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| quote: Originally posted by PeteF:
The black stuff on the trunk looks like the results of Chinese lantern flies. Is this the first year that the tree turned like this?
This is the first year it has ever done this. There is a matching tree across the street and it’s perfectly fine. The picture below is what they usually look like in late October. This picture is from 2016.  |
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| An arborist will charge you $75.00 to come out and either tell you to treat it three times at $65.00 a pop. Or it's too far gone. he might probe it for an additional charge and then get back to you ,but I doubt it ,this is not the first year this has happened to this tree.
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| quote: Originally posted by bendable:
An arborist will charge you $75.00 to come out and either tell you to treat it three times at $65.00 a pop. Or it's too far gone.
he might probe it for an additional charge and then get back to you ,but I doubt it ,this is not the first year this has happened to this tree.
It’s not my tree it’s the neighbors. I was just wondering what to expect. I know they won’t do anything with it. |
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| Don't know your location but here in SE Michigan we have lots of trees just like that including several in my yard. I understand northern Michigan is the same. We had a very, very dry spring & early summer. Also lots of hazy overcast days due to the smoke from the wild fires in Canada. A local tv station had a story about this being the cause. My trees are otherwise healthy and I expect them to be fine but I am noway any kind of expert other then living in this area all my life and being around trees.
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| quote: Originally posted by gjgalligan:
Don't know your location but here in SE Michigan we have lots of trees just like that including several in my yard. I understand northern Michigan is the same.
We had a very, very dry spring & early summer. Also lots of hazy overcast days due to the smoke from the wild fires in Canada. A local tv station had a story about this being the cause.
My trees are otherwise healthy and I expect them to be fine but I am noway any kind of expert other then living in this area all my life and being around trees.
I’m in southern Illinois. We had a pretty dry spring but nothing unusual. No wildfire related issues so I’m not sure what’s going on. It’s the only tree I have seen that has this issue. I just hope it doesn’t die because the two trees look cool in the fall as you turn the corner to our street. |
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