Horse Chestnut health 🤔

[maria warwick]

We have a couple of horse chestnuts that , about 4 years ago , had about 3 foot of claylike soil dumped around them behind a retaining wall of sleepers.

The tree bark is starting to break away in places and I’m not convinced they will survive….. would that be a correct assumption ? Or am I barking up the wrong tree 🤔

 

 

[Dan Maynard]

This horse chestnut declined, limbs dying back and dryads saddle throughout, I believe due to roots being buried in clay as I never got down to the root flare when grinding. So based on my one example they are susceptible....