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Billy NY
05-30-2007 15:30:56
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Re: Elms trees in reply to jdemaris, 05-30-2007 13:58:52
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They used to be abundant, still reproduce quickly, grow fast, but that dutch elm disease, (no thanks to it being imported over here by who knows) really did some damage again in NY, especially over this way and on south down the NYS thruway. There were some magnificent elm trees back in the day, splendid canopy on them, was America's tree on many streets. I have seen a few photos where the giants that lived here were still alive, but all the big ones are gone now, but smaller ones getting bigger are still coming up. That beetle spreads a fungus that shuts off it's water supply, you can inject the trees with fungicide, suppose to innoculate them, for how long I'm not sure, I did it once to a favorite tree, but the tree had flagged already,(one branch yellowed out) meaning it had the disease when I did it, best to get it before for survival, elm research institute sells the supplies, not cheap either, but for that favorite tree that took so long to grow, why not is what I said. I pumped over 55 gallons into that tree at the roots, amazing how much it sucked up. They also sell the liberty elm, which is resistant, but I don't think it has the same height and canopy, could be wrong. The natural species seems to come in a few forms, but nothing like that tall one with nice canopy, shame most mature specimens are gone. So many bad things have been imported here, people just did not know back then.
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