will mulch next to a house attract termites?

On 8 Jun 2003 12:44:16 -0700, (brianb) wrote:

will mulch next to a house attract termites?

Moist rotting wood does, no mater the kind. It is also very conducive
to Carpenter Ant's taking up residence.

Dave
Dave Fouchey, WA4EMR
http://photos.yahoo.com/davefouchey
Southeastern Lower Michigan
42° 35' 20'' N,
82° 58' 37'' W
GMT Offset: -5
Time Zone: Eastern

I recently wondered the same thing. I do spray the perimeter of the house
2-3 x a summer with pesticide an Ortho product for ants and termites, seems
to work.

"brianb" wrote in message
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will mulch next to a house attract termites?

brianb wrote:

will mulch next to a house attract termites?

You don't want mulch within something like 12-18" of the siding. Our
building code requires a stretch of concrete above ground level before
siding begins, as a way to avoid termite problems.

Is crushed stone an option?

In article 68a6629.0306081144.5ff6e242
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will mulch next to a house attract termites?


The termites will always be around the home so they will
feed on wood mulches as well as grass clippings or
decaying leaves under the hedges and dead tree roots
just under the soil that might be next to the house.
Just keep at least six inches of foundation showing to
watch for any tubes trying to be made up the foundation.
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Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!

In article ,
says...
Moist rotting wood does, no mater the kind. It is also very conducive
to Carpenter Ant's taking up residence.


In the form of mulch the damp rotting wood won't be the
attractant for carpenter ants, but it will be for many
other nuisance type of ants as well as earwigs,
millipedes, pill bugs and countless other critters doing
their job in nature.
--
Good judgment comes from experience,
and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.


Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!

In article VWNEa.2360$qd3.1431
@tornadotest1.news.pas.earthlink.net,
says...
I recently wondered the same thing. I do spray the perimeter of the house
2-3 x a summer with pesticide an Ortho product for ants and termites, seems
to work.


The downfall of this type of prevention is that you may
be stopping in the obvious area outside but could be
pushing them to the bath traps or slab cracks (slab
home), or up the interior wall of the foundation
(pier/beam home)
--
Good judgment comes from experience,
and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.


Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!

Wish you would tell that to the ones I evicted by pulling the mulch
back ...this was in Jacksonville, they also nested quite nicely in my
hanging stag horn ferns...

Dave

On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 23:47:37 GMT, Lar wrote:

In article ,
says...
Moist rotting wood does, no mater the kind. It is also very conducive
to Carpenter Ant's taking up residence.


In the form of mulch the damp rotting wood won't be the
attractant for carpenter ants, but it will be for many
other nuisance type of ants as well as earwigs,
millipedes, pill bugs and countless other critters doing
their job in nature.

Dave Fouchey, WA4EMR
http://photos.yahoo.com/davefouchey
Southeastern Lower Michigan
42° 35' 20'' N,
82° 58' 37'' W
GMT Offset: -5
Time Zone: Eastern