Someone to Spray Hemlocks for Woolly Adelgid

[LakeSummerFun]

Looking for someone to do spraying of our Hemlock trees to reduce the impact of the Woolly Adelgid invasive insect. I have information on how to do it, and can likely arrange boat transportation if they don't have a boat.

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by LakeSummerFun

Looking for someone to do spraying of our Hemlock trees to reduce the impact of the Woolly Adelgid invasive insect. I have information on how to do it, and can likely arrange boat transportation if they don't have a boat.

We had our trees done last year on the island as well as fellow forum member Slickcraft who set it up. For the life of me I can't remember who did it but I am sure when Slickcraft see's this he will respond...

Just found the info! The guys name is Mark. Here is the web site....

https://treesolutionsllc.com/about-us.php

Dan

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

We had our trees done last year on the island as well as fellow forum member Slickcraft who set it up. For the life of me I can't remember who did it but I am sure when Slickcraft see's this he will respond...

Just found the info! The guys name is Mark. Here is the web site....

https://treesolutionsllc.com/about-us.php

Dan

Yes Mark is the guy. At times they are hard to make contact with so use both email and voice mail. Mark did have a boat last year.

Alan

[winterh]

I have been using Bartlett tree service to do that for years and am happy with them. The adelgid killed some really large hemlocks years ago so I had to do something. Amazing the damage they can do in a short time. It's an expensive yearly service as I have a few hundred feet of hemlock privacy hedge but the treatment has kept them alive. Much cheaper than replacing the trees

[SAB1]

Likely a losing battle over time. Won’t be good for the deer when they are gone. Good luck! Great trees to have

[tis]

Originally Posted by SAB1

Likely a losing battle over time. Won’t be good for the deer when they are gone. Good luck! Great trees to have

I was thinking that.

[Winilyme]

We bought our land here in CT in 1992. On approximately two acres of our property was a wonderful mature hemlock grove. You could walk into that on a hot summer day and it would be 10 degrees cooler just a few feet in. Sadly, several years later hundreds of trees began showing signs of distress.

Upon research we learned about the Woolly Adelgid (an invasive with no predators) and sure enough the insect's white flakey sac material was plastered over the undersides of each tree's needles. We called in an expert and was advised that there was little hope. This was happening all over the state.

Around the same time we learned of CT DEP experiments underway where a beetle was being released into numerous locals in the hopes of controlling the Adelgid. For many years these beetles were released and I believe this is still occurring though in much reduced numbers (budget issues).

Here we are 30 years later. Our two-acre grove is a shell of it's former self. Most trees completely died and have long since fallen and rotted away. Several, strangely, still stand tall with just the upper quarter of the tree hanging on to enough needles to barely stay alive. Other species - specifically white pine and beech took over (though all our beech trees have died over the last two years - victim of Beech leaf disease - another invasive that is coming soon to a town near you).

For those hemlocks though, could there be a happy ending coming? We were often puzzled that one area at the edge of the former grove had three or four reasonably robust hemlocks. Small at first - now about 30 feet tall. I almost cut them down 15 or so years ago thinking they would surely succumb as all others had. Still, they didn't, so I let them grow. Several years ago they produced pinecones - something we hadn't see here since the mid-90s. And now, amazingly, there are about 15 or so small Hemlock seedlings surrounding that little area and very few signs of the Woolley Adelgid. Again, for the last 25 years, we haven't had a single Hemlock seedling.

Since then, we've become more attuned to what's happening elsewhere in the area and we've noticed other small hemlocks that seem to be healthy and growing. So, without any other explanation, I'm taking this as a sign that those beetles may have finally taken hold or perhaps certain hemlocks have developed some sort of immunity that's spreading. I'm hopeful now that one day there will be a new two-acre grove for the next owner of our home to enjoy.

As far as our NH property goes, we also have hemlocks that are slowly dying from the Woolly Adelgid. I'm not holding out much hope for these specific trees and I'm not sure if the state has experimented with the beetles. But something positive is happening in CT...something that I hope continues and in time translates to NH as well.