What does treatment for emerald ash borer cost? (Martinsville, Indiana)

What does treatment for emerald ash borer cost?

It has already moved through Indiana and killed the overwhelming majority of untreated ash. An untreated ash here is on a clock, not at risk. In Martinsville, genuinely over-mature in the old grid: the Northside Historic District developed circa 1850–1935 and the East Washington Street district circa 1869–1940, so those blocks carry trees well over a century old on shallow-setback lots where the crown sits directly above the roof and the sidewalk. The newer neighborhoods the comprehensive plan maps — Eagle Crest Estates, Southern Acres, Country View — are the opposite extreme, open ground with young stock. (Age is inferred from district survey dates; a species inventory was not available.) Treatable while the canopy is still mostly intact.

Martinsville's canopy and what's at risk

Genuinely over-mature in the old grid: the Northside Historic District developed circa 1850–1935 and the East Washington Street district circa 1869–1940, so those blocks carry trees well over a century old on shallow-setback lots where the crown sits directly above the roof and the sidewalk. The newer neighborhoods the comprehensive plan maps — Eagle Crest Estates, Southern Acres, Country View — are the opposite extreme, open ground with young stock. (Age is inferred from district survey dates; a species inventory was not available.)

What to look for

Thinning from the top down, D-shaped exit holes about an eighth of an inch across, sprouts low on the trunk, and pale flecking where woodpeckers have stripped bark to get at larvae.

Whether the tree can be saved

Treatable while the canopy is still mostly intact. Once roughly a third of it is gone, treatment stops being worth the money and the tree becomes a removal — and a dead ash goes brittle unusually fast, which makes it both more dangerous and more expensive the longer it stands.

Timing in Morgan County (county seat) County

Trunk injection in spring or early summer, repeated every one to two years for the life of the tree. It is a permanent commitment, not a cure.

What does treatment for emerald ash borer cost?

Martinsville's canopy and what's at risk

What to look for

Whether the tree can be saved

Timing in Morgan County (county seat) County

Crews near Martinsville

Humble Hunt's Services, LLC

D & S Tree Service, LLC of Mooresville & Greencastle

Andy's Tree & Landscape

McDaniel’s Tree Service

Hair Cuts For Trees LLC

Jimmy's Tree Service

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