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Misc 2018 Banter & Venting Thread

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Webberweather53 said:
This WRAL forecast lol. 69 every night :)
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Tarheel1 said:
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Yes, I would strongly advise against Leyland Cypress! They are now dying everywhere around here! Bag worms and other diseases are killing them off! There is a great alternative called Arizona Cypress “Carolina Sapphire “. It grows almost as fast and to the same sizes as the Leyland Cypress, but has bluish foliage and grows about 5 feet a year and is very drought tolerant.

And as far as the blue hydrangeas, 97% of clay and soils around here are acidic
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Hey Mack what is your opinion on the Green Giant Arborvitae?
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Hey Mack what is your opinion on the Green Giant Arborvitae?
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They are solid trees! They just won’t grow as fast as Leylands or Arizona cypress, but the green giants should get about 2’ of growth on a year, not many pests or diseases, maybe bagworms being the biggest issue. Should top out at 30+’ tall and about 10-15’ wide after about 10-15 years
 
Got a lot of crabgrass in my bermuda didn't think treating before seeding since nothing was coming up

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Tarheel1 said:
They are solid trees! They just won’t grow as fast as Leylands or Arizona cypress, but the green giants should get about 2’ of growth on a year, not many pests or diseases, maybe bagworms being the biggest issue. Should top out at 30+’ tall and about 10-15’ wide after about 10-15 years
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Bagworms :(

Are the Arizona Cypress’ prone to bagworms as well?

Bagworms wiped out a few of my grandpa’s leyland cypress trees
 
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Had the last game of the regular season last night for my basketball league. We only had 5 players, and the other team had 11. We won by 23.
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Bagworms :(

Are the Arizona Cypress’ prone to bagworms as well?

Bagworms wiped out a few of my grandpa’s leyland cypress trees
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Bagworms suck!! There is a very small window to kill them! From May till June, they are in worm form and start eating foliage to make the “bags”, IF you spray the foliage while they are eating it, they will die! Once the bags form, nothing will kill them in the bag, outside of plucking them off and burning them or squishing them!
 
Man lots of grass and tree talk. I've learned a lot this week. I love finding out our members have other interests besides weather !

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Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Bagworms :(

Are the Arizona Cypress’ prone to bagworms as well?

Bagworms wiped out a few of my grandpa’s leyland cypress trees
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I have never seen or heard of bagworms on Arizona Cypress! I have golden globe arborvitae around my mailbox, they are about 3’ x 3’, and have been fighting bagworms the last 3 years or so, and they suck! Also for rose lovers, be on the lookout for: Rose Rosette Virus!! It’s decimating Knock out roses especially! It’s a fungus spread by mites, been around about 2-3 years, no cure, have to dig up and burn bush, to try to save your otherones, but probably ( definitely) an exercise in futility
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Bagworms :(

Are the Arizona Cypress’ prone to bagworms as well?

Bagworms wiped out a few of my grandpa’s leyland cypress trees
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They will go right down the row from one, to the next, to the next, eventually taking out the whole line/row. They will take out a 40’ tree in know time!
 
Tarheel1 said:
They will go right down the row from one, to the next, to the next, eventually taking out the whole line/row. They will take out a 40’ tree in know time!
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Looks like Arizona Cypress trees are around $50 a pop for a 2-3 footer! Yikes! And seeing as how I’ll need quite a few to stagger the road line at my house, it’s not going to be cheap. It’s an investment, though, so I’m not sure if I want to go the cheap route or not. It would be well worth it to plant a Cypress tree that wasn’t prone to bagworms. I’m going to look more into it
 
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