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KyWoods
Melbourne, KY
(Zone 6a)
September 30, 2007
12:47 AM Post #4032595
| Wow--living in the middle of over 25 acres of woods in northern KY...I just googled to see if this little devil has made it here, and the article said no, but we'd better be on the lookout, because it's not far across the river in Ohio. Yikes! Thanks for the warning! Now I know what to look for. |
Joan
Belfield, ND
(Zone 4a)
 September 30, 2007
03:23 AM Post #4032772
| Very informative, and I agree, very scary too. Thanks for the great article Paul. |
Dea
Frederick, MD
(Zone 6a)
September 30, 2007
05:39 AM Post #4032811
| So horribly destructive. Excellent information and photos Paul - this is a huge help to get the word out !
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McGlory
Southeast, NE
(Zone 5a)
September 30, 2007
08:58 AM Post #4033008
| Thank you for the warning article. Maybe you'll reach enough folks that some will listen. When the church next door was putting in ash trees last year, I tried to talk to them, but they knew better. Sigh. Good job, Paul! |
pajaritomt
Los Alamos, NM
(Zone 5a)
September 30, 2007
01:45 PM Post #4033801
| People can be strangely bone headed about what tree to plant. Many of us have such an emotional attachment to one tree or the other that we make poor choices such as your next door church members.
I have spent a lot of time trying to talk people out of planting Lombardy poplars in small yards, but they want instant shade and forget about the enormous problem and expense of cutting them down when their short lives are over. |
ceceoh
Columbus, OH
(Zone 6a)
September 30, 2007
04:24 PM Post #4034230
| The ash borer is here in Columbus also and we have already lost many, many trees. The city has now declared that ALL Ash trees on city properties will be cut down to contain the spread.
Every day I walk my dog in our public park, which has many huge, champion sized Ash trees. It makes me sick to think that they would kill these trees, but nobody seems to know what the city means to do. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 30, 2007
06:43 PM Post #4034687
| I have watched the devastation of a disease in the pines of the Rocky Mountains...thousands of brown trees in an otherwise green forrest. I see the damage done here on my island because "Buildings and Grounds" would not treat the Sea Almonds and their disease has spread to every Sea Almond on the island.
Paul I sincerely hope that this wonderfully written warning reaches enough people to actually make a difference. I is a terrible thing to see so many trees die, when early warning could have saved them. Great job! Thank you!! |
pajaritomt
Los Alamos, NM
(Zone 5a)
September 30, 2007
09:51 PM Post #4035310
| Not surprisingly, the pines that died in the Rocky Mountains did so during a severe drought. When testing was done, trees that were watered abundantly did as well as those treated with poisons. When the tree has adequate moisture, it bleeds sap which forces out the borer and the tree survives. When the tree is suffering drought stress, it cannot help itself. Of course, there is no way to artificially water a forest. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
September 30, 2007
09:58 PM Post #4035350
| Little bird, I wish you could tell me what is wrong with all our Sea Almonds. They are such a beautiful tree when healthy, but sad and ugly when diseased. They won't cut them down, nor treat them, and I have now seen the last healthy one start to show signs of the blight that is infesting them all. Drought isn't the problem out here, but something sure is. |
stellamarina
Laie, HI
October 01, 2007
12:00 AM Post #4035755
| Shari: I do not like the sound of the disease in your Sea/Beach Almonds there in the Marshall Islands. It is likely that it will end up here in Hawaii. We get hit every few years with something here. All our Wiliwili/Erythrina trees (native and exotic) are dead from a new wasp that arrived in the islands a few years ago. Right now we are fighting an attack on the Singapore plumerias. Ten years ago a mite came in that covers Hibiscus leaves with bubbles. The Beach Almonds are such a beautiful magestic tree and it will be sad to see them go. Here in Hawaii they have been collecting any Wiliwili seeds they can find and storing them to try and grow them again in a few years after the disease has burnt itself out. Aloha
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
October 01, 2007
12:27 AM Post #4035807
| Stella - we should continue this discussion in the Tropical Gardening Forum...I would like to talk to you more about this. Please join me there tomorrow. |
pajaritomt
Los Alamos, NM
(Zone 5a)
October 01, 2007
12:31 AM Post #4035810
| How sad about all these tropical trees being attacked and dying out! I don't know a think about Sea/Beach Almonds, unfortunately, but I urge you to do a google search and to find, if one exists, an expert on Marshall Islands flora. If nothing else, maybe someone in the Department of Agriculture, perhaps the Hawaiian branch.
As stellamarina points out, if you have it, it will probably eventually turn up in Hawaii. This might be a good chance for the Hawaiian's to learn what is headed their way and to, perhaps, find a control for it.
Stellamarina, I haven't any idea what a wiliwili tree is either but I hate the lost of any species. Does it grow anywhere other than Hawaii, or is it one of those unique Hawaiian plants.
Where in Hawaii is Leah. I have been there, but don't remember that name. |
MeemsDream
Plymouth, MI
(Zone 6a)
October 02, 2007
11:42 PM Post #4043227
| Paul, Great article. A very informative and through look at a really nasty desease. I am glad that they have finally found a possible solution. It is really sad when you see all the dead trees. Thanks! |
