European Hornbeam info

[HamburgerTrain]

I picked up these two trees today on super sale for about $11 each, hence the spray paint lol. They look pretty scorched and buggy, lots of little cottony web stuff on the leaves. I intend to treat them for the bugs with some bug soap spray.
Should I do any trimming?
Fertilize?
Or just treat for pests and keep it healthy until spring?

 

[Forsoothe!]

I'd add a Bayer Tree & Shrub Systemic now which will get you clean over winter. Do it again after it flushes out next spring and every year thereafter before bud swell in early spring.

 

[Firstflush]

You can cut the dead stuff out now, mainly the left. A lot of the pests will be taken care of too.

 

[mwar15]

that's a good deal for good starter projects, what nursery was it?

 

[HamburgerTrain]

that's a good deal for good starter projects, what nursery was it?

Parkrose Hardware, lol.

 

[HamburgerTrain]

I'd add a Bayer Tree & Shrub Systemic now which will get you clean over winter. Do it again after it flushes out next spring and every year thereafter before bud swell in early spring.

I'm glad you brought that up as I have been curious about systemic treatments. I currently have Daconil, endall 3-1 incesticidal soap, and neem oil. Does this replace those or use in addition to? what's the difference?

 

[Tums]

Daconil is a fungicide, while insecticidal soap and neem oil are mostly contact killers. The Bayer systemic has imidacloprid which will be taken up by the tree and poison anything that tries to it. Just be mindful about the imidacloprid runoff, don't dump it in your flowers and kill the bees.

 

[HamburgerTrain]

Daconil is a fungicide, while insecticidal soap and neem oil are mostly contact killers. The Bayer systemic has imidacloprid which will be taken up by the tree and poison anything that tries to it. Just be mindful about the imidacloprid runoff, don't dump it in your flowers and kill the bees.

Thanks for the reply, sounds like the Bayer would be a nogo. The bees know my water schedule and come drink from all my plants, specifically from the soil.

 

[BobbyLane]

theyre not prone to many pests, not like say beech that are a bit prone to wooly aphids. things like spidermite (if you see them) can be hosed off with water. i find that water and a drop of washing up liquid in a spray bottle does a great job against aphids or mites. to be safe though a jet of insecticide will be good since theyre just coming into your garden. i often do that when getting new trees.