Hello there! I haven't been here for too long a time, but all is well.
This afternoon i walked up to my neighbours to tell them i am a grandma now:) yes it is a healthy baby boy. I walked to them by the way of the tree i am following, and realized it is already past the middle of the month.
My tree is doing as well as can be expected, the crown looks lovely. it has been rather dry this summer, but we have had some rain and a spitter spatter even fell this afternoon, although it never reached the ground
The tree is affected by the leafminer, but so are all poplars that i know off, i could find out for you how far and wide it's reaches are now. I did read that the first leaf miner along the Alaska highway was spotted in the 1950-ish. So i have not known otherwise. For many years now we always say, "oh the leafminers are really bad this year."
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Hello jozien, glad to see you at the tree-following gathering. And congratulations.
the other day, a friend and I were comparing the very wet weather here to 1992 (we think) when we were in southeast Alaska in late May and June. Very little rain there, and yet very wet year here in Wyoming. After reading your post I'm wondering is this year is a similar pattern.
Congratulations on your new grandson!
Congratulations on becoming a grandmother! It's a great job.
In our region we have had leaf miner for several decades now especially on horse chestnuts, which are very popular and well liked for centuries in this part of the world. For some reason, only the trees with white blossoms were affected and not the red blossom variety. The local authorities started to collect all of the leaves whenever the affected trees started to drop them - often as early as June! - and step by step replaced the affected trees with the red blossom variety.
At first, there were no natural enemies but in recent years, blue tits and black tits have been found to eat the larvae and also some regional (friendly) locusts seem to have developed a taste for them. So there's nature in action for you.
Congratulations on becoming a grandmother!
Interesting photos - I don't think we have the poplar leaf miner in the UK.
Enjoy the rest of your summer :)
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