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Ash - Chances of catching Deadline


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I've just had someone round to get a quote to have some conifers and an Ash tree cut back and whilst we're fairly secluded where we are he said he wouldn't have any work done on the Ash as there's a very high chance it'd get Deadline .... especially as one of the Estate's about 10/12 miles away has quite a lot it and it seems to be spreading in this direction.

 

I just wanted to ask if it really is that virulent or not and generally the chances of it getting it and percentage of trees affected and if some escape it??

 

EDIT: Meant Die back as Stubby pointed out ?

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5 minutes ago, Witterings said:

I've just had someone round to get a quote to have some conifers and an Ash tree cut back and whilst we're fairly secluded where we are he said he wouldn't have any work done on the Ash as there's a very high chance it'd get Deadline .... especially as one of the Estate's about 10/12 miles away has quite a lot it and it seems to be spreading in this direction.

 

I just wanted to ask if it really is that virulent or not and generally the chances of it getting it and percentage of trees affected and if some escape it??

If you mean " die back " then yes the chances are high that it will get it . Check out the threads on here relating to Chalara Fraxinia

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Still don't understand ?

 

Do you mean the arborist who quoted said he won't reduce an ash tree because it might make it get ash dieback?

 

 

Doesn't make sense as it may get it anyway or does trimming it make it more likely? Might be a resistant tree?

 

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Pruning wounds always make a tree more vulnerable. The bark is there to maintain the tree as a sealed entity, as soon as you break that seal you open it up to potential disease and pathogens.
Depending on the general state/ vigour of the tree before pruning you can guesstimate it’s chances of fighting infection, plus you can reduce susceptibility by pruning smaller diameter younger wood that seals itself off quicker. If you don’t need to do it right now maybe put it off for a year or two. Either it will get dieback anyway and then you only pay once to remove it, or it will continue to grow naturally until remedial work is essential.
It seems he was being reasonable trying to protect both the tree and your pocket...!

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1 hour ago, Stere said:

Still don't understand ?

 

Do you mean the arborist who quoted said he won't reduce an ash tree because it might make it get ash dieback?

 

 

Doesn't make sense as it may get it anyway or does trimming it make it more likely? Might be a resistant tree?

 

 

He was saying it was 2 fold ..... reducing the tree now would firstly increase the chances it gets it but also he was saying there's an incredibly high chance it will get it anyway (reduced or not) and in which case I'd be paying to have it reduced now and potentially paying to have it cut down a year later because it's diseased .... in other words leave it and see if it gets it or not before deciding what to do.

I was just surprised and hadn't realised how prolific it is and thought that without any other Ash trees in the immediate proximity it'd possibly give it a buffer but he doesn't seem to think so which is kind of what my query was about??

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