termites

[brandon558]

How do we deal with termites in the garden?

I went to move some bean plants today and dug one up and there were atleast 100 of these things all in the roots.



It may be hard to see...best i could do with my phone.

any ideas?

[hendi_alex]

I don't believe that termites attack healthy plants. So there must have been some problem that killed roots, then the termites went to work.

[brandon558]

I started digging around and there were huge tree roots from pine trees that were cut down a few years back. Think that would have been what they were from? I removed the roots today, talking about some work! hopefully they won't come back or will move some other place. I was planning to plant tomatoes there this year.

[Marlingardener]

Brandon, I think you are absolutely right. Dead wood, rotting wood underground is a perfect spot for termites. With the wood gone, the little nibblers will likely move on, too.
I can't think of any reason your tomatoes won't do well in that spot, but perhaps you might pose the question on the Tomato Growing forum and get some more definitive answers.

[brandon558]

thanks for the feed back...hopefully it will solve the problem.