Chalara fraxinea - Generic thread

[Dan Maynard]

I'm waiting for the dieback thread to coalesce with the biomass/firewood thread - surely in a few years there is going to be tons of ash felled all over the country which could drive the wholesale price down again?

[Woodworks]

10 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

I'm waiting for the dieback thread to coalesce with the biomass/firewood thread - surely in a few years there is going to be tons of ash felled all over the country which could drive the wholesale price down again?

It's already happening Dan bar the dropping price. Over the last year, most of what we able to get is ash. Prior to this ash has been as rare as hens teeth. Think you have to conclude many woodland owners are not waiting around to see their crops die.

[Big J]

9 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

It's already happening Dan bar the dropping price. Over the last year, most of what we able to get is ash. Prior to this ash has been as rare as hens teeth. Think you have to conclude many woodland owners are not waiting around to see their crops die.

I can't see the prices dropping. Even with the deluge of ash that'll come to market, demand will always hugely outstrip supply.

[Rough Hewn]

Roughly 1 in 4 young roadside ash showing dieback on the route to the yard. West Yorkshire

[maybelateron]

This weekend, when walking along a local canal in North Staffs I saw a lot of young and mature Ash with what I assume are signs of dieback, also two on my own land appear to have it.

 

[Big J]

Dead ash everywhere around us in Mid Devon. That said, I'm up in Edinburgh at the moment and it's quite evident around here too. There is going to be a vast amount of work coming up on removals.

[Big J]

This was a roadside sapling that I walked past the other day that had died suddenly and spectacularly

[Conor Wright]

Some older pics from a plantation near me. It looks green now from a distance but on closer inspection it's in very poor health.
The younger plantation is worse.
A lot of trees snapping in the wind.
Will take some pics in the coming days

[Stubby]

So the Ash around here is taking a hammering . West dean , Goodwood and Cowdray  estates are felling ash with a vengeance . Its being raped .  Are there any plans in place to maybe retain any resistant looking trees ( I have seen a few ) and harvest the keys ? 

@ David Humphrys

Edited June 9, 2019 by Stubby

[The avantgardener]

We have been doing lots of dead Ash removal for The Woodland Trust (East Sussex)mostly high risk/public access and roadside stuff.

The advice from the FC was if the tree is showing symptoms it is f***ed, get it down, resilience is virtually nil, if the tree shows no signs, leave it in the stand.

We took out 550+ in one stand in September last year, now that they are better spaced they are easier to inspect/monitor, there are some obvious spaces in the canopy where there are dead crowns, others are flushing beautifully.