According to the UF site inoculation is estimated to cost about $200 per application with 4 applications suggested per year. That is out of range for me and my yard trees. I have five of them in my yard and will just remove them if, in fact, I can verify TPPD is present.
I'm not convinced 100% it is TPPD but no other 'crown collapse' type disease has as many listed symptoms as do my trees. I also noticed the same thing in 2-3 trees just south of 466a.
I would say it is inconclusive at this point but very probable. I'll have to figure out a way to verify what is going on and plan to see if I can get an expert to look at them. The trees have been in the ground about 18 months at my location but the symptoms appeared only 60 days ago.
If I get any definitive useful information, I will post it here.
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Tom W
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