Elm dying

[home of wood]

Few of the trees are dying in my garden . Thinking I should call and report just in case . Attached some pictures what your thoughts on this .

[Stubby]

D.E.D. possibly ?

[fergusonforestry]

looks like it, take a sample from yellowing part if you find dark staining under the bark then it is

[skyhuck]

Is DED still notifiable?, I've never reported one, just assumed that the genie was already out the bottle???

[home of wood]

Yeah looked up on local council site and they say all suspected trees should be reported . Here in Sussex they have a DED team who come out and fell all diseased trees... I will check the bark tomorrow for staining etc . Have just taken a walk and found few more with same condition

[Stubby]

Is DED still notifiable?, I've never reported one, just assumed that the genie was already out the bottle???

 

Not like you to not report something !

[Paul Jenks]

Yeah looked up on local council site and they say all suspected trees should be reported . Here in Sussex they have a DED team who come out and fell all diseased trees... I will check the bark tomorrow for staining etc . Have just taken a walk and found few more with same condition

 

Really? There's millions, and that's no exaggeration, around here. We have hundreds of miles of elm hedges. We're doing a patch for OCC Highways in a couple of weeks and have just completed a big run of them for same. Yesterday I looked at a load of dead and dying elms for a local parish council. Hardly a major hazard and definitely not worth sending a crew out to deal with. Felling some trees that are already dead/dying trees as an urgent measure seems a bit daft. Unless, (before anyone jumps in), there is a large and prominent and unaffected feature tree nearby.

[Stubby]

Really? There's millions, and that's no exaggeration, around here. We have hundreds of miles of elm hedges. We're doing a patch for OCC Highways in a couple of weeks and have just completed a big run of them for same. Yesterday I looked at a load of dead and dying elms for a local parish council. Hardly a major hazard and definitely not worth sending a crew out to deal with. Felling some trees that are already dead/dying trees as an urgent measure seems a bit daft. Unless, (before anyone jumps in), there is a large and prominent and unaffected feature tree nearby.

 

Agreed . They are all stood up often covered in ivy . Never get big enough to be a real danger . Yea millions I would say . Great fire wood especially the 4" - 8" sections that don't need splitting . Felled a few .

[woodyguy]

Don't forget that Brighton in Sussex is one of the few places in Britain with mature oaks. So they take it very seriously. Really enjoyed a trip to Brighton last year seeing how elms used to be in my childhood.

[Eddy_t]

If it is, coppice it, it'll grow back, and those beetles can't infect it then

 

 

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