Oh No Termites!

Philippines
March 8, 2018 7:48pm CST
That was disappointing. I just found out that the sack plate were I placed my moringa leaves for drying was overrun by termites. I got rid them but it cost another weeks powder . Didn't expect that happening. Looks like I'm back with the Paper Bags then
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (55700)
• Portugal
9 Mar 18
Ohh that is desgusting, do you have it on the fridge?
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
Hello @nela13 nope it's located at the back right outside.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134465)
• Roseburg, Oregon
9 Mar 18
Sorry about that.
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
Hello @jstory07 don't worry there's another batch.
Nnaemeka
@mydanods (6513)
• Nigeria
10 Mar 18
Sorry about the termites invasion. You have to be careful where you put the moringa leaves next time. Hope everything was not totally ruined?
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
11 Mar 18
Hello @mydanods it's not entirely ruined, right now I'm drying them under the sun.
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Nnaemeka
@mydanods (6513)
• Nigeria
11 Mar 18
rakski
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
sad to hear about that. Probably it is best to use paper bag then,
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
Hello @rakski I didn't think those bugs would just ransack the plate.
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
@rakski Well, there's always next time since the moringa leaves grows fast.
rakski
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
@Letranknight2015 well you thought wrong. tsk tsk. lol
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (306303)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Mar 18
That's terrible. Is it termite season there? I remember when it hit on Guam. I wasn't prepared for this particular season and didn't know how to get rid of them.
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
Hello @just4him I don't know how the termite problem started but they have grown vastly recently.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (306303)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Mar 18
@Letranknight2015 I hope you can get rid of them.
ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
termites are difficult to get rid of. they live underground and in the woods.
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
Hello @ridingbet And our roof is mostly wood Every book in the shelves had already been invaded by these termites
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
12 Mar 18
@Letranknight2015 i believe the SOLIGNUM termite removing insecticide is already causing immunity to these termites, or maybe these insects have developed a hard shell to protect them from the insecticide.
Sreekala
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
9 Mar 18
Why you are making dried leaves of moringa?
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
Hello @Sreekala for health reasons, but if you want details you can search my past discussions with tagging moringa on it.
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Toni
@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
Oh I'm so sorry about that.
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
Hello @toniganzon yeah but I still have another.
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
11 Mar 18
I have not heard of termites attacking things kept in sunlight. Strange.
aubrey
@averygirl72 (37726)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
We have problems with ants and termites too. So you dry the leaves and add it to food?
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
Hello @averygirl72 Yes, that's what I did and it has work just fine.
@acelawrites
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
I thought termites do not like the taste of moringa which is somewhat bitter! You can place salt around your moringa leaves for drying to ward them off. Ants do not like salt too.
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
11 Mar 18
Hello @acelawrites Thank you!, this is the first time I've heard of salt that would send those ants away from my leaves.
Courage7
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
9 Mar 18
Those rotten termites sorry to hear it
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
Hello @Courage7 It was completely surprising.
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