Some Ash strains are showing resistance to EAB.
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That's cool so my 2 mature green ash have a chance
That I am happy about .
2 white ash and a black are dead this spring in my fence line
more fire wood
That I am happy about .
2 white ash and a black are dead this spring in my fence line
more fire wood
All of the Green Ash here are dead or dying from EAB. There are a few that show some resistance like a huge Green Ash the in my neighbors horse pasture that has a few small dead branches but healthy as a horse otherwise (pun intended). It might be so big that it can put out enough defenses to stay it off.
Been noticing this around my house. Almost all of the ash trees I had a few years ago are dead, but there's a handful that are still growing like nothing happened at all, and I can only assume are naturally resistant. Also, I've been finding tons of sapling ash trees in the understory that I'm hoping will make it to a point that the borers are gone from the area or somehow inherited the resistance, and transplanting those into gaps left by the big old and now gone trees.
I too are seeing a lot of Ash saplings around the now dead ones. They seem to be not infected yet oddly enough. Maybe they just don't go for the young ones?
Article in todays local about trying to save the largest ash in the nation here by pumping insecticide directly into the tree
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Once I cut a dead ash down, I notice that the next season, there are starts coming out of the stump. I am hoping the same thing that the EAB will move on by the time they grow large enough to survive.
On another note, my neighbor has 2 white ash that look untouched in a yard with 20 dead ash trees. He has been around a while if you know what I mean and claims its the smoke from his wood stove protecting them. We have nothing scientific to support this, but just something we noticed.
On another note, my neighbor has 2 white ash that look untouched in a yard with 20 dead ash trees. He has been around a while if you know what I mean and claims its the smoke from his wood stove protecting them. We have nothing scientific to support this, but just something we noticed.
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