Has it reached Gloucs yet? It appears in youngstock first rather than in mature trees. Have you any new plantations around?
Reading round the subject, it seems that anything up to 20% of a stock are not affected (for some reason, wide variability between countries), so I don't think it will be as bad as the media hoped it would be. Of course, if they treat it like ramora with compulsory felling, the resistant ones will be culled as well.Not seen any around here either, its all gone pretty quiet about it.
Well if they decide on compulsory felling they will need plenty of court orders. I for one will do my best to stop them felling any tree on my land that isn't showing signs of disease.Reading round the subject, it seems that anything up to 20% of a stock are not affected (for some reason, wide variability between countries), so I don't think it will be as bad as the media hoped it would be. Of course, if they treat it like ramora with compulsory felling, the resistant ones will be culled as well.