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We lost seven beeches - most of the big trees in our front yard - to beech leaf disease. Talked to one guy who pointed out that there is a treatment, but it's e
by notacoward 3y ago
We lost seven beeches - most of the big trees in our front yard - to beech leaf disease. Talked to one guy who pointed out that there is a treatment, but it's experimental and it's not even clear it works. $2000 per tree per two years for a "maybe" was just too much. Plus, the longer we kept the trees, the more likely it would become that the culprit nematode would spread to other trees in our back yard or our neighbors'. Very sad, but the silver lining is that we're now a better candidate for solar.
- rindalir 3y agoHow long did it take between when you first noticed something and the decision to try to treat and then remove?
- notacoward 3y agoIIRC it was a couple of months from "these trees don't look so great" to conclusively identifying BLD as the culprit, then one more to get a quote for the possible cure. After that it was just a matter of scheduling the crew to cut them down. That varies according to demand etc., but I'm lucky that I know the owner of the largest tree-service company in the area so for us it went quickly.