Ash Dieback

[Dyffryn]

If you have trees with it. What are you supposed to do? Leave them or cut them down?

 

[Kidds]

I don't think there is a rule as such but any trees likely to fall onto someone should be dealt with. That goes for any species.

 

[farmerm]

Well ash makes good firewood..

 

[Bury the Trash]

If you have trees with it. What are you supposed to do? Leave them or cut them down?

As said if they are / or going to be a liability then take them down , otherwise dont panic and leave be .

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Advice now is leave unless dangerous I think.

nature may be able to fight back in some cases

 

[Mur Huwcun]

We dropped some last year by the house. I asked council planning if there was a TPO on them and sought advice from NRW just in case. You can harvest a max of 5cu m of trees Per quarter, The tree surgeon who climbed them said that they’re flat out on ash die back and any dangerous trees can be cut regardless. Just have plenty ohotos if them and their location if you think they’re dangerous. Ours were right by the house. Incidentally you won’t need a felling license if they are in a garden, orchard or church yard!!!

Natural Resources Wales / Check if you need a felling licence

Check if you need a felling licence

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[Kidds]

I don't think there is a rule as such but any trees likely to fall onto someone should be dealt with. That goes for any species.

 

[Dyffryn]

The trees are in a new hedge that is being laid in Glasdir. So don't want them to damage the new fence. And don’t want to not get paid the grant if I cut them down.

 

[Bald Rick]

Must say that ash dieback has gone through the species pdq. I reckon 90% of mine have succumbed.
Not a great fan of the tree tbh but it’s a great pity to see them die off.

 

[7610 super q]

What does dieback look like ? Google images seem a bit vague with brown leaves etc......
Cutting them down willy nilly in the local village, but ours looked OK last summer.

 

[penntor]

To me the most visable sign a tree has got ash dieback is the lack of leaves on it and the number of bare twigs. In windy weather a lot of the bare twigs will snap off as they are brittle.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

If you have a load of large (~150+yo) ash trees that clearly have the disease alongside roads, who is to say they’re dangerous? If I can see that they have the disease, and take photos of them, is that sufficient or do I have to get someone else’s sayso before cracking on and felling them?

 

[S J H]

What does dieback look like ? Google images seem a bit vague with brown leaves etc......
Cutting them down willy nilly in the local village, but ours looked OK last summer.

I was told they’ll be bleeding marks on the trunk, and it will break down from the top.

 

[C.J]

 

[Johnnyboxer]

We have a tree like that in summer

 

[Y Fan Wen]

I had to look really hard last Summer to find any unaffected trees in the cwm.
Going to look awful next Summer.

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Took these early August when they should all be in leaf

Every time we had anything stronger than a breeze the yard and around the house would be covered in leaves and small twigs

 

[penntor]

If you have a load of large (~150+yo) ash trees that clearly have the disease alongside roads, who is to say they’re dangerous? If I can see that they have the disease, and take photos of them, is that sufficient or do I have to get someone else’s sayso before cracking on and felling them

Around here the council have contractors going around marking out trees with ash dieback on the roads and telling the owners to get them felled. One local estate next to some ground I have had about 200 ash trees next to roads marked for felling.

 

[Kidds]

I don't know of anyone in this area cutting ash purely because of dieback ( they may be) but there's plenty of dieback around.
It was here already when it was first announced.

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Ash trees with Dieback are very dangerous to cut down as the branches suddenly fall. Tree surgeons round here are very nervous about climbing in them now.
Probably made worse here by the severe drought last summer.