Ash dieback ( Chalara fraxinea)

[Dryar123]

Looking at Bbc news it looks like Countryfile on at 7pm tonight might have a report about Ash dieback. Looks interesting.

[coppiceer]

Well worth viewing on Iplayer for anyone who missed the original transmission. The items about the current research into finding resistant specimens was very interesting and a cause for optimism. I just hope they can get chalara-resistant trees commercially available before all of the 100 million or so existing trees have died.

[Grass hopper]

Agree it was a great watch , starting to look around at every Ash tree I come across now.

[timtree81]

I have been like that since last year , look at everything up close , it was confirmed not to far from me but in a nursery and all of a sudden the charlara front has gone quiet , the spores will be growing this time of year and we should be taking steps to stunt the spread

[broonie]

Aye they have found it in Angus now..

Dundee ash trees under threat as fungal disease moves in - Dundee / Local / News / The Courier

[Dryar123]

Don't know if there has been any previous discussion about this. When Dutch Elm struck I seem to remember Biological controls dictated felling and local burning to stem the spread. If this is to be mirrored with Ash dieback on the scale being predicted it seems like there is a potential to destroy a huge natural resource. I understand the need to slow the spread but wonder what could be done ,if anything ,to both harvest and protect the remaining healthy Ash. The computer modelling shown on Countryfile predicted a pretty catastrophic spread over the next few years .

[Me Tarzan]

Don't know whether the ash trees in my garden know something - but they are absolutely laden with seed pods this year!

[Le Sanglier]

Don't know if there has been any previous discussion about this. When Dutch Elm struck I seem to remember Biological controls dictated felling and local burning to stem the spread. If this is to be mirrored with Ash dieback on the scale being predicted it seems like there is a potential to destroy a huge natural resource. I understand the need to slow the spread but wonder what could be done ,if anything ,to both harvest and protect the remaining healthy Ash. The computer modelling shown on Countryfile predicted a pretty catastrophic spread over the next few years .

 

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[Stereo]

Good thing is they grow fast so if an immune strain can be found and bred, I think many land owners will plant like crazy. I know I will.