JBP in Development

[eugen_onegin]

Just took a close up look at my JBP that I have had in development for a couple of years now. This will be year 3 in the colander. I really expect this year to be the launching pad for some serious trunk girth building.

Problem is, it looks like I may have an unbelievably severe wooly aphid infestation. Am I just being deceived. Is there a white substance that forms in new candles that I'm not fully aware of?

 

[Daluke]

Looks like dried sap to me.

All normal.

Luke

 

[Eric Group]

Looks normal to me as well... New candles just do that..

 

[sorce]

Nice Rectangulander!

Sorce

 

[LanceMac10]

Can you post some more photos? Particularly at the base of the new candles.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Hard to see from the pix, but you might have a few wooly aphids. They're messy, so you might be surprised at how few are actually there. Rub them out one at a time. I've never found them to be difficult to control. Never found them on a pine either; usually on a J. Maple that stays dry and shady.

 

[eugen_onegin]

I'll try to get some more photos this weekend. I have a pretty notorious indoor wooly problem. And yes, usual my maples outdoors have some issues. So far, my kiyohime that's like 2 feet away has nothing on it. It looks like cotton webby crap inbetween all of the new candles and soon to be needles. I hesitate to spray the new candles as I really don't want to remove any this year. I was considering ordering some wooly killer kits.