Bleeding Kanker

[Frank]

I listen to TALKSPORT MW1053 when im driving and caught a news bulletin today about information from The Forestry Commission stating that approx 49% of the trees in Great Britain are suffering from Bleeding Kanker and/or Leaf miner. Does anyone have any more info on this?? I know its a big problem but that sounds far fetched. Got a full row of HorseChestnuts to look at 2moro. Council are worried.

[David oakman]

I have got a large horse chestnut with bleeding canker phoned the FC and they said i will need to check my stock of chestnuts iam on a 6000 acre estate with hundreds of horse chestnuts where do you start:ohmy:

[Steve Bullman]

barely a week goes by at the moment when im not taking down a decent sized chestnut

[kevwrenn]

our tree officer reckons 90% of the HC have it round here!

[Frank]

Got 3 to do when I get back from honeymoon, Crane job, all in a day. And as i say Ive got a full street to look at 2moro, 14 trees in all, and apparently FC have already been down and taken samples from the first tree to show. Bit of a worrie, was looking forward to getting the laces out my boots and teaching my son all bout conkers. haha.

 

But seriously 49%???? does that sound excessive??

[David oakman]

When you next go to a bleeding canker take a wiff of the fluid it stinks:thumbdown:

[Frank]

I know. Turns your hands yellow aswell hahaha

[ecolojim]

is there anything that can be done to protect a tree from this? Im not that far from Kev in the grand scheme of things, and I have a particularly magnificent HC at the end of our farm driveway that would just be unthinkable to lose

[Peter]

Horse chestnuts should be trembling in their rootplates, they are seemingly headed the same way as the elm.

Perhaps one or two will be kept alive in a hermetically sealed glasshouse somewhere.

[David oakman]

I have also got veteran HC i must try and find time to check them all for bleeding canker ialso have red and indian but i dont think they are affected by the BC or the leaf miner mind you i have noticed a few spots on the reds:ohmy: