[Danimal16]

The drought played havoc with many of the Birch trees in our area. I hated to see the HOA just let them go. The city did nothing to attempt to save trees as well. We lost between 1200 and 2400 mature trees in our area.

That said, a little research shows how to stop the Birch trees from dying. After 5 years of low rainfall, it was not water and fertilizer alone that could save the trees. The birch tree gets what is called the Bronze Head Birch Borer. They get established when the Birch Tree is stressed and then stress it further; BUT that is not what alone kills the tree. Once the tree is stressed to that extent, the damn termites attack!!!

There are remedies that you can inject into the tree and it kills the damn borers and better yet the termites. There is also tablets that do the same (but also have the minerals and fertilizer). It worked like a charm on the four trees I treated for me and my neighbors.

Damn City and HOA would rather let the trees die than perform a bit of maintenance.