Am I missing something?

[AlvinD]

Apologies if this has been posted before but am I missing something? Not one Oak or Chestnut has fruited acorns or conkers around my way at all. Surely they should be out and all by now?

 

Anyone else notice this?

[David Humphries]

Apologies if this has been posted before but am I missing something? Not one Oak or Chestnut has fruited acorns or conkers around my way at all. Surely they should be out and all by now?

 

Anyone else notice this?

 

Not sure about chestnuts but the oaks are posibly taking a rest after last years heavy masting

 

 

 

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[Daniël Bos]

Not a great oak crop round here, but there are some, conkers aplenty.

[Adam Bourne]

Not a great oak crop round here, but there are some, conkers aplenty.

 

 

 

There sure is mate, one thing I had noticed though is the size of the nuts are quite small compared to some crops I've seen in the past years....

[David Humphries]

There sure is mate, one thing I had noticed though is the size of the nuts are quite small compared to some crops I've seen in the past years....

 

Conkers are possibly affected by the chestnut leaf miner.

 

Less\reduced photosynthesis means less energy to produce large viable seed.

 

 

 

 

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[Mark Bolam]

It's coz they've all got this Ash disease.

 

We need to fell everything, now!

[Adam Bourne]

Possibly the affect of the chestnut leaf miner.

 

Less photosynthesis means less energy to produce large viable seed.

 

 

 

 

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This was my initial thought mate.....

[David Humphries]

This was my initial thought mate.....

 

Thank goodness for that, so it's not just me thinking through his arse then

 

 

 

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[born2trot]

Scottish conker championships had to be cancelled a few weeks ago in the borders .. no conkers

[normandylumberjack]

We have had low yields of all fruit on our trees, no blackberries about, few cob nuts, and sweet chestnut poor crops too! Weather methinks.