Emerald Ash Borer

[Landgreen]

It's in our area up here and killing ash trees very quickly. I've seen trees die within 1-2 years and the bug spreads fast. Anyone ever sprayed/injected for it and what kind of results? I'm sure those of you in the SE corner of MI are familiar with it. Tree-age (pronounced triage) is now available which is supposedly very effective. I'm considering the arborjet system. It seems that tree-age is available exclusively through them.

[JMac]

my tree sub sells my clients a treatment, I dont remember what it is, and it seems to be effective- have not had a treated one die - nor an untreated one either though. My take is this; if they really did find a treatment, the state would have announced it and they have not... I think this is a case of companies cashing in on people's fears - with no guarantee of success.

[Assured Services]

We paid a certified Co that has been very sucessful in saving trees in Grosepointe, MI to inject our trees that where 6-8" caliper 10 -12 years old. After 2 years of treatments with poor results we have one tree left alive out of 8 total, or shall I say 1 half dead. Not shure if we stared treatments early enough before infestation, but looking back it would have been cheeper and alot easier to replant new 2.5 " caliper trees in the longer run. Clean up of a dead ash or any tree in a big pita, when cut down they explode on impact making a huge mess, not to mention the big hazzards such a the old widow maker.

Scott

[Landgreen]

Here is a link to the new pesticidehttp://www.emeraldashborer.info/index.cfm

They say the results are fairly good compared to previous treatments like imidacloprid. Deb McCullough of MSU was part of the research team that tested it in the Mackinac area. I listened to her presentation at a recent meeting and she seemed confident of the results.

The way I look at it is if this works, my customers would rather spend the money to save their trees than to spend hundreds of dollars to cut them down. The trees will die if nothing is done. Period. Many of these trees are mature and located next to their homes. I think if I can get the word out about the new treatment, I can save them some grief and some money. One application of Tree-age is supposedly good for two years.

[Mark Oomkes]

We really haven't done much with them around here, yet. Some of them we are happy to let die--did I say that out loud?--and others are just not infested yet and others just don't want to spend the money.

The Tree-age sounds good, better than treating with Merit every year and they had excellent results with that, even though MDA didn't want to admit it. More stupid politics with that whole thing too.

JMac, check out that link. Michigan has released info about it. A lot.

[chtucker]

As an ancillary note. We have lost every lodgepole pine on our two acre plot. about 100 trees..

Most of my yard looks like this
http://wolves.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/red-lodgepole-near-stanleyb.jpg

[Kentucky]

The ash borer has just recently reached our area in the past few years. There are a few tree companies here that are pushing injections and treatment. Many of the ash trees treated are the larger trees. It's definately worrth trying to save them if possible. I think the route everyone is trying to follow more is prevention. It is hard though because as far as I know they start at the tops and work down. This could mean that your tree could be infected for a long period of time without you knowing it. Unless it had been climbed recently. It's definately getting worse around here. Hopefully someone finds a way to stop it for good. I hate to see large trees get taken out by a bug.


Just remember don't move firewood out of quaranteened areas.