A few days ago, a neighborhood document arrived at our editorial office, in which the residents of Balcón al Mar reported that a plague of Aleppo pines, known as soflamado, was being started in more than twenty trees in that area.
Yesterday, in the plenary session of January, the spokesman of the Popular Party of Xàbia, Juanjo García, I was asking the government team about this plague. Before the question, the socialist mayor, Kika Mata, replied that for some time, from the consistory are treated the affected pines, "It has already acted on those in the skirt of Montgó"said Mata.
This disease, which became known in 1996, has been affecting in different municipalities of the Valencian Community. The aspect that produces to the trees is of burnt leaves that is appreciated in the glasses of each one of the pines.
According to the neighborhood letter, they themselves have detected different pines affected by Balcón al Mar, Cap Negre,"Trees that are in the initial phase of the plague so we understand that it can be controlled. However, if no action is taken, we will lose most of the pines of Cabo de la Nao, one of the biggest attractions of this national jewel ", reviewed the writing.
