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Gold-Spotted Oak Borer Prevention: Try Systemic Soil Drench

California researchers lack a proven preventive for gold-spotted oak borer. However, Bayer Advanced Tree & Shrub Insect Control (imidacloprid soil drench) stops its close cousin, the emerald ash borer. Applied around the trunk, roots carry it to canopy—borers die on contact. Season-long protection. Worth trying on your remaining 15 oaks.

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