Phytophthora ramorum

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Just a quick one ,we partly opened up this lovely beech yesterday and found an ominous dark staining with small sticky smelly scabs.....no fungal brackets etc...my first reaction is Phytopthora what do you think guys and apart from mulching would you touch the tree which is looking good at the moment?

 

In my opinion any crown reduction no matter how small will needlessly put extra stress on the tree.

 

 

armillaria is my first port of call, not your typical jet black Phyto.

 

 

these vids are all well and good but at the end of the day the horse has bolted and now they are just telling everyone else to pull their socks up when in fact the border should have been closed a long time ago (to imported plants) but hey ho, they will spend our money telling us how to control a problem THEY could have prevented LONG ago:thumbdown:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Just a quick one ,we partly opened up this lovely beech yesterday and found an ominous dark staining with small sticky smelly scabs.....no fungal brackets etc...my first reaction is Phytopthora what do you think guys and apart from mulching would you touch the tree which is looking good at the moment?

 

In my opinion any crown reduction no matter how small will needlessly put extra stress on the tree.

 

 

armillaria is my first port of call, not your typical jet black Phyto.

 

 

these vids are all well and good but at the end of the day the horse has bolted and now they are just telling everyone else to pull their socks up when in fact the border should have been closed a long time ago (to imported plants) but hey ho, they will spend our money telling us how to control a problem THEY could have prevented LONG ago:thumbdown:

[Mark2]

Slime flux

[Stere]

All the larch trees in the Gwydir forest now have it.

 

 

What do you reckon will they be replanting with as they must be a huge area being felled though the larch were mostly intermixed with other conifers I think.....