Arborjet

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Ekka, I'm the wrong guy to ask about borers, because in my area they are all wimpy and easily treatable with soil applied insecticides like Imidiclorpid.

These new exotics beetles aren't around me yet, like the EAB and Asian Longhorned Beetle.
We just got a gift from the south, Oak Borers ( a diffrerent longhorned beetle), because of warming trends, but haven't gotten to treatment protocols yet. Common sense will prevail, I suspect. Use tree biology and entomology to understand what is the best approach.

Soil applied Merit takes time too move, borers kill fast. It's easy to understand why trunk injection methods have higher efficacy with these fast moving beetles. If you see Ash trees dying up the road, soil inject today, don't wait until your trees are turning yellow!

More profoundly, plant some new trees, not Ash. You can't keep this pesticide protocol up forever. If you live in the US or Canada, don't plant an Ash, duh!
Say you have a nursery, cross out he order for a thousand Ash trees.
Get it?

 

[techdave]

Hi Gardener/hugger/wahtever you are. Yo asked a: Q--"An honest person cant endorse a good product what good is this forum" A-- this forum is titled, commercial tree care and climbing. NOTE that the title does not mention salesreps, himeowners, or other half-informed sawless wonders. This forum is for professionals, and occasionaly for us semi pro tree people or those of us from the equipment industry. If you want to learn from this forum, then lurk and read. Or maybe post a question and get pro-grade answers.


If you really want advice, take it over to the homeowner forum. And stop clogging this forum with your "gee-willikers I saved my tree with brand x and now my life is just swell!" talk. We need plenty of room for pecker-pole falling videos, news from down under and over the Pond, info from East Skane, and the ongoing skirmish between Husky and Stihl addicts.


After 2 or 3 hours of milling the only injection methods I want to consider are Beer bong versus Shotgunning beers--which gets the buzz up quickest?!