What’s Killing My Trees?
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Many planters and drills were rolling this week in Northern Ohio. Some had to stop due to rain, others found conditions were not quite right. Soon, everyone will be moving again so watch out for the increased road activity during this busy planting season. When the weather warms up, and there is some rain, usually mushrooms start popping up. Taking a walk this past weekend, I was looking at the trees. Many trees are very slow putting on leaves. Upon further inspection, many trees appear to be dead. Not small trees, fairly large trees, anywhere from 6 to 18-inch diameter trees. Upon inspection, 9 large trees were dead out of 12 trees in a fence row. Two weeks ago, after walking through a woods, there were dead trees down everywhere. Having walked that woods several times, these were mostly new logs, not all old logs. The question is: What is killing my trees? The answer appears to be complicated. Maybe not just one factor, but several interacting factors. In the last several years, th...