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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

I have about 60 acres of river bottom land with plenty of green ash. 
Never saw any disease or insect damage on them.  Minnesota 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 11:55:44 -0400

>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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