Dying ash woodland and felling licences

[Gary Prentice]

18 minutes ago, The avantgardener said:

Any of the trees that are resistant it would coppice and come back anyway wouldn’t they?

Would they? I think that young/juvenile growth is more susceptible to the fungus so it begs the question whether a healthy, vital tree that is resistant/tolerant would still be physiologically so, after having been cut off at the knees. 

 

I don't know if it's been around long enough, in the UK, that there's actually an answer to that question.

[The avantgardener]

52 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

Would they? I think that young/juvenile growth is more susceptible to the fungus so it begs the question whether a healthy, vital tree that is resistant/tolerant would still be physiologically so, after having been cut off at the knees. 

 

I don't know if it's been around long enough, in the UK, that there's actually an answer to that question.

Big ‘J’s site clearly needs to be clear felled in order to do the job safely, so maybe he can give us some answers on the coppice regeneration at a later date.

I presently have a site that we coppiced 2 years ago that was heavily infected and clear felled, there are lots of stools showing very vigorous growth with no signs of the disease yet.

[Gary Prentice]

17 minutes ago, The avantgardener said:

Big ‘J’s site clearly needs to be clear felled in order to do the job safely, so maybe he can give us some answers on the coppice regeneration at a later date.

I presently have a site that we coppiced 2 years ago that was heavily infected and clear felled, there are lots of stools showing very vigorous growth with no signs of the disease yet.

That's surprising, you'd think that the ascospores present would rapidly re-infect any new growth. I based my previous reply on a recollection that I have that new foliage/young foliage seems particularly susceptible - I may be acting on a false memory entirely though. I think it is going to be a steep learning curve with this disease and the best ways of dealing with it is still to be learnt. 

 

One thing that I don't know, is the differences in regeneration between stools cut to the ground and those left higher. I wonder if there is any differences in re-infection rates between high and low stools. 

[Big J]

11 hours ago, saintsman54 said:

any Hurley potential in the sticks?

Not really, no. Generally a bit too big I think. I'll reexamine them again with hurleys in mind. I always forget to consider the hurleys.