[Woodcarver] Re:cockroaches

[Bill Smith]

when they are in trees they are not call roaches but
called palmetto bugs here in florida u see it all the
time borax works great. also works with ants

Bill

--- Joyce Hanna <joycehanna at gwi.net> wrote:


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> >Hi, Maricha:

> 

> Where exactly do you live?  I have experience with

> New York City 

> roaches, but I didn't know roaches lived in

> trees....I guess they 

> survive just about anywhere.  Anyway, Dick was right

> about boric 

> acid.  Mix a little of the powder with sugar, and

> the roaches go 

> after the sugar and the boric acid kills the roach. 

> All my neighbors 

> were infested with roaches and I never had one.  I

> put little open 

> containers of sugar and boric acid behind my dishes

> and the food in 

> my kitchen cabinets. So it never touched the dishes

> or food.  I don't 

> know where the roaches went because I never saw a

> dead roach either, 

> but it does work.  Pharmacies usually sell the boric

> acid; you'd have 

> to ask about the toxicity to humans or children or

> pets.  It isn't 

> very expensive. I would think you could set the

> mixture near the 

> timber in small containers and not put it inside the

> tree.- thus, no 

> problems with toxic timber.  Hopefully your variety

> of roaches eats 

> the mixture and disappears also.   Joyce

> 

> >From: "maricha" <maricha at ozemail.com.au>

> >Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] mildew

> >To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>

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> >hi peter thank you for your great answer.

> >

> >this wonderful tree was cut down only three weeks

> ago.

> >the day after it was cut, with the chainsaw, i cut

> the figure i am

> >sculpting, using the chainsaw, like a bandsaw to

> remove as much material as

> >possible, yet retain the main part of the figure

> form. then i sealed all cut

> >areas with pva, as i did not want too much moisture

> ozzing out too soon.

> >then i covered it with insulating material used for

> the roof , which has

> >worked for me in the past, hardly cracking the

> timber, but unfortunately we

> >had a trades man, cleaning our patio where the

> sculpture to be stands, and

> >the rain or water from the cleaning got into it, i

> presume.

> >

> >i have worked on it a few times, but for the last

> two weeks have not been

> >able to touch it, and the rain has poured, then

> extreme heat.... when i went

> >to work on it yesterday, wow, my heart fell down to

> the rocks, when i saw

> >these polka dots of mildew, but an expert told me

> the mildew is only on the

> >pva... and i should not worry...

> >

> >now the second problem i have is big black giant

> cocockroaches..  i do not

> >want to use chemicals because it will make the

> timber toxic, which is really

> >great timber for plates, as well as spoons etc. but

> most of all i do not

> >want to make it toxic for myself when i am working.

> the second problem is

> >....how to get rid of the black cockroaches....HA

> HAHA  one of my wonderful

> >students, suggested that i ask my husband to get a

> mallet or be the official

> >foot killer, non-toxic insecticide.

> >

> >immediately it brought a wonderful caricature of a

> non-toxic matador.

> >

> >thanks for your email, will give your method a go.

> >

> >cheers

> >maricha

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