JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Was up in Cleveland this past week and spent a day at the Holden Arboretum, saw many many affected beech trees there. I hope they don't start loosing all those lovely old beech.
Hand me down J. beech----help
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ABCarve
Masterpiece
I haven’t seen any dead trees from this….so far. It’s just very ugly although I can’t imagine how they can keep tolerating it. Mine are still kicking after 9 years of infection. It seems the smaller trees in the understory suffer more. Holden is a pretty amazing place and always something going on.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Holden is wonderful, our first time there and we got a membership so we can visit in each season.
pandacular
Masterpiece
It’s been about a month since the last update, how has this tree done?
ABCarve
Masterpiece
Been meaning to update.
So new leaves came out and hardened off. I tested a number of leaves and they all came out negative for the little buggers. HOWEVER, the leaves don’t look anything like a healthy beech leaves. I’m going to attribute this to an unhealthy tree to start and stress from the defoliation. I’m hoping a spring repot and a new start may improve this.
. I’m no expert on testing with my $9.00 microscope and inexperience. If after the spring emergence they’re still funky I may send off some leaves to the county extension service. It’s possible the condition may not be related and maybe something totally different.
Gabler
Masterpiece
Been meaning to update.
So new leaves came out and hardened off. I tested a number of leaves and they all came out negative for the little buggers. HOWEVER, the leaves don’t look anything like a healthy beech leaves. I’m going to attribute this to an unhealthy tree to start and stress from the defoliation. I’m hoping a spring repot and a new start may improve this.
I’m no expert on testing with my $9.00 microscope and inexperience. If after the spring emergence they’re still funky I may send off some leaves to the county extension service. It’s possible the condition may not be related and maybe something totally different.
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It's been my experience that American beech leaves come out crumpled like that whenever I do something that disrupts the normal cycle of one flush per year—for example, if I prune a tree back hard in June and force it to regenerate from epicormic buds. They go back to normal the following spring.
