chesnut village focal point what to do?

[MattyF]

Dont think you can win eaither way.

 

My option would prob be reduce and plant a good size standard now, hope the old lass will last/stay safe a few years while its relacement gets established.

 

Not a scientific judgement, just an opinion if viable

 

thats my worry eden if it stays safe ...i am no consultant so i would not want to put any thing in writting but a £300+ tree report could cover the cost of some root decompaction and fert to help it a bit...if it could be worth trying to save

[Pete Mctree]

saying that waiting til it's in full leaf could give you a more accurate picture

[MattyF]

all good points especially daves that bench has got to go if the tree stays!

[Ian Leach]

Matty F, I would start with a reduction to see how it goes but also tell them your concerns that it might need to be felled.

I don't know much about soil decompaction so I won't comment. only my opinion if it helps.

[Lee Winger]

http://www.umassgreeninfo.org/fact_sheets/diseases/phytophthora_bleeding_canker.pdf

 

Decompaction and bio-stimulant no fert, remove all imediate hazards, ie dead branches

[burrell_]

 

i take it this is that bleedin canker hope u can get the pic up

[Lee Winger]

looks like slime flux/ bacterial wet wood to me mate

[burrell_]

here some more pic it on a chestnut about 50 years old it looks like that rite up the trunk

[Bundle 2]

http://www.umassgreeninfo.org/fact_sheets/diseases/phytophthora_bleeding_canker.pdf

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This must give a strong indication by way of statistics as to the less than ideal conditions that so much urban stock ( and possibly elsewhere ) endures?

The advent of the leaf miner's devastation of chestnuts may well, in conjunction with Phytopthora spp, alter the lanscape in the UK very noticeably!

I cant help but be impressed by the success of the fungus.!!

[Lee Winger]

http://www.umassgreeninfo.org/fact_sheets/diseases/phytophthora_bleeding_canker.pdf

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This must give a strong indication by way of statistics as to the less than ideal conditions that so much urban stock ( and possibly elsewhere ) endures?

The advent of the leaf miner's devastation of chestnuts may well, in conjunction with Phytopthora spp, alter the lanscape in the UK very noticeably!

I cant help but be impressed by the success of the fungus.!!

 

 

very smart fungus indeed, what we need to do is prevent rather than try and cure, hence I keep banging on about de-compaction , air-spading etc etc etc