Ash Dieback ?

[Tha Ulsterscot]

 

[Filthyfarmer]

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

That's what we are seeing in the ash we planted 15+ yrs back. The lesions/scabs of the dieback are ringing the girth.

 

[Kidds]

This year they have thrown new shoots from everywhere except the extremes and are looking quite good.

It's called epicormic growth and is taken as a sure sign of a tree in stress/struggling for life.

 

[Jackov Altraids]

It's called epicormic growth and is taken as a sure sign of a tree in stress/struggling for life.

But not dead as previously assumed....... Any idea of likely conclusion?

 

[Oscar]

Not sure what it's called but around here on top of Ash dieback and the Larch issue we have a disease in Horse Chestnuts which are causing them to die !

 

[Kidds]

Not sure what it's called but around here on top of Ash dieback and the Larch issue we have a disease in Horse Chestnuts which are causing them to die !

An awful lot of chestnuts have Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner these days, quite amazing that it only arrived about 10-15 years ago.
Must admit I haven't seen any trees die of it yet but they must be fairly weakened just down to lack of leaf area.

 

[Kidds]

But not dead as previously assumed....... Any idea of likely conclusion?

No expert but they will probably struggle on for a few years before succumbing.

 

[ISCO]

We have a few look similar to Op. Is best plan just to cut down to try and stop spread ?

 

[Cowmansam]

How does it spread ?

 

[ISCO]

How does it spread ?

Not a clue. I only.noticed we had some when son poited it out.

 

[Cowmansam]

We have more one side the road than the other and I notice driving to Shrewsbury other day ones growing in the central reservation looked fine yet the ones In the road bank didn’t

 

[primmiemoo]

Loads infected here, then. Eagle eyes had spotted they look in fuller leaf, and better health than last year, too.

Buggrit!

 

[puppet]

How does it spread ?

An airborne fungus so cutting diseased trees will now probably be too late. Spreads from diseased leaves in the autumn. Suggested that you gather up and burn all the infected leaves which is impractical