NurserylnsightHedging your bets

摘要

In the production fields or in the landscape we can't affordto overplant a genus or species;instead, we need to continually strive for diversification.At this time of the year you'll find me enjoying "the boys of summer." Each night when I'm home I'll turn on Sports Time Ohio to watch—or more likely listen to— the Cleveland Indians while I'm working at the computer.During a recent Tribe game a bat shattered. The announcers started talking about bats made from maple versus ash. They mentioned that maple bats break into bigger pieces than ash. I know that Louisville Slugger has ash fields in Pennsylvania to harvest wood for their bats, so I searched online, wondering if perhaps emerald ash borer (EAB) has had a significant effect on the baseball bat industry.