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Somethings eating Silver Birch leaves
marywelbyuk
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I have three multi stem Silver Birches - just planted this year (they are about 8' tall). Noticed this morning that one has had all the leaves on one branch eaten, just leaving the spine. Anyone have any ideas what it could be and what I need to do to solve the problem? Hope someone can help!
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Marywelbyuk... the Silver Birch is by far the most abundant tree across the whole of Russia . They attract a huge amount of insects and birds . We love the sound of woodpeckers hammering away during the seasons.
We still use a very old method of using a water-based latex white paint to cover the lower part of the trunk from ground to about 1 meter in height . This has to be highly diluted. We have found that this keeps most of the nasty bugs at bay.
Thanks for your help, I don't know that our trees are big enough for the treatment you recommend but I will look into it - Thanks again, good to hear from you.