Death to all Cottonwood trees!

[LoneWolfArcher]

Every late May/early June, cottonwoods become the bane of my existence. Thank God for skimmer socks.

Can't a botanist come up with a bug/virus/disease to take these trees out! I am only half-joking. I lost a couple of dozen ash trees to the emerald ash borer a few years ago. Can't there be a cottonwood borer?

Here is my mitigation:

Use skimmer socks. Run pump twice as long, 4 hours at night, 4 hours during the day. Use hand skimmer as often as possible (at least twice a day).

 

[Homebrewale]

I run my pump 24 hours a day.

 

[jedigrover]

Every late May/early June, cottonwoods become the bane of my existence. Thank God for skimmer socks.

Can't a botanist come up with a bug/virus/disease to take these trees out! I am only half-joking. I lost a couple of dozen ash trees to the emerald ash borer a few years ago. Can't there be a cottonwood borer?

Here is my mitigation:

Use skimmer socks. Run pump twice as long, 4 hours at night, 4 hours during the day. Use hand skimmer as often as possible (at least twice a day).

Yeah, I hate cottonwoods (poplar). But there are so many, even in the city.
A lot of folks run their filters much longer than that. Thankfully, the cottonwood season will soon be over.

 

[LoneWolfArcher]

They are getting worse, not better.