Just read this: Phys.org: Ash tree species likely will survive emerald ash borer beetles, but just barely. https://phys.org/news/2019-09-ash-tree-species-survive-emerald.html Time will tell. Blue ash appears to be very resistant as well. In my area he only living ash trees in a sea of dead white and green ash are blue ash, although the story doesn't mention them.
Good read. Interesting study. Wonder if they will try to grow new trees from the seeds of the survivors? I didnt say if we could come and cut the deceased? Whats the DBH of a 40+ year old ash tree?
In this plot looks to be 8” to a foot. Farmer up the road has been cutting and selling the logs for 10 years in anticipation before they’re not worth lumber. I’m waiting to see the first D on our property. When I do that’s when I’ll target the ash. We’ve got lots of giants that I don’t want to cut. Not looking forward to it.
I have not checked ours lately except for 2 and they are still healthy. There were more back along the creek but I just have not been back there to check. It surely does make me happy to see a few good ash left here. It is almost unbelievable how many ash trees we've cut over the years (since 2002 or 2003 when they first hit us).
I just dropped two dead Ash this evening and have lots more. I heard that the young Ash is more resilient to the Ash Borer but I don’t know where I heard it. I don’t think we have any Ash on the property that isn’t dead or dying.
I've got one more, a little bigger than yours, to drop, but it's gonna have to wait for some 60 or 70° weather before I do. About 20 smaller one to drop too, but that's a winter project.
I have had three die to the EAB. One left, a female makes lots of seeds every year and there are some small saplings started so I have been drenching them every spring with Bayer advanced pesticide since it has Imidacloprid. So far have been lucky. The tree is 54" in diameter and the tallest tree on my property, do not want to lose it to some beetle.
I'm pretty sure the DEC officer I talked with earlier this year said that mountain ash aren't affected by EAB because they're not in the olive family like green or white ash.
I've seen the little green bastards a few times on my deck this summer. I have a few young ash trees in my neighbors yard, and one of them is already dead. Not too many others around surprisingly. A handful of years back they had select cut the conservation land, and I assume they must have targeted the ash, as I just dont see too much in the woods even though they are everywhere in town.
My property has plenty of dead trees to cut for firewood. I have more trees than time. I’m trying to deal with all the dead Ash that is visible around my house. Some of the other trees in the woods will rot before I can get to them. BTU ratings for Ash and its ease of splitting is a good thing but I’d rather fight for firewood than have all the Ash die.
Iv got alot of young ones and quite a few very large ones that are still healthy. Iv cut quite a few dead standing.
I am not sure I have ever seen an ash, but similar is going on here with lodgepole pines. I still have a few alive, but far more dead and dying due to beetles. I expect to lose them all. Making things worse, the lodgepole cones open only in a fire, so they will not reseed as long as we prevent fire. And that is certainly not going to change, at least not intentionally.
