Ginx snewx Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Thanks, Steve. Meanwhile, a lot of wood has been cut. A lot more to go. The new saw has a great bite.nice, good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 . You can't go wrong with a Stihl! Agreed--this is my second one. I love it even more than the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Totally beaten up by Gypsy moth, devastation continues. Poplars eaten up, Oaks 75% gone. Driveway half hour after it was leaf blower cleaned. Pool closed and covered. Hopefully this is over soon. Not glad I live here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Pool closed pics please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Pool closed pics pleasewut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 wut?Def way worse in your area based on those pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Def way worse in your area based on those picsRI too, yea its localized destruction for sure. I give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Pool closed pics pleasethis really sucks .I should be in here right now. Nothing above the pool. Its blowing in, friggin poop everywhere. The solar cover was cleaned and put back on yesterday afternoon. This should be a fully leaved oak in the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikoss427 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Just got back from spending the day down in Newport. The gypsy moths really hit hard in RI and eastern CT. I didn't know it was that bad, at home my oaks look fine but I saw so many bare trees east of here. Is there any long term effects on the trees losing most of their foliage for the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Just got back from spending the day down in Newport. The gypsy moths really hit hard in RI and eastern CT. I didn't know it was that bad, at home my oaks look fine but I saw so many bare trees east of here. Is there any long term effects on the trees losing most of their foliage for the season? we will get a second leaf out, evergreens will suffer most, its a disaster to deal with though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 we will get a second leaf out, evergreens will suffer most, its a disaster to deal with though. True - about 4-6 weeks to 2nd full set, after 1st year of defoliation. If it happens again next spring, weak trees may die, and if 3rd/4th years (like the early 70s and early 80s outbreaks), lots of trees die. In the 1980s, one full defoliation was nearly 100% fatal to hemlocks, while most pines were able to hang on. I've no idea what that pest would do in NNE's spruce-fir woods, as it's never had big populations there. Spruce budworm is probably on the way, however - killed about 25 million cords in Maine during the 1970s-80s outbreak, probably 10 times that in PQ, where it's causing some mortality now. Some browntail moth defoliation in north Augusta; they like oaks, too. They're a much bigger issue down toward Brunswick and Casco Bay, especially since the caterpillars' hairs can be highly allergenic to many people, especially kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 True - about 4-6 weeks to 2nd full set, after 1st year of defoliation. If it happens again next spring, weak trees may die, and if 3rd/4th years (like the early 70s and early 80s outbreaks), lots of trees die. In the 1980s, one full defoliation was nearly 100% fatal to hemlocks, while most pines were able to hang on. I've no idea what that pest would do in NNE's spruce-fir woods, as it's never had big populations there. Spruce budworm is probably on the way, however - killed about 25 million cords in Maine during the 1970s-80s outbreak, probably 10 times that in PQ, where it's causing some mortality now. Some browntail moth defoliation in north Augusta; they like oaks, too. They're a much bigger issue down toward Brunswick and Casco Bay, especially since the caterpillars' hairs can be highly allergenic to many people, especially kids. my poor hemlock is naked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 they are on the pines now too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 we will get a second leaf out, evergreens will suffer most, its a disaster to deal with though. Congrats on 2nd round of brown squiggly things in mid July Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Congrats on 2nd round of brown squiggly things in mid July Moths? Drunk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 my poor hemlock is naked Put up some bird feeders in the spring to attract black capped chickadees. They devour them at all stages. I always have a few egg clusters hatch on my maples and crabapples, but the chickadees eat pretty much 100% of them long before any damage is done. Looks like you need about 700 chickadees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Put up some bird feeders in the spring to attract black capped chickadees. They devour them at all stages. I always have a few egg clusters hatch on my maples and crabapples, but the chickadees eat pretty much 100% of them long before any damage is done. Looks like you need about 700 chickadees. Yea we have a bunch of black caps around the feeders, they were overwhelmed. The bird activity is nuts this year but a couple million gypsy cats versus dozens of birds...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Yea we have a bunch of black caps around the feeders, they were overwhelmed. The bird activity is nuts this year but a couple million gypsy cats versus dozens of birds...... Reminds me of 35 years ago in N. Maine - millions of evening grosbeaks, but trillions of spruce budworm larvae. Birds ate well but I doubt they even put a dent in the outbreak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 I haven't seen any tree damage in the NYC area or near our vacation home in the northern Poconos/Catskills. Weird how it can be so localized yet so intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 Peonies going nuts this year. Even with a cage, buds are trying to tip it over. I must have like 30buds on this one plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Peonies going nuts this year. Even with a cage, buds are trying to tip it over. I must have like 30buds on this one plant. PGW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Peonies going nuts this year. Even with a cage, buds are trying to tip it over. I must have like 30buds on this one plant. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Anyone in CT see any signs of Emerald Ash Borer? I bought my great uncles house a few years and he planted 2 awesome ash trees when he bought the house in 1958. We love the trees. This year I noticed a ton of lower branches that were dead. I don't see any signs of the D shaped holes they make and research says the upper canopy dies off first but EAB is in the area. Just to be safe I bought a bottle of Dominion 2L with Imidacloprid (merit) on Amazon and treated them with a soil drench. It look like it will cost about $6 a tree and it lasts 1 year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Delayed but not denied. Seeing gypsy moth damage now in the area. Not widespread but the trees that are impacted are being stripped. Nothing in my yard yet. Dropped rnd 2 of my fertilizer finally yesterday. Going to seriously have to think about a local lawn care company. Just no time anymore to spend the time necessary to keep up with it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Anyone in CT see any signs of Emerald Ash Borer? I bought my great uncles house a few years and he planted 2 awesome ash trees when he bought the house in 1958. We love the trees. This year I noticed a ton of lower branches that were dead. I don't see any signs of the D shaped holes they make and research says the upper canopy dies off first but EAB is in the area. Just to be safe I bought a bottle of Dominion 2L with Imidacloprid (merit) on Amazon and treated them with a soil drench. It look like it will cost about $6 a tree and it lasts 1 year. EAB is becoming a big issue here, unfortunately. Lots of dead/dying ash trees in the Pittsfield, MA area and some of the nearby towns. That tree looks like it's in the early stages of an EAB infestation and it becomes very difficult if not impossible to save a tree once it starts showing signs of damage. EAB will kill a healthy tree in 2-3 years. We have a huge population of ash trees around here, and our forests will be completely different if it is not stopped soon. Here's a few photos of an EAB infested tree I took last summer in Pittsfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 June 20th and 75% of my lawn is toast from no rain. #ninoheater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I've been looking at installing an irrigation well, the cost of municipal water around here is rather high if you use it to water your lawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Do what my parents did and get a well just for watering the lawn its expensive but worth it in the long run I've been looking at installing an irrigation well, the cost of municipal water around here is rather high if you use it to water your lawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Do what my parents did and get a well just for watering the lawn its expensive but worth it in the long run Yeah, this is exactly what I was considering. I'd put the well a few feet from the lawn irrigation distribution box to keep the trenching for piping and power to a minimum. Who did they hire to install the well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Traveled Maine-SNJ on 6/15, returned 6/20. Southernmost noticeable defoliation (of more than 2-3 trees at a location) was in W. CT, some apparently gypsy, some ash-specific so likely EAB. Larger patches 1-3 acres or so, began appearing a bit north of the Tolland exit from I-84, with larger patches a few miles either side of the CT-Mass line, and no ash-specific defoliation. A northerly view of several thousand acres from an I-84 high point near mile 84 and a bit south of the rest area revealed no widespread damage, in fact almost none visible at the landscape scale. Then we saw considerable multi-acre areas along I-290 and especially I-495, the latter perhaps biased as the stop-and-go traffic gave us a longer look - took 2+ hours to go the 50 miles from I-290 to Haverhill, for no apparent reason - no accidents nor lane closures and the construction is done at night. Defoliation was noticeably increased during the 5 days between drives. Saw only small patches in Maine, and that might be browntail moth rather than gypsy. Things have dried out since the 2.5" of June 5-8, with only 0.03" since then (and only 0.14" in the 20 days prior to 6/5.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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