Dying laurel hedge

[Le Sanglier]

I went to quote a poplar takedown this morning, he asked me as an aside if I could tell him why his laurel hedge was dying.

Here are the facts. This started 6 months ago and the problem is spreading fast both ways from the outbreak.

The small Pops in the hedge show no obvious sign of problems.

The client pointed to the cow field next door (visible in the pics) suggesting a overdose of slurry might be the cause, cannot see that myself, as it's just a field with a lot of droppings around the trough.

It is in two places although only one is visible in the pics.

Laurel is usually very resilient so I think it's a pathogen of some sort.

No obvious fungal activity.

Any theories or disease ident?

[WorcsWuss]

I lost some Laurel hedging at home in a similar way but it was very localised, there were only a couple of plants affected. One of them is growing back now as well, I chopped it just above the floor....

Not the foggiest what caused it....

[Gnome]

Could be fireblight.

[Le Sanglier]

Could be fireblight.

 

Looks a good shout, cannot find any information regarding Laurels though.

[Gnome]

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Not that detailed but is a stepping stone possibly.

[Le Sanglier]

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Not that detailed but is a stepping stone possibly.

 

Thanks Gnome, I was just googling it myself. I will forward some info to the client, he's not paying me for it so after that it's up to him. I just thought it might just get me the Poplar takedown.

[Langur]

Laurel is usually very resilient so I think it's a pathogen of some sort.

No obvious fungal activity.

Any theories or disease ident?

 

The leaves turning to yellow make me think about Laurel Stem Canker.

 

Don't know if that is the correct name in english but that is how we call it here.

 

Pathogen should be Sphaeropsis malorum Berk Botryosphaeria obtusa (Schw).

 

There should be signs of the disease on the stems too, not only on the leaves.

[Acg128]

Harsh trim and a spray sorted one out down my way