elm trees dying

[tdwinklr]

All of the elm trees in my yard are dying suddenly. Have already lost a big one
that shaded the house, dying since last year and I had to cut it down so as not to risk
big limbs or the tree falling on the house during spring storms.
I've read about a disease/fungus that attacks elms specifically, Dutch elm disease. There is no
known cure for it, can slow the spread of it by cutting down the effective trees and burning.
Anyone else seeing this in their area? I've never seen this before.

[Txhunter3000]

Elm, Oak and even Cedar in Burleson County. Just not enough rain this year.

[68rustbucket]

Years long drought in our area hasn’t helped the situation. We lost a dozen mature cedar elms in a bad windstorm last May. Thankfully the largest, a 40’ close to the house dint fall. I did have it taken down during the cleanup. Wanted to avoid any future issues.

[dclifton]

We cant kill them fast enough in my area...

[Sackett]

What kind of “Elm” tree is it and where are you located? Dutch Elm Disease is not as prevalent inTexas as much as “Native Elm Wilt” which affects Cedar Elms for the most part. Any tree is going to suffer significant stress from our recent environmental extremes and stress invites disease from fungus and insects.

[tdwinklr]

What kind of “Elm” tree is it and where are you located? Dutch Elm Disease is not as prevalent inTexas as much as “Native Elm Wilt” which affects Cedar Elms for the most part. Any tree is going to suffer significant stress from our recent environmental extremes and stress invites disease from fungus and insects.

Cedar elms that came up on their own. Some people don't want them but I'll take any shade I can get
right now.
Odd, the small one I cut down yesterday was brown but the limbs were still green inside. Should I leave them
alone to recover?

[Drycreek3189]

We cant kill them fast enough in my area...

Me too ! Find out what it is and let’s getusome !

[Sackett]

Cedar elms that came up on their own. Some people don't want them but I'll take any shade I can get
right now.
Odd, the small one I cut down yesterday was brown but the limbs were still green inside. Should I leave them
alone to recover?

Send me some pics to 832-six5one-9six8six

[32drawlength]

Be thankful we don’t see a lot of Dutch elm disease, as a kid I saw some giant beautiful trees in Minnesota die off from the front yards of neighbors

[Kingfisher789]

Bore Beatles killed 13 of mine in Brownwood 2 years ago. Do your trees have a bunch of holes in them?

[tdwinklr]

Bore Beatles killed 13 of mine in Brownwood 2 years ago. Do your trees have a bunch of holes in them?

I don't think so.

[Sackett]

I don't think so.

Look for fresh sawdust at the base of the tree and along the trunk.

Its probably too late to address trees that are already stressed, but this product will help with borers.

[tdwinklr]

Look for fresh sawdust at the base of the tree and along the trunk.

Its probably too late to address trees that are already stressed, but this product will help with borers.

Is there some kind of fungicide to spray the foliage with?
I know several years ago, we had trouble with bagworms
on our cedars and other trees and they were causing all the needles to fall off. I sprayed all those that year and
had no more trouble.

[BangBang]

Look for fresh sawdust at the base of the tree and along the trunk.

Its probably too late to address trees that are already stressed, but this product will help with borers.

This! I lost 20+ oaks to borers this year. I had just bought the place 3 years ago and all of the oaks looked fine. Apparently with the combination of the freeze followed by a few years of drought weakened them enough to allow infestation. All of my trees in the yard where I have irrigation show no signs of infection, but the pasture is another story. I have since used this product and set up an irrigation system for the rest of the oaks. They seem to be rebounding some. Sure hurts to cut down live oaks. Also, I never saw any sawdust around the trees, but when the bark did fall off, the holes were obvious. After I saw that I looked at my firewood pile on a cement slab and there was sawdust all over the slab. I ended up digging a hole and burning everything.

[BTLowry]

We cant kill them fast enough in my area...

This

My oak trees are dying more than anything

Sweetgum, elm, hackberry, and all the others I couldn't care less about are thriving

Seems no matter where you are, the trees you care about are the ones dying