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Rain or snow - which do you prefer to ride in?
On 1/4/2019 2:28 PM, AMuzi wrote:
There's a constant admonishment to not move lumber/logs/mulch as it may spread the insects. I assumed that if there were uninfected trees in the area a pile of infected branches would be a liability. I'm not an expert just wondering. When the Emerald Ash Borer was still confined to Michigan (where it started in the U.S., IIRC) and northwest Ohio, there was all sorts of publicity about not moving firewood. That strategy failed. The bug raced across Ohio far faster than they believed possible. Notably, it seemed to spread along freeways. I don't recall reading any theories on the mechanism, but it seems to have been much more than a few campers carrying logs. Anyway, they've given up on saying "don't move firewood." I've heard some reports of borer-resistant ash trees (one of my friends seems to have one in his woods, right next to a tree of similar size that died) and I think one idea is to begin breeding those. I think there are also plans to look for natural controls. But it's difficult. The insect starts its work at the top of the trees and is almost impossible to detect until damage is well underway. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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