Hopefully this will stop the EAB

U Of M Scientists Discover Fungi That 'Attack' Emerald Ash Borer

Not sure if the link will work but if interested hopefully you can copy and paste in browser

 

I sure hope so!!

 

i hope it works well ..... but i wonder what happens to the tree once the fungus is on there

 

Hopefully it works and some Ash population's can be restored.

 

The number of dead trees along i80 in PA is crazy. I assume they are all ash.

 

Most Ash here are gone. Most are getting punky at this point, but there still are a few now and then that are still solid. We do have a few 8" DBH that haven't been affected and seem to be living through it. I'm hoping they make a comeback although it's too late for me to benefit. I've always liked Ash. Easy to process, dries reletively fast and burns consistently well.

 

I still have a lot of healthy ash on my property. No EAB yet. I'm hoping it stays that way.

 

I didn't log onto the link provided, but let me get this straight.


The potential exists for existing a fungi that combats EAB? Just what kind of studies have been done on what else it will damage?

The asian lady beetle air drop went so well........

 

That was my first thought as well.... but hey, these are the professionals and we’re all primitive hunter gatherers scrounging for twigs. They know what they’re doing and we should have the utmost confidence in their every decision. Time and time again this has been revealed to us. (5)2 weeks to....

 

What could possibly go wrong? hopefully this does work, but bad things can happen when something else is introduced into an environment. Guess we will wait and see.

 

All the ash trees in my neighborhood started shedding the bark and dying this year. Ive been watching them slowly die for the past 2 years. Theres going to be a lot of dead trees in town soon.

 

I hope they can figure something out. I have a couple of saplings. That's it. The last 3 grown ash in my yard are dead. All are coming down soon now that the snow is gone

 

I sure hope this study can save the trees from total extinction. And not have unintended side affects.

It was sure sad to see all those standing dead ash trees in our area. Most now are falling over or breaking off in the wind storms. They seem to rot fast even when standing. I don't like getting near a standing dead ash. The upper branches are so rotted that when they hit the ground they shatter into Tootsie Rolls.