Ash die-back in Wales, plain uncommon sense spoken......on the BBC!

[difflock]

A gentleman by the name of John Brown perhaps.

Stating that the first case of Ash dieback has been found on a native mature Ash tree in Wales.

He then had the sense to say that felling/cutting/burning removal etc (as I have heard talked about locally )

is simply UNVIABLE as a solution.

A sensible man AND he is in charge in Wales (he is ex Forestry Commission)

Did I miss a blue moon last night, I went to bed very early is all.

Marcus

[likeitorlumpit]

A gentleman by the name of John Brown perhaps.

Stating that the first case of Ash dieback has been found on a native mature Ash tree in Wales.

He then had the sense to say that felling/cutting/burning removal etc (as I have heard talked about locally )

is simply UNVIABLE as a solution.

A sensible man AND he is in charge in Wales (he is ex Forestry Commission)

Did I miss a blue moon last night, I went to bed very early is all.

Marcus

 

Unviable as a cure and probably as a preventative

Thats true. Best leave to see what happens.

Thats the advice in Kent as I understand it.

[Gary Prentice]

From what I can remember, from the last seminar I attended, that advice is countrywide. Mature trees will take several years to succumb anyway, so there's no need to rush to fell anyway.

[Paul Cleaver]

no "ash dieback hysteria" felling in uk please:thumbup1:

[Goaty]

no "ash dieback hysteria" felling in uk please:thumbup1:

 

But the leaves went a funny colour on all of them last October, they all have it now.

[skyhuck]

But the leaves went a funny colour on all of them last October, they all have it now.

 

Yes I noticed that too, plus round here their mostly dead, not a leaf in sight.

[farmer rod]

Yes I noticed that too, plus round here their mostly dead, not a leaf in sight.

 

Presumably all the ash trees in the uk arent going to die in the same year, how long will dead standing, ash keep standing?

[skyhuck]

Presumably all the ash trees in the uk arent going to die in the same year, how long will dead standing, ash keep standing?

 

Sorry, I was joking, the Ash are generally the last to come into leaf, so none of ours are out yet.

[farmer rod]

Sorry, I was joking, the Ash are generally the last to come into leaf, so none of ours are out yet.

 

I was half joking, we have a fair amount of ash in the shaws we are coppicing, and if this takes hold there will be a surplus of dead wood, the question is how long it remains useful, standing dead chestnut is good for years but how long will the ash last.

[Peasgood]

Ash can rot very quick