Poplar

[trust me]

Right now, yellow poplars are dropping dead leaves, brown and yellow. The yellow ones have big greenish/blue dots on them, as if it's a fungus or something. I don't know why it happens but this is perfectly normal. It happens every year. I saw them today, just like I see them every year. The trees doing this are normal and healthy.

What Mudhole is describing is something different. He's seeing whole groves of trees turning brown, top to bottom. I've not seen this in my area, but that doesn't mean anything.

 

[KYBOY]

I read a post by a county extension office this week that said some sort of weevil is to blame for most of the poplar blight
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-poplar_weevil

 

[barney]

That's good news!

This insect occasionally becomes abundant enough to cause visible injury.
In addition to damage done by adults, larvae feed as internal miners, causing areas of dead leaf tissue in poplar and sassafras leaves. Combined larval and adult activity can cause significant leaf loss. Healthy, established trees usually can tolerate the infrequent damage seen with this insect.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/kentuckypestnews.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/yellow-poplar-weevil/amp/

 

[timer]

I sent an e-mail to my County Agent. Her reply is below. She refers to the article that was posted above....

I hadn’t heard anything about a pest of tulip poplars until just now. The browning of leaves is happening due to weevils feeding on them. I heard about it from Madison County Extension (Richmond). Even though it looks ugly it should not kill an otherwise healthy tree. Here’s more info from KY pest news about it.

https://kentuckypestnews.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/yellow-poplar-weevil/​

 

[mudhole crossing]

Good. I've been seeing tons of Japanese beetles lately too. They stick on everything; roses, ferns, beans, sweet tater vines, even oak tree leaves in the yard.

 

[Iceman35]

Good. I've been seeing tons of Japanese beetles lately too. They stick on everything; roses, ferns, beans, sweet tater vines, even oak tree leaves in the yard.

Dang, glad I'm not the only one. Never had an issue in 16 year living in KY and this year they're everywhere. They are tearing up our roses and Japanese maple. Left a weeks ago and Hadn't seen the first one, come back Saturday and I'm infested. Put out two traps and they were full in 16 hours.

 

[elkaholic]

Most of the Sycamore trees in my area have died in the past few years.
Someone said it was global warming?
Also the ash trees are going too, maybe the Bug has got here.

All my ash trees have died on my farm and everywhere else around here. They are starting to fall and are dangerous. I cant get anyone to cut firewood because free firewood is everywhere.

 

[elkaholic]

Good. I've been seeing tons of Japanese beetles lately too. They stick on everything; roses, ferns, beans, sweet tater vines, even oak tree leaves in the yard.

I have those too. I am going to pick up a couple traps today. They are all over my roses.

 

[barney]

This is nothing compared to the Japanese beetle outbreak back in the 70's.

 

[JDMiller]

I have those too. I am going to pick up a couple traps today. They are all over my roses.

I fight Japanese Beetles every year. My opinion screw the traps....spray liquid Sevin.

Best way to get rid of them.

 

[elkaholic]

I fight Japanese Beetles every year. My opinion screw the traps....spray liquid Sevin.

Best way to get rid of them.

I didn't get the traps today, I will pick up some liquid 7 tomorrow.

 

[Iceman35]

I fight Japanese Beetles every year. My opinion screw the traps....spray liquid Sevin.

Best way to get rid of them.

I'd normally agree, but the traps are cool when you pour live beetles into the pond. The sunfish go nuts and turn the pond into a bad 1980's Pirahana movie.

 

[EC]

I'd normally agree, but the traps are cool when you pour live beetles into the pond. The sunfish go nuts and turn the pond into a bad 1980's Pirahana movie.

Bait idea...