Problems with Rowans

[Happy when high]

Has anyone else noticed a decline in Rowans this year, i have taken out 6 semi mature trees for separate customers recently. Each one has shown signs of crown die back, in some cases alot of die back. No sign of fruiting bodies but there is signs of fungi inside the timber. Has it just been a good year for fungi and a bad year for Rowans. Any ideas? Sorry no photos forgot about the wonders of Arb talk.

[Stubby]

Has anyone else noticed a decline in Rowans this year, i have taken out 6 semi mature trees for separate customers recently. Each one has shown signs of crown die back, in some cases alot of die back. No sign of fruiting bodies but there is signs of fungi inside the timber. Has it just been a good year for fungi and a bad year for Rowans. Any ideas? Sorry no photos forgot about the wonders of Arb talk.

 

Yep I have noticed that . Not taken any out but they all look sick in my area including 2 that did not leaf this spring .

[Dean Lofthouse]

All the rowans I've noticed in decline have been on wet ground, they don't like clay or poorly drained ground

[Matthew Storrs]

All the rowans I've noticed in decline have been on wet ground, they don't like clay or poorly drained ground

 

Ha funny, I was discussing this with a customer today, Rowans normally do very well up here on Dartmoor, but I have noticed alot of sickly Rowans, Just that too, 1 foot of wet peat then granite subsoil so probably a lot of waterlogging.

[Mortimer Firewood]

All the rowans I've noticed in decline have been on wet ground, they don't like clay or poorly drained ground

 

That makes sense as there all in decline in Herefordshire and we have thick clay poorly draining soil taken two semi mature down since the spring.

[born2trot]

Dont cut them for goodness sake .. bad luck

[the hedge man]

from my experience they often get infection in a crack then it worsens from there, often with a large cavity in the trunk.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Dont cut them for goodness sake .. bad luck

 

Never herd that before where did you hear that?

[born2trot]

Never herd that before where did you hear that?

 

Everyone up here knows its very bad luck to cut a rowan . Think it comes from Druid / pagan times .

[RobArb]

It's only bad luck if you don't ask for permission first, if you don't ask the witches well come get ya:biggrin:

 

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