Mosquito control -- Standing water: how to drain water from tires.
fin...@hotmail.com
tires; providing a breeding-ground for mosquitoes; especially with
warmer weather arriving.
Since it is difficult to discard water from tires, one solution is to
cut-off the sidewalls of tires; hence allowing water to drain easily.
This can be done with basic knives available at any hardware and home
improvement stores.
An additional benefit can also help with the easy disposal of tires; as
parts of tires can be placed in recycling bins.
Speaking of recycling, tire-recycling initiatives can get a boost; as
the sidewalls of tires (easily available in tire parts) do not contain
steel belts, which may make sidewalls valued for ease of recycling.
Eric
> With countless tires stored outdoors, rainwater & snowmelt gather in
> tires; providing a breeding-ground for mosquitoes; especially with
> warmer weather arriving.
>
> Since it is difficult to discard water from tires, one solution is to
> cut-off the sidewalls of tires; hence allowing water to drain easily.
> This can be done with basic knives available at any hardware and home
> improvement stores.
Uh huh, right! and how many sidewalls have you cut? No doubt none!
Idiot, try your own advice before you offer it to others. Lets see
how much you enjoy cutting several thousand sidewalls off of tires.
In fact go ahead and try cutting the sidewalls off of just one tire
and see if that doesnt give you something new to think about...
Eric
quietguy
the mossies from breeding
David
The Bald Ass Prairie Farm
"quietguy" <davi...@REMOVE-TO-REPLYoptusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> much easier to just pop a desertspoon or so of kero in each tyre - stops
> the mossies from breeding
>
> David
>
Richard
fin...@hotmail.com
fin...@hotmail.com wrote:
> With countless tires stored outdoors (nationwide), rainwater &
Drilling holes in the sidewalls of tires (the tread contains
steel-belts which may damage drillbits) is an easy option for allowing
water to drain. Again, a whole tire is still intact; this may attract
rodents!
John Savage
Have you actually tried this and found it to work? I ask since I added
some detergent to my neighbour's waterlily pots because mozzies were
breeding in them, and the larvae didn't even notice it. I thought they
would rely on surface tension as they come up for air, but they were
unfazed when I removed the surface tension!
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)
Da...@rocketmail.com
but then I've never lived in a trailer park?
Mike Rhino
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> Why would anyone "store" tires on their property? I've never seen this
> but then I've never lived in a trailer park?
Why would anyone store a cut tire on their property? You can cut a tire
with a knife, but what would you use it for? A few years ago, I read about
a tire recycling plant where knives were a major expense. Blades had to be
sharpened frequently and replaced periodically.
quietguy
- I think every farmer does.
David
John Savage
>>> much easier to just pop a desertspoon or so of kero in each tyre - stops
>>> the mossies from breeding
>>>
>
>Have you actually tried this and found it to work? I ask since I added
>some detergent to my neighbour's waterlily pots because mozzies were
>breeding in them, and the larvae didn't even notice it. I thought they
>would rely on surface tension as they come up for air, but they were
>unfazed when I removed the surface tension!
In case you are wondering, let me hasten to add: No, the waterlily pads
didn't perform a slow sink to the bottom of the pot, either!!
John Savage
>Drilling holes in the sidewalls of tires (the tread contains
>steel-belts which may damage drillbits) is an easy option for allowing
>water to drain. Again, a whole tire is still intact; this may attract
>rodents!
and snakes.
scordelia
solution for solar planetrs and that is concrete (trust me, I have a
very green thumb).
Concrete holds heat and releases it at night (that's why cities are
hotter than suburbs). I used to live in Maine (cold summers) and no one
could get ripe tomatoes, except me. I bought concrete planters and
planted my tomatoes decoratively. I staked them up with bamboo and
planted them down the center of the planters and surrounded them with
flowering herbs and marigolds (the marigolds are good to eat too and
help repel insects).
Sophie
fin...@hotmail.com
scordelia wrote:
> Okay, so they are planters, but there is a better and more attractive
> solution for solar planetrs and that is concrete (trust me, I have a
> very green thumb).
>
I have grown tomatoes in tires on sunny, south-facing sides of houses
where I 've lived in two different Calif. climates: One was an LA
Suburb with hot summers (where the stucco walls and cinder-block walls
reflected heat), and the other was a cool Central CA Coastal Region.
The sides of both houses were hidden from view; hence the attractivenss
of tires was not a great concern.
BTW: Cutting the sidewalls off of tires allows tires to be tunerd
insideout and hence the "ugly threads" are no longer in view.
Got rid of tires, I now get organic produce from our fantastic local
yearround farmers market!