Then a bit later we had Zundel Tree Service come do some work in the front yard, mainly taking down a spruce tree and giving our paper birch a good haircut. I was at work when they came, so we had Liam be the front man. We asked them to look at the ash and the apricot tree in the back yard to see what they suggested to help them out.
We learned the ash was being attacked by borers. I thought at the time it meant it would have to come down.
But Zundel came back again today for a consult, and they suggested applying an insecticide and fertiliser mix at the base of the tree to see if we can kill the beetles and help the tree live longer.
I'm all for that. I didn't want to see the ash come down. I really didn't want to see the spruce come down, but it was really making a mess of things with the sap and needles.
So I got the recommended mixture and treated the tree today. Hopefully next spring we'll see some results. I've got enough of the stuff to do a second treatment next year.
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