[Mrgreenharvest]

Ok so this summer I should be able to get a nice outdoor grow going, and the plan is to make a nice big organic mix and dig some holes..problem I've found here on the westside is termites in the ground, seen too many cases of them doing damage..

any one know a way around this? cheers.

[Squiggles]

there is an ant poison available that works on termites i thinks its called antrid
past it around the entrances works a treat alternatly id get it proffesinally sprayed
let it fallow for a few months and then get your grow area orginised
just my thoughts on the matter mate
i dont know of any non toxic termite alternatives

[Mrgreenharvest]

cheers for the reply mate! sadly it probably won't be that easy, the old lady has just bought some land up in the hills and i've offered to go up and get her sorted with a few outdoor plants come summer, i was just going to make an organic mix and let her hand water it, ph and nutes probably won't be on her want list, i was hoping for something organic friendly that kills them off..i use to have an organic spider mite powder that seemed to work great on those buggers..maybe i need to go find me some termites and try it out..

[High Country]

I thought termites only ate dead or rotting material. I live in a high risk termite area and my house is protected though occasionally they have a go. I have never seen termites attack any of the trees or shrubs in my garden. If the plants are healthy they should be OK.

[Mrgreenharvest]

ah well there ya go, cheers for that HC!

Originally Posted by High Country

I thought termites only ate dead or rotting material. I live in a high risk termite area and my house is protected though occasionally they have a go. I have never seen termites attack any of the trees or shrubs in my garden. If the plants are healthy they should be OK.

Absolutely incorrect.

I've seen and heard of termites eating up into a live healthy marijuana plant, doing significant damage. I live in California, but doubt the termites over here are any different. Predatory nematodes will kill them from experience, also heard about pelletized neem keeping them away.

[FlaDankster]

Boric acid

[Mrgreenharvest]

yeah i've seen them starting off at the bottom in the root base, can't say i've seen a really bad case where they've eaten up into a plant before, but this is what i'm trying to avoid, i will only be going up to check every weekend or second weekend, and that could be enough time to do damage i think..

Boric acid..sounds interesting, tried this from experience FlaDankster? also great job on your recent LUI13 harvest (i think it was you) quite nice stuff, friend of mine harvested one a little back.

i was thinking about neem too, because of the effect it seems to have on other mites, any one tried this?

[FlaDankster]

Originally Posted by Mrgreenharvest

Boric acid..sounds interesting, tried this from experience FlaDankster? also great job on your recent LUI13 harvest (i think it was you) quite nice stuff, friend of mine harvested one a little back.

i was thinking about neem too, because of the effect it seems to have on other mites, any one tried this?

I have not....and thankful about it!

But have read on it some."May" also benefit plants too.Lots online about it's use as termite control.Don't know about the neem oil.

And thanks....second round is in and lookin nice too.

[BUNDY & COKE]

G'Day mate, we had a few probs with termites some years back and we used Red Cedar Chips in our holes, seemed to work fine. The little fucka's don't like it one bit. Hope this helps you out mate.

BUNDY......