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[Amelia Hayner <abhayner@gmail.com>]

I don't know how many trees you are talking about, but we don't have any
problems with borers since we started using mothballs around the base of
young trees. ALL young trees.
in our climate, since there is a second brood mid summer, we replace moth
balls around end of June.
hope this helps.
we use about 4-5 for young tree, close up against the trunk, can throw a bit
of dirt over them, they still work.
Amy
NC

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Geoffrey Tolle <Gtolle0709@wowway.com>wrote:

> Folks:
>
>     This may not be the best group to ask this question but at least I know
> that any answers that I do get will be thought-out.
>
>     1) Does anyone know if ash trees are a good coppicing crops?
>
>     2) Does anyone know if ash borers require a minimum trunk diameter for
> effective survival?
>
>     I know that there are some insect pests that simply don't survive as
> well in small diameter branches and trunks as they do in large diameter
> ones. It occurred to me that, if this is the case with emerald ash borer and
> if ash trees coppice well, then it might be possible to keep some ashes
> alive by coppicing them on a regular schedule. Admittedly, it's a survival
> tactic but it might help some of us keep some ashes alive until a more
> thorough solution is developed.
>
>
>                                        Thanks,
>
>                                        Geoffrey Tolle
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