It’s certainly not feasible to hit all the trees this way, absolutely not. And while there have been projects moderately successful at eradicating insect problems, I don’t really know of any for funguses (not saying they don’t exist, I just haven’t heard of them).
But most trees species have some kind of systemic pest problem, yet here they are. Every so often we lose the vast majority of a given species in a given area, though, so it’s really hard to say at this point whether oaks are gonna go the way of the chestnut, or whether they’re just having a couple extra problems at the moment.
Ah okay I see where I was confused, I googled DBH and assumed the height referred to the height of the tree.
So really, we're talking about a cost of $300 to vaccinate a single tree for about 3 years. Which still, I think indicates they're fucked right?
It’s certainly not feasible to hit all the trees this way, absolutely not. And while there have been projects moderately successful at eradicating insect problems, I don’t really know of any for funguses (not saying they don’t exist, I just haven’t heard of them).
But most trees species have some kind of systemic pest problem, yet here they are. Every so often we lose the vast majority of a given species in a given area, though, so it’s really hard to say at this point whether oaks are gonna go the way of the chestnut, or whether they’re just having a couple extra problems at the moment.
I appreciate your knowledge on this, thank you for sharing!