Confirmation of Horse Chestnut Canker Please?

[tree-fancier123]

3 hours ago, Husqvarna King said:

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

that would be one of those 'educate the customer' scenarios - I wouldn't have even considered a thin - probably why I'll only ever be a lowly gardener and not an arborist.

 

they can look nice as pollards

 

sometimes the smaller organisms are all too much

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 7, 2018 by tree-fancier123

[Husqvarna King]

4 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

that would be one of those 'educate the customer' scenarios - I wouldn't have even considered a thin - probably why I'll only ever be a lowly gardener and not an arborist.

 

they can look nice as pollards

 

sometimes the smaller organisms are all too much

 

 

 

 

 

Educate the customer, suggest thin and explain and then they request a Pollard anyway. I agree Pollard's can look great and prefer to see them than removal?

[Dan Maynard]

If you have a good relationship with the customer maybe also suggest planting something nearby which will give succession in a few years if/when the HC has to be removed. Small trees are cheap.

[Gary Prentice]

16 hours ago, Gardenscape said:

So what is causing the flaking bark across the whole tree? That isn't normal for a Horse Chestnut. There is red staining also.

Flaking bark is just symptomatic of age,  new bark is formed annually form beneath and the older external face moves outwards cracking into plates and eventually wears away or sheds.

 

The red staining? Do you mean that appear on the fresh cuts or oozing from the bark? (can't see in the photos)