Emerald Ash Borer

Such a shame. It has been found in VA but hasn't made its way down here as far as I know yet. I'm pretty lucky in that I'm right on the VA/NC line and can at the very least, spot check from my car. They feed on all species of Ash trees. Usually, the crown is the first to go, signifying that the tree will die probably within the next few years.

Hey now, Ash makes a hell of an ash handle though. There is a reason they use them for baseball bats
 
They are in Kentucky. An Ash in my parents yard had to be taken down last fall because of them. I have one in my front yard that is going to have to be removed soon. It is dying, but not as fast as the one at my parents house. I saw a biologist on a local outdoor show here say that nearly all Ash trees will eventually die just like what happened to the Beech trees years ago from the infection that spread through them.
 
As we speak they are cutting them down makes the whole place look ugly not to mention I work in a steel building so the sun is hitting it directly making it much hotter inside. The ones I will really miss is the ones by my house they block the sun from coming in my windows in the summer and the wind in the winter its a shame they couldn't do anything to stop them but there must be a million of these trees around here.
 
Big Chris said:
They are in Kentucky. An Ash in my parents yard had to be taken down last fall because of them. I have one in my front yard that is going to have to be removed soon. It is dying, but not as fast as the one at my parents house. I saw a biologist on a local outdoor show here say that nearly all Ash trees will eventually die just like what happened to the Beech trees years ago from the infection that spread through them.
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I think it was Elm or Chestnut you were thinking of.

I saw a documentary a while ago that there are some Chestnuts that survived and some group is cloning them to replant them.

Same with the Elms.

Where I live the Ash tree is 6 out of 10 in the city. If we lose all the Ash trees it will be a completely different world around here. The city is treating some of them and it seems to be working in places but as I understand it its an expensive process and a long one.
 
Ash trees are going to be missed but in landscape use they were always marginal....branches always falling, sections looking doggedy. The real impact will be all the uses for the lumber but for shorterm there should be no shortage of wood for those who have a chainsaw. Maybe it is true in other states but here in MN you can't take a load of cut ash wood from one place to another or you could be ticketed for spreading the emerald ash borer.
 
They are dirty bastards. I had 4 trees removed from my yard 5 years ago. On windy days I don't hit the woods as often. Many widow makers around here.
 
We have them here in Quebec as well, the city puts these weird green boxes in the trees that supposed to stop them.
 
Joezilla said:
Such a shame. It has been found in VA but hasn't made its way down here as far as I know yet. I'm pretty lucky in that I'm right on the VA/NC line
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They have been found here in Granville county just north of Raleigh and I think Person county as well, now our ash wood is quarantined. I have a nice ash giving my shop shade, keeping my fingers crossed.
 
HardTripper said:
We have them here in Quebec as well, the city puts these weird green boxes in the trees that supposed to stop them.
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The boxes don't stop them. They are used to find out if the trees in the area have the bug or not by getting stuck to them. We use them all over southern Ontario. Sadly Its a losing battle here. There is chemical treatment but its about 30-40% successful. But i suppose that's better then 0%.
 
I had ash trees in my yard in Texas. They had large borers in them. Don't know if they were the emerald borer or not. Ash trees are way way down on my list of yard landscaping trees. Elms had a similar fate.

Hemlocks are having similar problems and one of my favorite forest trees.

Checked USDA reference. Apparently not as far south as Texas. http://stopthebeetle.info/
 
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