My neighbor tried to tell me today that our banana trees in our backyard are the reason she has large cockroaches in her yard and in her house. Personally I think she is full of beans because we have not seen any in our yard, let alone in our home. She said that she looked it up on the internet that cockroaches lived and breed in the roots of banana trees. Could someone enlighten me because I did a search and found nothing to back up her accusations.
2007-08-31 08:58:54 · 3 answers · asked by hejlhen 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
All types of roaches and bugs live in the roots or under plants. Not just bananas, but many plants.
Your neighbor is just being bitchy. Buy her some bug spray and hopefully you can salvage a good neighbor policy.
Sorry to say she's right but life without plants isn't any fun.
2007-08-31 09:07:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In south Texas, roaches will live in anything, but its the palm trees they seem to prefer. When a palm tree is groomed, and old leaves removed the "bark" is over lapped like shingles on a roof. Roaches crawl under the "shingles" and multiply faster than anything.
2007-08-31 16:38:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cockroaches live free and die anywhere they want. They've thrived for millions of years by having it their way.
2007-08-31 16:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by Pinyon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋