Rowan losing its bark

[Spanner545]

Hi 👋

 

I had to fully remove my Rowan tree. Over the last three summers its leaves started to turn brown and some of the smaller branches started to die in mid summer. The following spring the tree budded well and bloomed healthily but again mid to late summer the leaves died as if it were autumn 🍂  ... Just before Christmas I noticed some hanging bark from one of its main branches, then over the next few weeks the bark literally started to fall of in strands. The tree had splits / wounds everywhere. Unfortunately I had to fully remove the tree last week, it was 12 years old. 

 

My question is what would cause this. No other trees in other gardens seem to have suffered any diseases. Last summer I constantly watered the tree with a soaker just in case it was a hydration problem but it didn't work. 🤔

 

 

 

[Stere]

Squirrels?

[Paul in the woods]

If the damage was low down on a healthy tree I would say it was done by deer, or other animals, rubbing.

 

As it's from a dead tree it could just be bark dying off or being pulled off by things such as woodpeckers looking for food.

 

There's been quite a few threads posted about Rowen dying off, worth a search if you're interested.

 

Fireblight was one suggestion that might be worth looking into.

[Stubby]

Strimmer ?

[woody paul]

Two legs, very energetic, left unattended can cause damage. 

CHILD... 

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6 hours ago, Paul in the woods said:

If the damage was low down on a healthy tree I would say it was done by deer, or other animals, rubbing.

 

As it's from a dead tree it could just be bark dying off or being pulled off by things such as woodpeckers looking for food.

 

There's been quite a few threads posted about Rowen dying off, worth a search if you're interested.

 

Fireblight was one suggestion that might be worth looking into.

 

No animals around in my garden ... The tree started to lose leaves two summers ago.  The bark started to bleed lower down on the main trunk around November. After the branches started to shred it's bark (like pulled pork) the bark at the base of the trunk started to split and break up in fibrous strands. I think It's some type of disease is some type of insect. 😏

[Spanner545]

4 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Two legs, very energetic, left unattended can cause damage. 

CHILD... 

 

No kids here 🤔

[Spanner545]

5 hours ago, Stubby said:

Strimmer ?

 

Nope ... That's a main high branch I cut down but I don't use a strimmer anywhere near the tree. It was in a deep border.

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7 hours ago, Stere said:

Squirrels?

 

Haven't seen a squirrel here for a few years tbh 🤔