Tha Ulsterscot
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- Location
- Greyabbey Co. Down.
Ash Dieback ?
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Tha Ulsterscot
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- Location
- Greyabbey Co. Down.
Is cutting down the only cure?
- Location
- South Devon
Very often they fall over in the wind - especially if there's a post and rail fence underneath !
Sometimes they shoot again lower down , but it will always look ugly.
Sometimes they shoot again lower down , but it will always look ugly.
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
have been told you have to be careful cutting them down too, as they can rot inside, so probably safer to cut them sooner rather than later so they have not had a chance to rot and the wood may be more useable for something.
nails
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- Location
- East Dorset
No, some recover a bit . We had some last year which looked real bad , this year they have more leaf on them . I think i am right in saying you have had a dry summer and Ash trees like it wet which is probably why some of ours look better.
They can be dodgy to fell and any leaners will need to be strap cut but Ash are notorious for barber chair.
organicguy
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- Location
- North East of the south west
We had two big ones felled in the winter which had died completely, over 5 years. When they hit the ground all that was left was the trunk, branches exploded like balsa. Be careful.
- Location
- Portsmouth
We did a load of big ash along a road. One that looked reasonable (but we decided to take down anyway) did the same as you describe. The only clearing up to do was with a leaf blower. You would not believe it unless you saw it happen, it was like glass shattering.
- Location
- South West
This is the serious worry with taking down diseased ash trees as the branches are just so weak and unstable that they just drop and have the power to cause death below.
Our local council have got on and cleared roadside ash trees quickly while they are a little bit safer.
Its important to know that Ash can and does at times split /fracture unpredictably normally, let alone having dieback.
This year it’s really prominent here. 
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
It’s starting to get quite serious around here, to the point where I’m now noticing the odd healthy one out of all the diseased ones. The countryside is going to look very different in a few years time I fear.
same here everywhere as your driving alone you notice it now , in the hedges along by the rivers and streams, countryside going going to change a bitThis year it’s really prominent here.
- Location
- sw scotland
A forester tells me trees up to 5 inch diameter are most affected and you may find bigger trees can recover. Certainly lots of evidence in some trees 100 years old
- Location
- Devon
Lots of the big ash trees here were looking completely dead last year and I would have set about felling them if they had not been away from anything.
This year they have thrown new shoots from everywhere except the extremes and are looking quite good.
This year they have thrown new shoots from everywhere except the extremes and are looking quite good.
- Location
- South West
Seen exactly the same around here. Trees that were looking totally dead three months ago still look shocking but have greened up from nearer the trunks
- Location
- Devon
They do look pretty weird and I'm not sure how they will develop but I'm happy and amazed there is life in them!
- Location
- Quebec, Canada
Desperate attempt to hang on I think. They are dying here also at a tremendous rate. They tend to send up shoots before the end but its unfortunately useless . Very sad.
- Location
- South West
Moisture seams to be having a massive effect as when the ground gets dry they look far more dead