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More on my sick ash (no puns please :-))
Photographs of my sick ash at
http://www3.sympatico.ca/gbmiller/sickash01.JPG http://www3.sympatico.ca/gbmiller/sickash02.JPG http://www3.sympatico.ca/gbmiller/sickash03.JPG Last week I described the problem: I have a fully grown, 25 year old ash tree. A few years ago some crunchy, crab-apple type growths appeared on some of the branches. I must say I didn't pay much attention, but last year a significant amount of the tree was covered. When removed, these growths crumble into small pieces. They are dark brown in colour. The tree seems healthy otherwise. I'm in Canada, Southern Ontario. I'd appreciate some advice on what is happening., and what I can do about it. Thanks, George Sed5555 gave me the following link which seems closest to what I'm seeing: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopE...ests/galls.htm I don't think it's the ash borer although I am in the affected area (1 hour from Niagara Falls). If it is a gall of some sort, Sed's link suggests just leving it alone, but it dowsn't mention whether it resolves or persists. The leaves seem unaffected. Can anyone give me more information? Thanks George |
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More on my sick ash (no puns please :-))
George: We were all wrong, and I should have picked up on it!!! We have the
same thing in the NE use. This is not a gall on your tree, there are no insects or mites at work (of this I am certain now) - it is instead aborted flowers that have been infected with a bacterium or virus (I forget). In some years it is worse than others, and it is just part of a nasty menu of afflictions that ash trees are ordering from these days. If I recall there is nothing you cab do about this, just let nature takes it's course. Oh, whither the poor ash tree species! -- Mike LaMana, MS Heartwood Consulting Services, LLC Toms River, NJ www.HeartwoodConsulting.net "George" wrote in message ... Photographs of my sick ash at http://www3.sympatico.ca/gbmiller/sickash01.JPG http://www3.sympatico.ca/gbmiller/sickash02.JPG http://www3.sympatico.ca/gbmiller/sickash03.JPG Last week I described the problem: I have a fully grown, 25 year old ash tree. A few years ago some crunchy, crab-apple type growths appeared on some of the branches. I must say I didn't pay much attention, but last year a significant amount of the tree was covered. When removed, these growths crumble into small pieces. They are dark brown in colour. The tree seems healthy otherwise. I'm in Canada, Southern Ontario. I'd appreciate some advice on what is happening., and what I can do about it. Thanks, George Sed5555 gave me the following link which seems closest to what I'm seeing: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopE...ests/galls.htm I don't think it's the ash borer although I am in the affected area (1 hour from Niagara Falls). If it is a gall of some sort, Sed's link suggests just leving it alone, but it dowsn't mention whether it resolves or persists. The leaves seem unaffected. Can anyone give me more information? Thanks George |
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More on my sick ash (no puns please :-))
So my tree has the flu!
Do trees make antibodies? Will it recover? This virus/bacterium must be species-specific. There are two maple trees, a sunburst locust, and a privet hedge close by. There isn't a single lesion on them. Thanks Mike. George "Mike LaMana" fake@MikeatHeartwoodConsultingdotnet wrote in message ... George: We were all wrong, and I should have picked up on it!!! We have the same thing in the NE use. This is not a gall on your tree, there are no insects or mites at work (of this I am certain now) - it is instead aborted flowers that have been infected with a bacterium or virus (I forget). In some years it is worse than others, and it is just part of a nasty menu of afflictions that ash trees are ordering from these days. If I recall there is nothing you cab do about this, just let nature takes it's course. Oh, whither the poor ash tree species! -- Mike LaMana, MS Heartwood Consulting Services, LLC Toms River, NJ www.HeartwoodConsulting.net "George" wrote in message ... Photographs of my sick ash at http://www3.sympatico.ca/gbmiller/sickash01.JPG http://www3.sympatico.ca/gbmiller/sickash02.JPG http://www3.sympatico.ca/gbmiller/sickash03.JPG Last week I described the problem: I have a fully grown, 25 year old ash tree. A few years ago some crunchy, crab-apple type growths appeared on some of the branches. I must say I didn't pay much attention, but last year a significant amount of the tree was covered. When removed, these growths crumble into small pieces. They are dark brown in colour. The tree seems healthy otherwise. I'm in Canada, Southern Ontario. I'd appreciate some advice on what is happening., and what I can do about it. Thanks, George Sed5555 gave me the following link which seems closest to what I'm seeing: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopE...ests/galls.htm I don't think it's the ash borer although I am in the affected area (1 hour from Niagara Falls). If it is a gall of some sort, Sed's link suggests just leving it alone, but it dowsn't mention whether it resolves or persists. The leaves seem unaffected. Can anyone give me more information? Thanks George |
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