Life Planting trees

**lewdog** · 09-28-2016, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

I lost the apple tree and two of the Colorado Blue Spruce. Second apple that died, so I am done with them. Replaced the apple with a Pear tree and put in three large Austrian pines and two pretty good sized Crepe Myrtle trees.

Crepe Myrtle trees are beautiful! I want one but have no where to put it.

When that thing starts blooming, show us some pictures.

**SAUTO** · 09-28-2016, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by lewdog

Crepe Myrtle trees are beautiful! I want one but have no where to put it.

When that thing starts blooming, show us some pictures.

I've got two little ones my mom planted last year. Thought they had croaked but they are coming back

**lewdog** · 09-28-2016, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

I've got two little ones my mom planted last year. Thought they had croaked but they are coming back

I think they can grow as a bush or a tree if trained properly?

This one could go either way.

**HemiEd** · 09-29-2016, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Did your Dad pass? Getting people out legally has only come about in the last few years. I didn't even know it existed until 2-3 years ago. I'm sorry to hear if he's passed.

I really didn't know how bad the things were until recently. They didn't use to be. Corporate greed changed that in the last decade or so.

Yeah, June 1 of 2014 a month before I retired. I guess the time share got him for close to 100k before it was all said and done. I kept trying to get him to just tell them to go **** themselves and quit paying them like I did on the one my wife got roped into for 10 years, but he wouldn't do it.

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Originally Posted by lewdog

Crepe Myrtle trees are beautiful! I want one but have no where to put it.

When that thing starts blooming, show us some pictures.

Will do. The Crepe Myrtle bushes were attacked by the Japanese beetles as well, but at the end of the summer once the beetles were done they were very pretty. My wife is from Virginia Beach and they are very common back there.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 09-29-2016, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

Yeah, June 1 of 2014 a month before I retired. I guess the time share got him for close to 100k before it was all said and done. I kept trying to get him to just tell them to go **** themselves and quit paying them like I did on the one my wife got roped into for 10 years, but he wouldn't do it.

A good salesman can make 6 figures selling a lot of different things. I was ready to transition out of the industry. Honestly, I think I could make more money selling other things, but helping people get out of those things is kind of soul soothing for me. For the reason you just listed about your Dad. That's an insane amount of money. I'm sorry to hear he passed. Losing a parent is one of the worst things I've ever gone through.

**2112** · 09-29-2016, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

Yeah, June 1 of 2014 a month before I retired. I guess the time share got him for close to 100k before it was all said and done. I kept trying to get him to just tell them to go **** themselves and quit paying them like I did on the one my wife got roped into for 10 years, but he wouldn't do it.

Will do. The Crepe Myrtle bushes were attacked by the Japanese beetles as well, but at the end of the summer once the beetles were done they were very pretty. My wife is from Virginia Beach and they are very common back there.

The jap beetles will eat the Lombardi poplars too. You can do root injection with merit on them in April. It's got a 4 month residual. And whatever you do don't use that bag a bug shit. You'll be attracting jap beetles from all over the place, and it only attracts the males. The females are the ones that do the damage.

**HemiEd** · 09-29-2016, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by D2112

The jap beetles will eat the Lombardi poplars too. You can do root injection with merit on them in April. It's got a 4 month residual. And whatever you do don't use that bag a bug shit. You'll be attracting jap beetles from all over the place, and it only attracts the males. The females are the ones that do the damage.

There is so much stuff around here that they didn't bother the poplars.

I was out there smashing those bugs between my fingers, they had me so pissed off.

Nothing that I tried touched them, fruit tree spray, Miathilion, seven, etc.

But I just heard this week exactly what you said. Both about the bag and systemic additive to the soil. I want to investigate further if the soil additive will foul the fruit.

I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed the figs and look forward to peaches, pears and plums next year!

**2112** · 09-29-2016, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

There is so much stuff around here that they didn't bother the poplars.

I was out there smashing those bugs between my fingers, they had me so pissed off.

Nothing that I tried touched them, fruit tree spray, Miathilion, seven, etc.

But I just heard this week exactly what you said. Both about the bag and systemic additive to the soil. I want to investigate further if the soil additive will foul the fruit.

I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed the figs and look forward to peaches, pears and plums next year!

Jap beetles are the adult larvae of grubs. So if you have grub damage in your lawn that's next years crop of jap beetles. If you apply merit to the lawn in early June it will kill them. They usually fly out of the ground around 4th of July. You have to break the cycle, the beetles lay their eggs in the grass in the same spot they came out of. They burrow down and come up to feed in august September. Which is when you see grub damage.

**HemiEd** · 09-29-2016, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by D2112

Jap beetles are the adult larvae of grubs. So if you have grub damage in your lawn that's next years crop of jap beetles. If you apply merit to the lawn in early June it will kill them. They usually fly out of the ground around 4th of July. You have to break the cycle, the beetles lay their eggs in the grass in the same spot they came out of. They burrow down and come up to feed in august September. Which is when you see grub damage.

Wow, ok, thanks. The timing may be a little different here, possibly? The beetles hit in the late spring/early summer and were gone by late summer.

I know we have grubs as I have dug a few up when planting, plus the skunks have caused some serious damage looking for grubs as well.

That is one reason I am battling with my neighbor as I want to clean up the dam area where the skunks make a home.

In Illinois, I would put down a product that I believe was called Grubx in August, is that the same thing?

**2112** · 09-30-2016, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

Wow, ok, thanks. The timing may be a little different here, possibly? The beetles hit in the late spring/early summer and were gone by late summer.

I know we have grubs as I have dug a few up when planting, plus the skunks have caused some serious damage looking for grubs as well.

That is one reason I am battling with my neighbor as I want to clean up the dam area where the skunks make a home.

In Illinois, I would put down a product that I believe was called Grubx in August, is that the same thing?

Yeah I'm not sure about the timeline there it might be a month earlier then here. Grubx is probably a short term fix for an existing problem that has to be watered in immediately and loses toxicity within a day or two without being activated with water. Merit is a great product, it has a 4 month residual and is more of a preventative measure, so if you apply it in April it doesn't lose its burst until august. Merit is the actual chemical name, not the product name. Do a google search of merit insecticide and you'll see it. It's used in a product called termidor for termites (the best one on the market right now) among others.