What's happening to the trees?

[Shane]

I was going to post this but got distracted by my stock-car antics today.

 

Now that's all sorted....

 

Am I getting paranoid or are loads of different species of tree starting to suffer lately?

 

I've had calls about sycamores, beeches, cherries and even hazels seeming to be suffering in a variety of ways. Theres been all the usual stuff with robinia, oaks, ash and so on but it seems like everything is getting distressed.

 

What's going on - it can't all be this recent hot spell - trees have been surviving through all sorts of extremes.

 

Any theories???????:confused1:

[Steve Bullman]

i'm sure its just the weather. they will mostly all bounce back after a few weeks of rain im sure

[openspaceman]

i'm sure its just the weather. they will mostly all bounce back after a few weeks of rain im sure

 

We've had quite a lot of mature birch turn brown and they won't be coming into leaf again.

[daltontrees]

Wish I was so sure!

[geoff]

I too am getting a lot more work with distressed trees, I think it will be the weather we have had, & also trees have been left as not a priority for a few years due to financial constraints, then after a while they must be addressed as they have become a liability to the owners.

[nepia]

I was going to post this but got distracted by my stock-car antics today.

 

Now that's all sorted....

 

Am I getting paranoid or are loads of different species of tree starting to suffer lately?

 

I've had calls about sycamores, beeches, cherries and even hazels seeming to be suffering in a variety of ways. Theres been all the usual stuff with robinia, oaks, ash and so on but it seems like everything is getting distressed.

 

What's going on - it can't all be this recent hot spell - trees have been surviving through all sorts of extremes.

 

Any theories???????:confused1:

 

 

I'd go for the weather too; remember that although the hot spell has been relatively short it's been dry for a long time in the south.

Until recently!

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Plus, since Chalara hit the BBC prime-time news people are much more aware of tree problems. We've seen a massive increase in enquiries from newspapers and BBC radio stations enquiring about Chalara, summer branch/limb drop, horse chestnut bleeding canker, dutch elm disease and many others.

 

I think the recent hot weather is also a factors as many trees will suffer drought stress and many pest populations will boom = bad news really, but hopefully as Steve say "short-term".

 

Don't be tempted to rush out there cutting stuff down 'willy-nilly', give it a bit of time.

 

TTFN..

Paul:thumbup1: