[fepper]

these little pests have turned my lovely green sitka spruce plantation into a bronze/yellow plantation now,they must be like the locusts in africa,anyone else with this problem?

[greenfingers89]

Originally Posted by fepper

these little pests have turned my lovely green sitka spruce plantation into a bronze/yellow plantation now,they must be like the locusts in africa,anyone else with this problem?

hope you dont mind me asking what part of the country is your plantation in?

[fepper]

in n.kerry greenfingers

[pburns]

I had that problem a few years ago in one section. Isn't water-logged soil a cause? Neighbour's drain got blocked

[fepper]

dont know about that now but my forestry in lowland and gets a fair amount of water runoff of the surrounding higher land but drainge is good enuf after a few days,just to add a lot of springs in this area too

[Silvics]

had quietened down for a couple of years with the extreme cold winters, but the past mild winter I've noticed it seems to be a problem again. Saw it last week in Cork and Clare on some plantations. The following should be of interest
http://www.coford.ie/media/coford/co...ects/Aphid.pdf