Treated your Ash trees?

[Numo]

We have a large ash tree that adds a lot of character to our house, and provides a lot of shade in the summer. We don't want to lose it to Emerald Ash Borer, so we plan to get it treated. It's my understanding that it needs to be treated professionally by injection because of it's size (32" trunk diameter). Has anyone done this? Was it expensive?

[Speedy]

Good luck. Very sad to lose a big, beautiful tree.

[Black]

I don't have any experience to offer here, other than to echo your sentiment that looking out your window and seeing a bunch of Ash holes would be a depressing sight.

[Grateful11]

We have a very large Ash in a pasture that is dying. It's dropping some fairly large limbs.

[cbelt3]

Yes. It was cut down. The buggies eated it dead.

[Don C]

I will have a Green Ash that is very close to my house treated, probably in the next week or so. I have a contract but have not yet heard when they will be here to do the work.

They are charging $200 for a 20" tree and recommend treatment every two years. They charge by the inch.

When I had the guy out to look at the job, I showed him several small holes that I through probably was from an Ash Bore but that turns out not to be so. He said that evidence of the Bore would be dying branches and limbs high up in the tree.

If we can protect the tree for a few years, I'll be pleased.

[Acer]

It's not that expensive for one or two prize trees, but a grove will break you.

I treated the beetle-damaged ash tree in my yard by literally cutting my losses. It had some storm damage from years past, so it was not in the best shape anyway. We'll plant a new one in its memory.

[Article Accelerator]

Just this week we had to have a mature ash tree removed. It was to far gone from emerald ash borer infection to save. Ugh.

[Black]

Article Accelerator wrote:
Just this week we had to have a mature ash tree removed. It was to far gone from emerald ash borer infection to save. Ugh.

Sucks.
Is any of the wood salvageable when they get to it?
Most of my interior wood is Ash and it's quite nice.

[DP]

They've been here and gone and killed millions of trees in MI. BUT! It seems the ash borers have moved on and new trees are growing! With treatments available, they are making a comeback.