I saw on a news station that some Chinese beatle wiped out some 600K Ash trees in Wis or Mich and were moving in on Indiana. Are these trees usless because of the infestation or will there be alot of Ash on the market cheap?
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Scarecrow, the pest you're referring to is the emerald ash borer...And I suspect it will be wiping out ash trees throughout the midwest very shortly. I don't think we have a chance of contolling it.
They'll probably try to limit the transport of ash to try and contain it, so a glut of ash lumber isn't a sure thing. I suspect ash will be going the way of chestnut and elm over the next couple of decades.
The really bad news is that, while this little critter seems to prefer ash, over in the Orient where it comes from it is also known to attack members of the walnut family; Juglandaceae.
Ash trees here are dropping like flies. I was at the local sawmill last week and couldn't believe the number of Ash tree logs in their inventory. There are also two at the end of Mum's driveway that don't have much time left.
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