Confirmation of Horse Chestnut Canker Please?

[Gardenscape]

Hi folks,

 

Was pollarding a horse chestnut and I just want to know if this tree has the common bleeding canker? The alarming amount of flaking bark and lack of conkers looked like the signs of it. It looks like it suffers from the mining moth due to the leaf spots. Sure does look poorly.

 

Hope you can help.

 

Thanks,

Dan.

Edited July 6, 2018 by Gardenscape

[kcstevens]

Now it's been "pollarded" it's health will deteriorate anyway [emoji16]. It'll soon bleed if it wasn't [emoji102]

[Gary Prentice]

Leaf miner yes, HCBC - don't see it. https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/pest-and-disease-resources/bleeding-canker-of-horse-chestnut/

 

Lack of conkers might be down to a late frost affecting the flowering or any other number of environmental factors.

[Mick Dempsey]

Horse Chestnuts get topped a lot, I don’t know why, they form massive rot pockets if they survive.

 

I’d give that one 5/10 years max.

[MattyF]

One of the first chestnuts I’ve seen with out it in a long while.... is now mutilated... if it didn’t have problems from being defoliated prematurely by leaf miner for years it sure has them now.

[Gary Prentice]

2 minutes ago, MattyF said:

One of the first chestnuts I’ve seen with out it in a long while.... is now mutilated... if it didn’t have problems from being defoliated prematurely by leaf miner for years it sure has them now.

Around Manchester and Saddleworth I'm see it less frequently. Where it's present on older trees they appear to be coping and there's very little recent flux or staining.

 

Leaf miner and Guidnardia on the other hand are almost ever present

[Adam M]

Corrr, I bet it liked that! 

[Gary Prentice]

1 hour ago, Adam M said:

Corrr, I bet it liked that! 

Don’t everyone get a good hair cut when it’s hot?

[Gardenscape]

The tree had massively outgrown its space and the owner didn't really like the tree. It had previously had work in the past and had limbs with rot. To be honest, it's an ugly tree in my opinion. So what is causing the flaking bark across the whole tree? That isn't normal for a Horse Chestnut. There is red staining also.

Edited July 7, 2018 by Gardenscape

[Husqvarna King]

2 hours ago, Gardenscape said:

The tree had massively outgrown its space and the owner didn't really like the tree. It had previously had work in the past and had limbs with rot. To be honest, it's an ugly tree in my opinion. So what is causing the flaking bark across the whole tree? That isn't normal for a Horse Chestnut. There is red staining also.

From the photos it looks like it would have looked nice with just a 25 percent thin.