Any MJ Arborists?

[IntenseOperator]

I have a double lot in the fine city of Hicag. Along the side of my house I have two relatively young trees. Both of the same variety. They each have small red leaves and are about 20-25 feet high. I noticed one of the trees didn't look so good towards the end of last summer and also saw some grub-like things at the base of the trunk. I applied some grub killer there in hopes if would rid them. Haven't seen the grubs to this point, only here in the forum at times. This year, the tree near the front has it's leaves and has small white flowers. The other is totally bare and has no buds at all. I think it's dead. Most likely the grubs ate around the base thru the bark or ate at the roots and it couldn't survive. I'm wondering whether or not to let it sit there a bit longer in hopes a revival of some sort may occur. The Rolling Stones do it every now and then just when you think they are dead. I'm not attached to the trees in any way. The previous owner purchased each just before she sold. It's just that I won't wack the tree if it still has a chance to survive.

Also, I don't want the one near the front of the property to suffer the same fate.

I don't know anything about trees and plants etc. Any ideas would help. When you want this stuff to grow, it never does. When you don't want it to grow, you can't kill it.

 

[Kdogg21]

maybe wait a few more weeks, but it sounds like its a goner. you may want to check to see if your city will replace it. New Lenox replaced one of my dad's tree's for free or check out this website

http://www.freetreesandplants.com/

 

[Kdogg21]

it probably died from you pissing on it anyways......

hey i got a new job downtown, you work near Monroe at all?

 

[IntenseOperator]

Congrats again Dogg :clap:

Thanks for the info.

I'm not near Monroe. Most likely my day is over when yours is starting.

I doubt the city will help me here. It's not near the street. They handle everything along the curb, I think we get to cover the rest. I'll look into it though.

 

[Kdogg21]

thanks bro. maybe wait a few more weeks if anything, if it starts showing signs of trying to bud or whatever, spray it with miracle grow, stuff works wonders.

i forgot you work the graveyard shift. i was delivering newspapers for awhile, but shit wasn't for me. doing that everyday wasn't fun. than going to work.

 

[Captain Crunch]

IO, go to several spots on the tree towards the end of a branch and try and break it. If it snaps easily and is dry looking, it is dead. Make sure and do it a few times in different spots to make sure the whole tree is dead. If it bends and is green under the bark, it might still have some life left.

Good Luck

 

[kcwolf]

I have an arborist on staff. Sounds like you have a flowering crabapple tree. They are suseptible to a variety of things: Fire blight, crabapple rust, powdery mildew -- control involves spraying fungicides.

Sounds more like insect damage, from the Japanese beetle. It hatches from grub larvae and does it's damage in July and August. An insecticide spray is required.

Bottomline, the tree is best removed and planted with a newer variety that is less suseptible to these conditions, or plant another variety as you will most likely to fight this damage yearly.

There you have it in a nutshell.

 

[IntenseOperator]

Thanks for the feedback

It definitely isn't a crab apple tree. I've been here 4 years and there is no sign of that.

I did inspect the base of the trunk today in the midday light. Something bored into the trunk right at the dirt line all around. There are holes going into the tree there. Being this tree is only 6 to 8 diameters across at the base, a few little bastards could have done this themselves. The other tree show no signs of this.

The good news is I went and snapped some of the ends of the brach in different areas as Captain Crunch recommended. A couple very thin ones snapped right off but others weren't totally dry. So I'll see if it comes back. It's not to big of a tree so if it suddenly drops, it won't do major damage anywhere.

Thanks again