Ash are late

[skyhuck]

 

And anyway , it's "were" not where.

 

sent from my phone but never in work time.

 

[Marc Lewis]

Oak has come out before ash every year in memory.

Those old poems are total bs.

 

 

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agree

 

Ash have been late for years

[skyhuck]

It's always amazed me how fast growing they are, considering they spend so long leafless.

 

 

This debate comes up every year and always reminds me of a farm we went to when I first started on line clearance 20+ years ago. The farm was called Plane Tree Farm. We asked why the name and the lady of the house said it was named after the Plane tree and pointed at a large Ash. We pointed out it was an Ash, not a Plane. No, no, we were wrong, it was definitely a Plane tree, as in the spring when all the other trees were in leaf, it was plane and come autumn when all the other trees still had their leaves, it lost its early and became plane again

[Mark J]

I've only been doing tree work for ten years but I have noticed that a) Ash never gets going till mid May and 3) At early May, someone will post on a forum that ash seems late.

[chuck norris]

Ash are only just starting down here, Beach seems very late too.

[Mark J]

It's always amazed me how fast growing they are, considering they spend so long leafless.

 

 

It's my understanding that it's due to the fact they are ring porous trees. My take on it, and I'm more than happy to be corrected, is that they spend the first part of the year laying down the vascular bundles they need and then set to work generating the energy they need to do the same for next near. It's the survival strategy of ash.

[Billhook]

You know the saying

Ash before the oak we are in for a soak

Oak before the ash we are in for a slash

 

So may be good summer?

 

 

 

Cripes, I did not know I had to wait for the oaks to come out before I can have a slash! At my age.............

[daltontrees]

Cambuslang, south east edge of Glasgow. Absulutely standard for Ash not to be in leaf until May. Round here they were in flower 6 or 7 weeks ago. Young seedlings all popped into leaf last week. Semi matures popped out during this week, some of the older or weaker trees just starting to flush. There has been a serious lack of rain just when I was expecting Ash leaf last week, perhaps it's a micro determining factor in leafing time. Also dryish northerly winds. Yes Ash is ring porous, suggests a requirement for raid water uptake at and just after leafing for good extension and a decent annual increment.

[voj maintenance]

Was talking about the same thing to one of my customers last week. She has a large old ash in her garden and it's bare as are others. Down is sunny South Wales.

 

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[john k]

There's an interesting article about it here:

 

http://www.field-studies-council.org/news/ash-before-oak-we’re-in-for-a-soak,-oak-before-ash-we’re-in-for-a-splash.aspx