Beech bark disease

[Treeworld]

Hi all,

 

Hope you have all enjoyed the bank holiday weekend, been meaning to post this up for a week and bend your ears with any possible remedies to try and save the tree. Someone recommended to use tar oil on the infestation however this is no longer available and reading into the disease it seems that to fell is the only solution. My concern is the spread to other trees in the parkland, so any ideas would be most welcome.Below are some photos showing the dehydrated state of the foilage and the extent of the disease.

 

Cheers for any input in advance, Dave

[AndyElliott]

The white stuff is not beech bark disease... its felted beech scale (insect). This has a link to BBD in that it can pass it on, but in itself is not problematic (it can be scrubbed off with a mild detergent if you like - usually only bother on specemin trees). BBD's is a bark killer that can allow other more serious fungi into the tree via the dead bark / cankers etc - so keep an eye out for that - but not initially/necessarily a structural concern. its a copper-leaved var. beech so leaves can have huge variance in colour and condition etc? hope this helps.

[Treeworld]

Thanks for that Andy, I'll give that a go and see how it does.

 

Dave