Ash dieback or just old age?

[Popeye127]

Hello all,

Is this old Ash which isn't in best of condition just suffering from old age or is it Ash dieback? No problem if  not clear from the photos

 

Thanks for any comments.

[Doug Tait]

Someone more knowledgeable may disagree but my feeling would be dieback, see many Ash looking that way around here.

[Popeye127]

Thanks Doug, it's not my tree but a neighbour's few doors down.

 

I'd noticed it wasn't in best of nick and then this weekend I noticed another neighbour's kids playing in their garden underneath it - it's got such a spread it's over maybe 4 gardens. Just crossed my mind that if it is dieback then it'll need dealt with sooner rather than later given the gardens aspect.

[PeteB]

I reckon it is ADB....seen it all over the the country and think that that is into year 2/3....

[Doug Tait]

Not had much to do with it myself yet but from what I hear at work and have read on arbtalk you are right, sooner rather than later.

[Khriss]

Ash were dying back like this before Ash die back , its a tender tree species in some respects as Innonotus love it and always have . K

[maybelateron]

I would vote for diagnosis being ADB. Been up to Scotland twice recently and loads of roadside Ash with it on the northern limits of M6, then the A74(M).

 

On a brighter note I just love seeing all the big healthy Elms in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

[Stubby]

ADB I would say . The tree is no ware big enough for old age .

[Popeye127]

OK, thanks all. I'll mention to neighbour that tree could be suffering from dieback and he should get someone to properly assess it and then it's up to them to get on with it or not as the case may be, it does give our garden a bit of shelter from prevailing wind so will be sorry to see it go but if it's dying then so be it.  Incidentally  I think this tree has a TPO on it but I would guess that if it is dieback then that would override the TPO.

 

Thanks again all

[Dan Maynard]

Ash were dying back like this before Ash die back , its a tender tree species in some respects as Innonotus love it and always have . K

I've looked an ash recently, it's clearly not well but I can't see any of the symptoms listed for ADB except leaves missing so how do we tell? Is there an updated list of symptoms for bigger trees?

It's also been very dry, had a willow the other day which had suddenly died and I'd put that down to drought rather than ADB.