Cut it down. Plant new. They are all going to die. Take a picture. Text to tree removal services. There are plenty that will do that cheap. $200-250 tops. Call the local Stihl dealer. They might know who to call.
Ash Tree Advice
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Removing a tree is not cheap. I had to shill out over a grand once to remove a silver maple that was getting to close to the foundation. Damn thing was nearly 80 feet at the top. Trunk was over 3 foot across. No way I could have done it SAFELY by myself.
You still super confident in that price quote for an 80-footer that has branches extending over my backyard power lines??
Probably my four foot wide silver maple 10 feet from my house, 10ish feet from a fence and 30 feet from an ash?
Why is this bad news? I'd like to save my ash. It's beautiful and really accents my corner lot.
Except....the OP's tree isn't that tall or big, isn't close to the house. By all means, though, give advice that doesn't apply to the OP's situation.
I refer my clients to Gary's Tree Service out of Ankeny. Smaller company that does great work at a good price. Otherwise there is always Wright Tree Service as well.
Because you bring in the wasps to eat the borers. But then you have to bring in big spiders to eat the wasps. And weasels to eat the spiders. Coyotes to eat the weasels. And finally bears to eat the coyotes.
And then you're stuck with bears. Do you really want bears up in all your ash trees???
Because you bring in the wasps to eat the borers. But then you have to bring in big spiders to eat the wasps. And weasels to eat the spiders. Coyotes to eat the weasels. And finally bears to eat the coyotes.
And then you're stuck with bears. Do you really want bears up in all your ash trees???
Depends, I guess. We talkin' Winnie the Pooh or gummy bears? Then yes; definitely.
I have a 300' redwood tree in my yard. $250 sounds like a reasonable price for that.
How big is that hole?I got a bunch of Ash trees in our yard. Last year I noticed a few holes in some my trees. I don't know if this is EAB or carpenter ants. I have never seen an EAB so really don't know.
Here is a pic- pic is taken about 18" off of the ground.
EAB larva do create a "D" shaped hole so that could be it.
Probably a little bigger than an a pencil eraser. The hole is actually quite round- there is a shadow on the hole that makes it look like a "D".
There are woodpeckers in the area, not necessarily on this tree, but have no reason to think they haven't been either. Would woodpeckers "work" this close to the ground- ~18"?
Late to the party but will add my mini-rant to the thread.
Green ash sucks. I blame the folks who cultivated seedless varieties into fooling people that seedless green ash cultivars were the perfect replacement for the American elm as a street street or front yard shade tree. "No seeds, no mess!", BS, it's still a messy *** tree even without the seeds. Reminded of this when I drove through my old hometown yesterday and spent an hour picking up little branches knocked off by the storm that morning. Ash trees are late to leaf out and early to drop leaves and they generally have ****** form. ****** form, short leaf cover, messy versus fast growing.
As a 1973 LA grad I bought into the oversell of these for a while. As my parents ashes grew over the years I started to dislike the trees and tried to avoid planting them anymore.
Green ash sucks. I blame the folks who cultivated seedless varieties into fooling people that seedless green ash cultivars were the perfect replacement for the American elm as a street street or front yard shade tree. "No seeds, no mess!", BS, it's still a messy *** tree even without the seeds. Reminded of this when I drove through my old hometown yesterday and spent an hour picking up little branches knocked off by the storm that morning. Ash trees are late to leaf out and early to drop leaves and they generally have ****** form. ****** form, short leaf cover, messy versus fast growing.
As a 1973 LA grad I bought into the oversell of these for a while. As my parents ashes grew over the years I started to dislike the trees and tried to avoid planting them anymore.
