horse chesnut

[Alex Reid]

ok thanks for that, you certainly have a vast amount of knowledge!

[rupert]

No, I've just done my dissertation on it.

[Mr Oz]

any idea whats wrong with this

[Mr Oz]

for some reason leaves are all curling inwards and concurs are not in best health:/?

[Mr Oz]

bump. .

[kev7937]

any idea whats wrong with this [ATTACH]165377[/ATTACH][ATTACH]165378[/ATTACH]?[ATTACH]165375[/ATTACH][ATTACH]165376[/ATTACH]

 

 

Is it not just a red horse chestnut?

 

Aesculus x carnea

 

Sure it has got something wrong with it but doesn't look too serious to me.

[Sadie]

Can anyone help....?

 

We have recently bought and moved into a property with a large horse chestnut tree

 

To begin with as you can see from a number of the pictures attached, we may be suffering from Leaf mining moth. Does this look to be the case and can it please be confirmed that this does not affect its health in the long term?

 

On a more serious note, having pulled away some ivy that had been growing around it's trunk, we discovered this weekend that there is a huge hole running deep into the trunk. There was old fungi growing inside. Once pulled out we discovered new fungi growing on the roof of the hole. Please see all attached photos along with one showing its size compared to my arm.

 

Can anyone please advise what has caused this and what course of action needs to be taken. We are distraught at the idea of losing such an old and beautiful tree. This tree also has a protection order on it.

 

(We appreciate that this is a fungi thread but are hoping someone may be able to help) Thank you

[Arborist]

The leaf miner and or fungus are no real problem though will reduse photo synthesis, you could get a arb consultant to survey he tree and give you a report on his findings!

[Paul Cleaver]

Hi Sadie,

 

The decay in the trunk is of most concern here. If left the tree will continue to grow until there will be too much stress on the tree and there will be a failure at its weakest point. Considering its position this should not be allowed to happen in the interests of Health & Safety and to help preserve its longevity . I glad you like the tree and both issues could be addressed by reducing it in size.

As said get an Arborist to inspect the tree as this is not possible from what can be seen from the armchair.

 

Reg

 

Paul

Edited September 21, 2014 by Paul Cleaver
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[Sadie]

Thank you so much for your advice. We'll get on to it asap.

 

Much appreciated

 

All the best