A shame.
Aug 18, 2021 09:50:10 #
Thank You! Hemlock Wooly Adelgid. Western NC
I know. It's not a good photo. But it shows the destruction.
I know. It's not a good photo. But it shows the destruction.
Aug 18, 2021 09:53:44 #
A lot of this is caused by acid rain. The last time we visited marshal NC and drove up to the ranger station. it was a waste land of dead trees, but only after achieving a certain level.
Aug 18, 2021 10:33:36 #
In addition to extreme heat killing trees, a larger threat is the Southern Pine Beetle. They are an invasive insect that is native to southeastern states and is the most destructive insect pest of their forests. Its range extends from New Jersey to Florida to Texas to Illinois. The Southern Pine Beetle must kill its host pines to reproduce, and attacks trees en masse so when you find large stands of dead pine trees, these beetles are highly suspect.
Aug 18, 2021 11:33:55 #
That photo says more than a 1,000 words! Hope this doesn't go beyond the pines!
Aug 18, 2021 12:31:42 #
Brokenland wrote:
A lot of this is caused by acid rain. The last time we visited marshal NC and drove up to the ranger station. it was a waste land of dead trees, but only after achieving a certain level.
I live just a few miles from where this picture was taken. This is the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid damage.
The US Forest Service here says it is. We have some Hemlocks in our yard and treat them every year
for this. The Forest Service started out treating a lot but now just treats in certain small areas, like campgrounds
and such. The Pine Beetle got some of the White Pines. One of the Forest Service guys told me once that
if Pine Beetles were in a White Pine and you cut the tree down, that the beetle will not spread from that tree to
another. I haven't checked that theory out!
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/invasive_species/hwa/
Aug 18, 2021 12:37:29 #
Brokenland wrote:
A lot of this is caused by acid rain. The last time we visited marshal NC and drove up to the ranger station. it was a waste land of dead trees, but only after achieving a certain level.
The Acid Rain is hard on the Balsam, Spruce, and Fir in the higher elevations like Mt. Mitchell in the Black Mountain
Range, the Balsam Range, and the Smokies.
Aug 18, 2021 13:33:24 #
Watosh wrote:
Thank You! Hemlock Wooly Adelgid. Western NC
I know. It's not a good photo. But it shows the destruction.
I know. It's not a good photo. But it shows the destruction.
A fine job 💛💛💛
Aug 18, 2021 16:18:18 #
rwm283main
Loc: Terryville, CT
Watosh wrote:
I live just a few miles from where this picture wa... (show quote)
What are you using to treat your hemlocks and how often do you have to treat them? I have a border of hemlocks that show signs of the wooly adelgid and I’m trying to save them. A few years back I had to cut down about 6 very tall mature hemlock because they were diseased. There was no saving them. Thanks
Aug 19, 2021 08:30:12 #
rwm283main wrote:
What are you using to treat your hemlocks and how often do you have to treat them? I have a border of hemlocks that show signs of the wooly adelgid and I’m trying to save them. A few years back I had to cut down about 6 very tall mature hemlock because they were diseased. There was no saving them. Thanks
We don't have any very large hemlocks around the yard. We have a border that is probably 20 feet tall and smaller ones. Bayer Merit 5.G Insecticide. It is granular like fertilizer and I put a couple of handfuls around the base of the trees. It has worked for years. The larger the tree the more it needs, apparently. This is the same thing the US Forest Service was using, only in liquid form, injected at the base of the tree. Bayer came out with the granular
which is much easier to use.
Aug 19, 2021 08:31:42 #
Aug 19, 2021 13:54:40 #
rwm283main
Loc: Terryville, CT
Watosh wrote:
We don't have any very large hemlocks around the yard. We have a border that is probably 20 feet tall and smaller ones. Bayer Merit 5.G Insecticide. It is granular like fertilizer and I put a couple of handfuls around the base of the trees. It has worked for years. The larger the tree the more it needs, apparently. This is the same thing the US Forest Service was using, only in liquid form, injected at the base of the tree. Bayer came out with the granular
which is much easier to use.
which is much easier to use.
Thank you, I will look into this product. I was using a foliar liquid spray but I could only reach so high with my sprayer before needing some sort of bucket lift, etc. which I don’t have.
Aug 19, 2021 14:10:48 #
You are welcome! I treat ours every spring. If I can't reach the base for the branches, I throw handfuls into the
limbs and it falls to the ground under the tree. Seems that if you get the Merit where the root system can pick it up
from rain soaking in that it works fine. I'm sure you know if trees are planted in a border close together, it is a pain getting in there! Especially with Hemlocks. I have been told that spraying the trees with a mixture of dish soap and
water will kill the larvae. I haven't tried it. Too much work!!
limbs and it falls to the ground under the tree. Seems that if you get the Merit where the root system can pick it up
from rain soaking in that it works fine. I'm sure you know if trees are planted in a border close together, it is a pain getting in there! Especially with Hemlocks. I have been told that spraying the trees with a mixture of dish soap and
water will kill the larvae. I haven't tried it. Too much work!!
Aug 19, 2021 15:26:13 #
Watosh wrote:
Thank You! Hemlock Wooly Adelgid. Western NC
I know. It's not a good photo. But it shows the destruction.
I know. It's not a good photo. But it shows the destruction.
Looks like that could go (up in flames) pretty fast.
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