Notably with all that is going on in our daily lives, few of us have the
time to make comments on "other" subjects. I would like to make one here; in
appreciation of the way that you continue to keep rec.gardens.ecosystems
running and viable, Bill. Moderating a newsgroup takes time and work, this
is rarely appreciated by a ng's users. The quality of information "in here"
is invariably excellent.
Thank you!
John H. Immink
Victoria BC Canada
"Bill Robinson" wrote in message
news:MOD$010923.2071@rec.gardens.ecosystems... > > The question was raised concerning the limbs of Cypress trees > turning brown near the trunk. A hunch is that the culprit may > be bark beetle. Unfortunately, I don't know of any effective > treatment and a bark beetle infestation can cause the death of > the tree. The big problem with bark beetle is that the infestation > go from one tree to their neighbor. > > I'm on the Tree Commission for the City of Sierra Madre in > California. We've lost about a dozen Italian Cypress trees in one > of our parks to bark beetle this past year and we have the plan to > remove another dozen or so and replace them with a different species. > It's a bad answer but we couldn't come up with an alternative. > > I'd call an arborist for if it is bark beetle, it's a major problem. > > Bill > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > The rec.gardens.ecosystems FAQ, course and archive are available at > http://www.ibiblio.org/rge > > submissions can be mailed to: ecosys-submit@metalab.unc.edu > the moderators can be contacted at: ecosys-admin@metalab.unc.edu > > Please note that crossposts are automatically rejected > >