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[Amelia Hayner <abhayner@gmail.com>]

if you are talking to me..
I am in coastal area of NC, Z8
Amy

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Ernest Plutko <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>wrote:

> Where is your climate?  Doesn't mean anything unless you say where
> you are.  Plenty of snow on the ground and still cold.  Near zero at
> night.
>
> Ernest Plutko zone 2/3
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: abhayner@gmail.com
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ash and Ash Borer
> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:08:51 -0400
>
> >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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