chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
Note: I initially thought this was twig girdlers but have edited the title
Anyone else have damage from twig girdlers? I've noticed damage on a few trees that looks like it although I've not seen the beetle. Here is a really nice 2 year old Kandil Sinap apple tree that is almost completely girdled around the central leader in 2 spots. This one in the photo is about 3 ft up, still connected on the back side, and another spot another foot higher. You can see limb at the bottom left is girdled too next to the leader. This is a 10 foot tall tree that I t-budded in 2015. My understanding is the larvae might still be in the tree and could hollow it out in the spring. The recommendations I see are to prune off a limb below the girdling and burn it. This is the central leader so I'd have to top a tree that otherwise has done quite well. Even if I do top it, I suppose it would likely be taller by next fall than it is now.
Anyone else have damage from twig girdlers? I've noticed damage on a few trees that looks like it although I've not seen the beetle. Here is a really nice 2 year old Kandil Sinap apple tree that is almost completely girdled around the central leader in 2 spots. This one in the photo is about 3 ft up, still connected on the back side, and another spot another foot higher. You can see limb at the bottom left is girdled too next to the leader. This is a 10 foot tall tree that I t-budded in 2015. My understanding is the larvae might still be in the tree and could hollow it out in the spring. The recommendations I see are to prune off a limb below the girdling and burn it. This is the central leader so I'd have to top a tree that otherwise has done quite well. Even if I do top it, I suppose it would likely be taller by next fall than it is now.
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