We Are Alive! June 3rd, 2022 Saving Our Elm
First our bird, then our tree! Our elm tree has some sort of fungus, likely "Dutch Elm Disease". The leaves are wilting up on some of the large branches and we have to take drastic action to possibly save the tree.
There's at least one very large branch we had to remove. The branch was so big it felt like a small tree just by itself!
We planted this "Liberty Elm" in 2012 so it's been growing for 10 years. It's not a small tree. It's always thrived, but last summer we saw signs of blight. We administered fungicide, but it doesn't seem like it was enough.
The Liberty Elm is branded as being resistant to Dutch Elm Disease, but it's not perfect.
It was a big job clearing the leaves off and bundling the branches.
Does anyone here have any experience with saving Elm trees from Dutch Elm Disease?
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Great work Ben! You guys are very active! 🙂
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Looks like a great family project. What is your secret to getting the kids to help?
I hope you manage to save it!
Dutch Elm Disease can be devastating; I remember all the elm trees on the street where I grew up died off or were cut down to prevent spread.
I don't know whether there's much you can do, yourself... a professional arborist can inject it with a non-chemical solution that makes it more resistant (this via our son, who's an arborist for the City of Bellevue, WA), but there's no 100% guarantee.
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We did speak with a couple arborist and they didn't seem interested in helping us save the tree. They don't work with many elms since they're mostly gone now!
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Great job to do as a family bro have a wonderful weekend 😎
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Sorry about your tree Benjamin, I hope your action helps to save it, your daughter looks too cute in that bag lol, enjoy your weekend and stay !ALIVE
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Lol. That is such a funny photo of her crawling out of the paper bag. Haha.
They said they were very "cozy" inside. !alive !ctp
Oh dear, wilting elm leaves in early june is not a good sign...
At least one of your little ones had fun!
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We might loose the tree, but keep our memories!
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