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Re: Cicada damage

> Has anyone else had much damage from the recent cicada cycle?  We have only
> the 13 year brood here, but the damage has been pretty bad, particularly
> for my younger trees.  Two  5' crabs I planted this spring, which flowered
> beautifully and were fruiting well, are losing all their branches.  The
> older 'Prairie Fire' is also being heavily pruned.  I am also losing
> branches on Aronias, maples, hawthorns, birches and dogwoods.  There are
> places in my garden that I don't even want to walk in anymore; it hurts to
> much.

OUCH!  What we had to do back when the 17 year cicadas came out was
wrap our young trees in bird netting.  It actually worked quite well, 
and I think it saved our hawthorn, dogwood, and redbud.  

Chris
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