Phytophthora ramorum

[elicokiz]

Hi Folks

 

I'm intrested to know if any of you have had much experience of dealing with the breakdown and disposal of trees affected with Phytophthora ramorum. looking at the Forestry Commision site there seem to be major issues relating to the establishment of boundaries to avoid cross contamination via the spread of spores and contaminated soil, or have i got it all wrong??

 

appreciate any feedback

Dave

 

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[waterbird]

I've been advised by an FC rep to fell all my larch (which has no sign of PR) - in advance of catching it. However the FC has suspended all felling liscences for Larch - so I can't apply til April even if I wanted to (in-case an infection isn't spotted and diseased larch is sold as good).

However - I can continue to fell - and sell - this winter under my existing grant to thin the woods.

Makes a bit of a muddle of bio-security efforts.

 

I'm interested to hear what people think about felling trees in anticipation of possibly contracting the disease. I guess idea would be to get a better price for uninfected timber now and avoid being given a notice to fell & all the legals with that.