Ash trees

I am hoping for suggestions and/or legalities of my situation at my house. Along the front of my property I have 4 large ash trees. The road in front of my home is a state road and there is a right-of-way on which the trees stand. I live in S.E. Pa. and we have a pest called the ash borer which gets inside the ash trees and 'poisons' the sap, which in time kills the tree. In 2018 I had a professional come in and treated the trees to the tune of $1600. The treatment is guaranteed for 3 years which means it is due again now. My question is shouldn't the state pay for the treatment of those trees since they stand on the right-of-way? I really don't want to be stuck for a $1600 bill every 3 years.

 

from my experience, it's their right of way but your trees... if they want to cut or do whatever with the trees for safety or electrical, they can, but it's still your property.,, and if the trees die, they can make you cut them down. Some towns work well with homeowners and will trim or cut trees if requested, and most towns, not so much. Not much of a legal answer, sorry.

 

You might contact the state and ask. I suspect they won't pay for the treatment although they might pay for removal.

 

With ASH bore they may very well help.

 

Consult your state forestry service for help.

 

Pretty much as Maarkr stated, their right of way, your trees.

Lets face it, no township/city/county/state has the available funds to pay $1600 to treat trees for every homeowner. They cant even keep up with the basic services like water/sewer/roads.

If you love the trees your probably going to have to pay.

On a side note, I've cut down a lot of Elm trees on my property, I didnt know they even had a treatment that was effective!

 

Probably done with a hose, feeder bottle and deep spike with holes.... and apply all around the root zone....right ? If so, find out what was used, buy some and get a deep root feeder. DIY.

 

Thanks you guys for your replies. As I understand it I just mix a few ounces of the treatment by Bromide in a gallon of water and pour it around the tree on the roots. I hope it works. The trees are huge and will cost a pretty amount if I have to have them cut down. We'll see what happens.

Rich

 

You need to pour over the feeder roots. Go around the tree's drip line and soak that area.