JayinNY - RE Elm trees aournd here

LJD

Well-known Member
Central New York

This is (or was) the fullest elm we had. Photo taken last year

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Same tree today (on right).

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This one is fine but did lose some leaves due to lack of rain last summer

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Baby American elm by my wood pile. So are it’s doing fine. I have to be carefully not to bury it or drive over it.

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Dutch Elm Disease? We had HUNDREDS of Elm trees at home in WI. ALL of them died from Dutch Elm Disease.A real shame as some were beautiful huge trees.
 
Elm still grow around here too. They just get up so big and die off. Dutch Elm Disease. With the bark just starting to get bad it would be ready to cut and burn next winter. At least that's what I do, let them dry on the stump.
 
Thanks for the pics ljd, like I said mine lost there leaves in July too! They were fine up to that point! Bark is coming off mine too. Next spring I'll prolly cut them down.
 
Here in Ontario we have similar conditions.The odd elm gets as big as yours but they are sure the exception before the Dutch Elm kills them.My cousin worked in yhe greenhouses at the University of Guelph where the tried to breed resistant elms. Haven't talked to him in a few years but he said the early results were promising.
 
I have one big Elm out in pasture. It's probably 3 foot across at the base, 50-60 foot tall. Theres another in my neighbors field directly down wind about the same size. I wonder if they are related and have a resistance?
 
Usually the trees don't lose their bark for a year or two after they die. Did it get hit by lightening?
 
This is our best American Elm. Hope it outlasts us - if it ever goes, my husbands shop and our outhouse will possibly get toasted.

We have two others that are the same age, but smaller because they are planted too close to each other. We also have three by our garden planted about 5-6 years ago.
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