The counties all put a fine on here for moving ash wood from county to somewhere else,but it did not slow the EAB down. I am not sure people listened,but probably would not have stopped it anyway.
It wouldn't have, the bug can travel 5 miles from an infested tree to find a new one. They should have sprayed or cleared any ash within 10 miles of where they first found it. But now, every measure they take is too little, too late. The ash is dead, and until we eliminate the bug, the seedlings that still keep popping up will keep dying once they're mature enough to host. That's going to be difficult because it's now being found in other trees as well.
I have used some of the pesticides and they worked. I did that for two years,but it was expensive. It was a yearly treatment and Bayer made it. I gave it up ,two of my trees were young and one was old and was starting to go anyway.
The emerald ash borer got a lot of Ash trees in my area.
I'm from Michigan and I haven't seen a live ash tree in years.
The counties all put a fine on here for moving ash wood from county to somewhere else,but it did not slow the EAB down. I am not sure people listened,but probably would not have stopped it anyway.
It wouldn't have, the bug can travel 5 miles from an infested tree to find a new one. They should have sprayed or cleared any ash within 10 miles of where they first found it. But now, every measure they take is too little, too late. The ash is dead, and until we eliminate the bug, the seedlings that still keep popping up will keep dying once they're mature enough to host. That's going to be difficult because it's now being found in other trees as well.
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