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[b][font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I thought you might be interested in this article[/size][/font][/b] [font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [b][font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Please be careful when purchasing Mulch this spring.[/size][/font][/b] [font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying mulch this year. [/size][/font] [font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Hurricane Rita blew over many trees in New Orleans. These trees were/are being turned into mulch. [/size][/font] [font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Louisiana[/size][/font][font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2] is trying to get rid of tons and tons of this mulch to any state or company who will come and haul it away. [/size][/font] [font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]It will probably start showing up in [b][font "Comic Sans MS"]Home Depot[/font][/b], [b][font "Comic Sans MS"]Lowes[/font][/b] or other hardware/home shopping stores, or even at Gas Stations at very cheap prices. [/size][/font] [font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]There's just one huge problem - [b][font "Comic Sans MS"]Formosan Termites[/font][/b] 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. These termites can eat a house in no time at all and we have no good control against them. [/size][/font] [font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Tell your friends that own homes to avoid using mulch that they doesn't state where it came from or if it came from New Orleans.[/size][/font] [font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Louisiana[/size][/font][font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2] agricultural dept. web site [url "http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/"]http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/[/url] [/size][/font] [font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
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this artical hit the local news in my area,

they did a counter story about it. they provided an intervew with a company stating just the oposite. they said no mulch is coming from those areas, mulch is still coming from logging camps from all over the world.

store bought mulch is treated and then died.

a sure sign if the mulch is comprimised just look at the bag, you should be able to see living organism crawling around if those statements above were not true.

there is another measure one can take and should be done in eather case, that is to apply a pestiside to your freshly layed mulch. mulch attracts a lot of organisms after it is set in place. you can even poke a small hole in the bag and add a liquid pestiside then tape the bag shut and allow it to set in the sun for about a week before applying the mulch to your yard. this will kill just about any thing. (not a good idea if you have pets that wonder freely around your yard)

so who is telling the truth?

well there are only a few species of trees used for comercial mulch, the rest are used for paper mills and partical board. I would say right now that partical board and press board would be the best use of all the fallen trees.

I see no moral implicatons of useing the fallen trees so long as it is treated properly..
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