Hedge help please

[Goggles]

Can you help identify a small problem in an hornbeam hedge I planted 5/6 years ago. It’s a 30 metre stretch that’s planted where a rose hedge was previously. The first picture affects about 3 plants. Is it thirsty? The second only on one plant. Tia

 

[Kidds]

I am only guessing at the first one but Some kind of leaf curling midge, hormone spray drift, frost would be my choices.
Second one is either gall mite or fungal.
I don't think either are related to thirst

 

[Goggles]

Thankyou, won’t be drift. Did wonder about galls

 

[Bogweevil]

Galls on second plant - no long term significance, not a problem, I think it is hornbeam mid-rib gall - mite induced, no significant damage

First picture, not disease, drought, herbicide or stress - however I think it is the snappily named Hornbeam leaf vein distortion gall caused by a mite, no long term significance.

Not worth attempting to treat.

Have oodles of hornbeam hedge, ordinary galls common enough I have never seen the leaf vein distortion one though.

 

[Goggles]

Thankyou. That is quite a mouthful. As the actress said...