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There is a pretty effective pesticide treatment that's injected into the tree every few years to the tune of a few hundred dollars. Much cheaper than cutting a
by _qua 5y ago
There is a pretty effective pesticide treatment that's injected into the tree every few years to the tune of a few hundred dollars. Much cheaper than cutting a large one down with the added benefit of getting to keep a mature tree.
It's really only viable for urban/suburban tree populations though, not a whole forest.
- mikepurvis 5y agoWe lost a bunch of ash out of a small playground park near my house (Kitchener). They did the injections for a few years, but it seemed even at the time like it was more just putting off the inevitable. Or like, it was a way to do them in batches so we didn't lose all the shade in one fell swoop. In any case, the replacements have been a mix of slower-growing native species, so that's at least positive— in 10-20 years there will be shade over the park again, and hopefully it being more diverse will make it a bit more robust to new species-specific bugs.
- vrc 5y agoUnfortunately one was entirely dead by the time we moved in, and the other tree only had 5-10% of its leaves and was irreparably damaged. I don’t think the previous homeowners did a great job of identifying issues with and maintaining their yard.