Have a beetle infestation in the area. Killing out maples. Any suggestions on what I shouldn't do the battles these little Ba$#ards
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kennyp2339
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Your best bet maybe to contact your local university if that have a horticulture / arboriculture division.
Ashful
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I'd bet your local McGill University Dept. of Entomology has a study of that pest, and the various treatment options. Being in semi-socialist Canada, there is also a Montreal Dept. of Entomology, which may be a useful resource.
Relating to Emerald Ash Borer, the pest with which I have the most familiarity, there may be three possible means of treatment. Root soak is typically the least costly, and very affordable and effective if timed correctly, but it does involve pouring pesticides into your soil. This freaks me out, having a well on-site, so I don't consider this an option for all cases. The next option is basal trunk spray, which means mixing target pesticide in water and spraying onto bark on trunk of tree, where it is absorbed and translocated up thru the tree's healthy vascular system. I prefer this, as there is very little opportunity for the chemical to end up in the ground water.
Obviously, both of the above rely on a tree with a fairly healthy vascular system, leaving injection as the last resort. This is very expensive (several hundred $ per tree), and requires an even more expensive injection system, usually requiring professional treatment. There is also argument that you're causing unnecessary trauma to the tree, if it has a healthy vascular system, but it is seen as the only possible way of saving a tree that's already in rapid decline.
Again, looking at Ash as the host, the root soak is typically only recommended for early spring (eg. Mar/Apr) treatment. The basal trunk spray can be applied later into the spring, and even has a second window of slightly reduced efficacy in the fall. I am not sure how this translates to Maples and your bug, but I am sure there are some similarities.
Relating to Emerald Ash Borer, the pest with which I have the most familiarity, there may be three possible means of treatment. Root soak is typically the least costly, and very affordable and effective if timed correctly, but it does involve pouring pesticides into your soil. This freaks me out, having a well on-site, so I don't consider this an option for all cases. The next option is basal trunk spray, which means mixing target pesticide in water and spraying onto bark on trunk of tree, where it is absorbed and translocated up thru the tree's healthy vascular system. I prefer this, as there is very little opportunity for the chemical to end up in the ground water.
Obviously, both of the above rely on a tree with a fairly healthy vascular system, leaving injection as the last resort. This is very expensive (several hundred $ per tree), and requires an even more expensive injection system, usually requiring professional treatment. There is also argument that you're causing unnecessary trauma to the tree, if it has a healthy vascular system, but it is seen as the only possible way of saving a tree that's already in rapid decline.
Again, looking at Ash as the host, the root soak is typically only recommended for early spring (eg. Mar/Apr) treatment. The basal trunk spray can be applied later into the spring, and even has a second window of slightly reduced efficacy in the fall. I am not sure how this translates to Maples and your bug, but I am sure there are some similarities.
Thanks for the awesome info. I've been extremely busy this summer and this is the 1st tap a talk log in for months.
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