Another major problem is the cicada eggs which will turn to a nymph that is laid on young limbs will fall to ground and feed on those roots for the next 13 or 17 years. I decided too expensive to try to net all the trees so I fought back with damage control. My trees last time was able to overcome the limb splits but I tried to go to war to kill as many eggs as possible to keep them from feeding on the roots for years. I know I at least helped. I found a chemical at the time listed to kill the eggs and I dug many out with a pocket knife. The split wood on the young branches will be obvious.
worried about cicadas?
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Smokegobbler
5 year old buck +
My fruit trees appear to have avoided the worst of the damage this year. Young trees on a nearby property were hit hard. Most of them look similar to the white oak in the photo below.
Mortenson
5 year old buck +
The cicada damage from last summer is especially bad on the 1 year old wood. It made trimming good scionwood tricky. Most good limbs pushed anywhere from 2-10" of clean growth past the damage in the latter part of the growing season. Trunks and large limbs appear pretty healthy.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
That stuff looks real nasty. Post some pics late this summer of the same spots. Interesting to see how the tree recovers.
Malathion is your friend.
Malathion is your friend.
