Arborist: Emerald Ash Borer Infestation Will Lead to End of Ash Tree World
Heather Green, a forester and arborist in Oak Lawn, predicts all of the green ash and white ash trees in the metro-Chicago area will be wiped out by the infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer beetle.
Get ready for Ash-tree-mageddon. If it hasn’t already struck on your block or in your neighborhood, it will soon. And it will be like Armageddon. Take it from Village of Oak Lawn forester and arborist Heather Green. She predicts all of your green ash and white ash trees will die as a result of the invasion of the Emerald Ash Borer. The metallic green beetle is no larger than a penny but packs a wallop the size of a Red Army. In the case of the Emerald Ash Borer, Green’s findings are like those of experts elsewhere around the Midwest: Tiny beetle larvae deposited under tree bark feed on tree veins and prevent a supply of nutrients and water from being delivered to vital organs, thus leading to tree demise. So, how should you prepare for the…
Scott Carlini
7:37 pm on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Yes Tim, the protocol for trees over 25" are to have a professional Arborist apply compared to owner "Pouring it" themselves. It used to be 15” before approved double dose. Arborist soil injects it with better equipment or trunk inject, and still last one year, but has better uptake. Biggest problem was as tree size got bigger, dose rate would have to also rise, and this was not being done, thus … more ›