Horse Chestnut Health?

[PeteB]

I have seen a bunch of poorly looking Horse Chestnut locally but some right healthy sorts elsewhere. Rempstone Crossroads look like their season is done already! What are they like near you?

[Mick Dempsey]

Already on the turn here, leaves starting to discolour

[sloth]

Probably horse chestnut leaf miner, they can make a tree look fairly brown by this time of year...

[Gary Prentice]

Reports on other forums are that the effects seem to be a little earlier this year and/or more severe than last year.

[sloth]

Quite possibly. I guess like many other things in nature there are good and bad years, or mast years etc. My little willow this time last year was riddled with aphids and wasps/hornets feeding from them, this year I seem to have no aphids but plenty of ladybird in the garden where there were few before...

[Mick Dempsey]

Quite possibly. I guess like many other things in nature there are good and bad years, or mast years etc. My little willow this time last year was riddled with aphids and wasps/hornets feeding from them, this year I seem to have no aphids but plenty of ladybird in the garden where there were few before...

 

Not sure you're entirely correct.

 

Not too many good years for elms these days.

[sloth]

An exception to every rule!

[Arbitree]

Aye. Street trees are starting to turn down in Essex and Suffolk. Typical leaf minor damage. Field trees not so bad though. Can't believe they are spending thousands looking for disease resistant strains when all that's required is to collect the leaves in Autumn to minimise the re infestations the following yr. No budget though I reckon. Lol.

[Gary Prentice]

If that's the case, shouldn't field and woodland trees be worse, and street trees better because the roadsweepers clear the fallen leaves?

[Arbitree]

Yes you would certainly think so and I'm sure in most cases it is however the comment was in reference to what I've noticed this season so far. Must admit I thought it strange myself. The ones along farmers fields are normally always worse due to your very point.