Tom, thanks for  forwarding the warning.  My question--I saw piles of 
sacks of finely ground wood mulch outside Dahl's.  Did you talk to the 
manager   to find out the source?  They have never had mulch for sale 
before.    Jo
On Mar 22, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Thomas Mathews wrote:

> This may be a repeat, but it's certainly worth repeating.
>
> Today I saw bags of a reddish-colored mulch stacked outside the door 
> of a Des Mones supermarket--might be the bad stuff.
>
> Tom
>
> Subj:  [IOWA-NATIVE-PLANTS] Fw: Warning
> Date: 3/6/2006 3:50:52 PM Central Standard Time
> From:    [log in to unmask] (Caroline Dieterle)
> Sender:    [log in to unmask] (Description for 
> iowa-native-plants List)
> Reply-to: [log in to unmask] (Caroline Dieterle)
> To:    [log in to unmask]
>
> Some really bad news about an invasive pest:
>
>
> --------------- Text of forwarded message ---------------
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 5:06 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Warning
>>
>> If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying mulch 
>> this year. After the hurricane in New Orleans many trees were blown 
>> over. These trees were then turned into mulch and the state is trying 
>> to get rid of tons and tons of this mulch to any state or company who 
>> will come and haul it away. So it will be showing up in Home Depot 
>> and Lowes at dirt cheap prices with one huge problem; Formosan 
>> Termites will be the bonus in many of those bags. New Orleans is one 
>> of the few areas in the country were the Formosan Termites has gotten 
>> a strong hold and most of the trees blown down were already badly 
>> infested with those termites. Now we may have the worst case of 
>> transporting a problem to all parts of the country that we have ever 
>> had. These termites can eat a house in no time at all and we have no 
>> good control against them, so tell your friends that own homes to 
>> avoid cheap mulch and know were it came from.
>>
>> Here's the link:
>> Click here: LSU AgCenter . Formosan Subterranean Termites Portal
>>
>>
>>  
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