid of my unwanted garden guests????! TIA very much! Termites? In the UK? Are you sure? Or are you somewhere else in this small world? A quick check of her headers shows her to be somewhere in the US Mountain Time region... -- In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/ |
wrote in message oups.com... Can someone please tell me how to get sub-terranean termites out of my veggie bed... they desimate my turnips, broccoli, cabbage and brussels!! If I move the plants.. they follow! How, oh HOW, do I get rid of my unwanted garden guests????! TIA very much! Erin Get some racoons. -- Regards, Alan Preserve wildlife - pickle a SQUIRREL to reply. |
Alan Gabriel wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... Can someone please tell me how to get sub-terranean termites out of my veggie bed... they desimate my turnips, broccoli, cabbage and brussels!! If I move the plants.. they follow! How, oh HOW, do I get rid of my unwanted garden guests????! TIA very much! Get some racoons. "Coons? When raccoons try to get on our back porch, Momma just chase 'em off with a broom." Incidentally, although many dictionaries indicate that the common name for “Procyon lotor“ may be spelled either “racoon” or “raccoon”, the most commonly accepted spelling is “raccoon”; as per the official classification of the species. The word raccoon is derived from the Algonquin North American Indian word "aroughcoune", which means "he who scratches with his hands". The great unwashed Pioneers could have benefited from the linguistic insight provided by the likes of Samuel Johnson, but unfortunately had to make do with Noah Webster, which accounts for why Americans can’t spell. Not that the common Brit is much better, but at least we have the authoritative reference in the form of the Oxford English Dictionary. However, since being invaded by a Yank (Jesse Sheidlower), the integrity of even *that* great reference work must be called into question. Seriously though, I can't resist the Netcop tendency to correct the spelling of "sub-terranean" (subterranean) and "desimate" (decimate), or my urge to immediately Google for "subterranean termite", otherwise known as the Dictyoptera Isoptera Rhinotermitidae family, to use the taxonomic classification: http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Rhinote...group=Isoptera Further research turned up a little beastie called Coptotermes formosanus (Shiraki), or to give it the full classification; Eukaryotes Metazoa Bilateria Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Neoptera Dictyoptera Isoptera Rhinotermitidae Coptotermes formosanus (Shiraki). http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/...l/formterm.htm As you can see from the Tolweb link, there are several species, but dealing with any one of them should require similar tactics: http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/b-6080.html Apparently termites (Isoptera) are in same group (Dictyoptera) as cockroaches (Blattaria), which we *do* get in the UK. All I can tell you about cockroaches is, never squish 'em, 'cos you'll just help to distribute their eggs. Ain’t entomology fun, ‘n shit? I would imagine there is a chemical treatment for termites similar to the Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) killer Armillatox®, but never having been any further west than Oban, I really wouldn't know. - [H]omer |
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I'm not sure how to take Homer's (spelling correct?) message.... However, I'm currently located in the northeastern part of the US - which is why I suppose I cannot spell. In any case, spelling or locale, I wasn't aware that I couldn't ask a question from this list which I had found to be loaded with very smart people! I guess perhaps I'll Google rather than bother this list. Sorry for wasting time. Regards, Erin |
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wrote in message oups.com... Well.... I'm not sure how to take Homer's (spelling correct?) message.... However, I'm currently located in the northeastern part of the US - which is why I suppose I cannot spell. In any case, spelling or locale, I wasn't aware that I couldn't ask a question from this list which I had found to be loaded with very smart people! I guess perhaps I'll Google rather than bother this list. Sorry for wasting time. Regards, Erin In the North-East USA there are numerous Co-operative Extension Services..these are divisions of the state universities agricutlural/horticultural colleges...their advise if for free...believe me they have an excellent answer for you.....every state has one and most states have local offices spread around the state....HW |
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"Dave Poole" wrote in message ... Whilst termites aren't exactly public enemy no. 1 here in the UK, this thread reminds me of the immense concern caused by termite infestations in properties in north Devon a few years back. It shouldn't happen here because of our relatively cool climate. However, with each summer proving to be marginally warmer than the previous and almost every winter showing an increase in mean minimum temperatures, termites will become a problem sooner or later. And a serious one at that. I'm not sure how effective the control program was, but there's no certainty that they haven't managed to spread quietly. No conventional insecticides available to the general public are effective and even though the original colonies may have been eradicated, there's a fair chance that more colonies will develop. So, for the milder coastal regions at least, termites aren't or shouldn't be a laughing matter. As to folks from the US or anywhere else joining in is concerned, I'm all for it. But, gardening problems in other countries are generally outside the area of expertise for folks here and for us, pests like gophers and raccoons do not exist. Even the significant variation in climate types mean that cultivation techniques often differ by a huge degree. There are vague similarities with the Pacific North West, Tasmania and South Island, New Zealand, but that's as far as it goes. Anyone joining in needs to understand this ... and a tiny minority of folks here need to understand that unwelcoming attitudes towards others serve no-one any good at all. Dave Poole Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK Winter min -2C. Summer max 34C. Growing season: March - November Happy to say the termites have been officially declared eradicated on our local news a week or two back :~) and as an aside I don't care where anyone is posting from so long as they make it clear (makes any suggestions pointless otherwise) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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wrote in message oups.com... Well.... I'm not sure how to take Homer's (spelling correct?) message.... However, I'm currently located in the northeastern part of the US - which is why I suppose I cannot spell. Ah. Two Great Nations divided by a common language. However, after change the HDD and operating systems, my spellchecker wasn't working until today. Snip I wasn't aware that I couldn't ask a question from this list which I had found to be loaded with very smart people! We are, we are. My reply was intended tongue in cheek as it has been a standing joke since an extremely long tread about raccoons in the corn some time ago. I guess perhaps I'll Google rather than bother this list. Sorry for wasting time. Arhh, we'd miss you. We're generally a very helpful group as Dave Poole's very informative reply verifies. Just don't mention Raccoons !!!! ;o) -- Regards, Alan Preserve wildlife - pickle a SQUIRREL to reply. |
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