Wayne White

Wayne White is the owner of Emerald Tree Care LLC. and one of only a few hundred Board Certified Master Arborists in the country. As the owner of Emerald Tree Care LLC, he is also an industry leader in effective early treatment for the Emerald Ash Borer. He has been successfully treating for this insect since 2002.

Practical Options In Sycamore Anthracnose Treatment

 Sycamore  1 Response »
Aug 292011
 

Any Sycamore Anthracnose treatment requires an effective and practical approach to prevent your Sycamore trees from succumbing to this disease caused by a fungus called Apiognomonia veneta. Earlier many traditional methods such as drilling and foliar spraying were employed to tackle the problem but the efficacy has been limited. Spraying was a tedious affair that required innumerable follow ups and had chances of drifting into non target areas. Drilling has its own set of unique problems. Drilling triggers the tree’s natural defensive mechanism called CODIT (Compartmentalization of Disease in Trees)  wherein the tree literally walls off the “damaged” area from any future use by the tree.  Most experienced arborists have serious reservations about unnecessarily “drilling” of any tree where an alternative, less damaging method is available.

The latest Direct Inject tree injection system being promoted by Emerald Tree Care has a practical solution in the field of Sycamore Anthracnose treatment. The primary advantage of the injection system is that it permits injecting the products at several spaced locations using multiple millimeters without damaging the cambial layers as was the case in the traditional drilling methods. The needles are pierced at a gap of 4 to 5 inches around the desired area on the tree’s trunk. The tool has a quick connect setting tool that can hold the needle and the injection process can be completed easily and quickly without the requirement of additional air pumps and pressure equipment. This allows the arborist to actually administer the dose to several trees in proximity at a single go without needing additional man power or time.

However before undertaking any Anthrancose treatment for your sycamore trees it is essential that an experienced certified arborist  be consulted directly in order to plan out the best possible solution to the problem. A combination of soil drenching along with direct injection is also recommended for certain cases depending on the local weather conditions and the severity of the fungal attack. Treatment of this condition by incorrect methods may do more damage to your tree(s) and can end up in a complete disaster for your property.  Emerald Tree Care LLC has a Board Certified Master Arborist in Wayne White that is very experienced in Sycamore Anthracnose treatment.  If you need any help or guidance with this disease please be sure to contact us!

Choosing The Right Sycamore Anthracnose Treatment

 Sycamore  No Responses »
Jul 312011
 

Sycamore Anthracnose is a tree disease that is caused by the fungus Apiognomonia veneta.  While rarely fatal, the disease negatively affects the look of the tree and, with repeated years of infection, can affect its overall health.  The first symptom is often leaf loss occurring in early Spring.  Cool, wet weather will aggravate the spread of this disease.

In the beginning years of this disease, the tree recovers on its own and quickly regenerates new leaves.  However, this cycle repeats itself and leads to the development of a growth habit known as “witches’ broom.”  Frequent loss and the regrowth of leaves leads to this atypical growth that resembles a broom.  By now, the general health of the tree has also declined as the sugar reserves are being exhausted.

To stop this vicious cycle and to nurse the tree back to health, a two-fold approach is recommended.  On one hand, the tree is injected with a fungicide that moves up into the small one- and two-year-old branches where the disease tends to overwinter.  In addition to the injection, a soil treatment is recommended with a mixture of fertilizer, bio-root stimulants, phosphite, and a systemic biological fungicide.

Emerald Tree Care LLC is a professional company with years of experience in Sycamore Anthracnose treatment.  The company uses the most modern treatment methods available to make sure that your Sycamore trees recover from this Anthracnose disease.  Wayne White from Emerald Tree Care LLC is a Board Certified Master Arborist and is available to help you with any of your tree related issues.

St Louis Arch – Ash Tree Disaster

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Oct 142010
 

St Louis, Missouri recently started dragging the Emerald Ash Borer into the story of the 50th Anniversary Celebration planned for the Gateway arch in 2015.  Before we as arborists get all upset about the fact they are planning the preemptive removal of 1,000 Rosehill Ash Trees LONG BEFORE the Emerald Ash Borer even gets to St Louis,  let’s review what I think is REALLY going on.

It really isn’t about the Emerald Ash Borer – It isn’t even there yet.  It might not be there for years.  Sure we all know it will get there in time, but this isn’t about the Emerald Ash Borer!  It’s about money.  And not money to treat the ash trees like we arborists feel should be done.  But money to help fund this huge project they have planned.

The truth? -

The National Park Service and the CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation have a 50th Anniversary Celebration planned for 2015 for the fabeled Gateway Arch.   They have already run an International Design Competition to completely redesign the entire 80 acre park.  They have already announced a winner of this competition.  It was won by Michael Van Valkenburgh, a landscape architect based out of New York.

As reported on the www.STLToday.com website by reporter Tim O’Neil on September 24, 2010,  the job should cost about $300 million, NONE of which has been raised or appropriated.

Interesting.  Real big ideas but now they need to raise the money.  Another interesting comment was made about what the Van Valkenburgh team will be providing and I quote the Jakarta Globe. ” The VanValkenburgh team will turn a ratty forest into a nature park with treetop walkways that take advantage of the best views of the park.”

So these beautiful Rosehill Ash are now viewed as just a ratty forest.  You know – that forest that was supposed to be the inspiration for what the settlers all saw before them as they came through “The Gateway to the West” on their way to fame and fortune.

Well, when my family and I visited St Louis in 2004,  I realized then that there was a huge problem festering on the Arch grounds.  I was shocked when I counted just shy of 1,000 ash trees in two separate monoculture plantings, one on each side of the Arch base.  What idiot designed this?,  I thought to myself.  I didn’t have to wait long to find out.  His name was plastered all over an award given in his name and written right on the wall inside the arch museum down underneath the arch grounds.  I already justifiably called him an idiot.  I’ll leave his name out of this as he doesn’t even deserve to be mentioned.

But the point is we all know today that he should never have planned such a huge monoculture planting, no matter what species of tree.  I have to let him off the hook for the choice of ash trees, however, as he really wanted tulip poplars mass planted.  But when the job was being done, he was outvoted by someone because they claimed tulip poplar wouldn’t be hardy enough on that site.  So in come the ash trees.  You KNOW the landscaper probably couldn’t locate a nursery that had 1,000 tulip poplars growing at that time.  A  true logistical problem but let’s blame it on not being hardy and we can ramrod a substitution past the architect.  Today tulip poplars are suddenly MUCH more hardy, as they are one of the species being planned for replacement.

So a bad design has grown into a ratty forest and we have to figure out how to make this whole place nicer around the arch.  And we need $300 million.  Let’s put our thinking caps on.

I GOT IT!  Let’s blame the Emerald Ash Borer!  He’s going to kill all the ash anyway!  We’ll have to replace them no matter what.  So let’s see if we can get the Federal Government to pitch in and help us with our Emerald Ash Borer problem!  We can cry emergency and disaster and everything!  Why look what the Emerald Ash Borer is going to do to our ratty forest beautiful landscaping we used to have around our National Monument!

That way we can save face and not have to deal with the fact we let some idiot design us a ratty forest back 40 years ago.

See?  Even though we can get upset about them cutting down all the ash trees, and jump up and down telling them all “We Can Save Your Ash Trees!”  They don’t really care!  It isn’t about the Emerald Ash Borer!  It’s about money to help pay for their renovation they have planned.  You know the one that makes that ratty forest of theirs look better.

But that is just this Board Certified Master Arborist’s opinion.  Tell me yours!  Send me a comment!