diseased fir trees need an arborist?

Question

I have 6 douglas fir trees on my mid-eastern, New York State, USA land. The past 8 months the needles are turning bronze and falling off leaving bare spots. One tree appears mostly dead, others are heading that way. I read about moths causing this in the Pacific NW USA. Is that the likely culprit here in the NE? Suggestions on finding help and/or a caring, reasonably priced arborist before I lose all my firs and my natural privacy fence? Thank you very much.

Mike

Answer 1

Mostly dead is not something an arborist wants to hear since evergreens don't rebound well once they are going downhill.

Go to the yellow pages and look up arborists. You want one with ISA or NAA certification, International Society of Arborculture or National Arborist Assoc. Joe-pickup truck/chain saw is not who you want. You want someone trained, knowledgeable and certified now.

You'd do better calling in the experts when trouble signs first appear, not 8 months later. Trees have a value....they are often several hundred to several thousand dollars apiece. You'd call a car mechanic is your car is acting strange, why not a tree "mechanic".

Hopefully this is a topical insect problem, not something that has worked inside the tree. Sorry, I have no clue what it could be.

Answer 2

probable both maximum person-pleasant ailments of Doug Fir are Armillaria and Phellinus. they are both soil born fungus ailments and happen as a root rot. in case your little tree is browning from the proper down, it in all probability has one or the different. there is not any treatment perfect now for both disease. The existence of a few timber were prolonged through unearthing the contaminated roots contained in the early stages of the disease and allowing them to dry out. This seems to have in the back of schedule the spread of the disease. some timber have also conquer the ailment clearly, besides the indisputable fact that the percentage is amazingly low.