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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (4271)12/20/2002 3:19:37 AM
From: frankw1900  Read Replies (1) of 6901
 
Killer Trees. Trees are mighty mean. I suppose you have to be when you you can't get up and walk away.

At one time I lived in a house surrounded by oak trees. Some of the branches were within a couple of feet of the windows and slender twigs within a foot so I could observe easily while eating breakfast.

When we first moved in, the area was suffering from an infestation of European Winter Moths. That first Spring in the house the oaks really took a beating - those moths munched the hell out of them - huge damage to the new leaves and the trees definitely had to start over with leaf growth.

The next Spring I noticed on one of the trees the first leaves were kind of crappy looking and later on it put out better leaves.

Three years later all the oaks on the property were initially putting out very poor looking leaves and later on were producing luxurious, beautiful leaves after the brunt of the moth infestation had passed!

Not very many of the moths around these days.

I don't suppose those crummy looking initial leaves were very good diet for the moths. My layman's guess is that those weird looking leaves probably poisoned the moths - not necessarily in a spectacular way, but neither did they seem to be thriving on the diet.

frank@chemwar.com
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