Ash dieback???

[Bren.]

Ah, in that case I retract all my previous statements.

Oh hang on, THIS Daily Mail?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tabathaleggett/ridiculous-daily-mail-headlines

The First one is my favourite.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well that's just the nature of the ash, you'd wonder how it manages to be one of the fastest growing hardwoods when it gives itself such a short season.

 

What's worrying people is that this year it's so late, my hope is still that while dieback may be a problem with a small number of trees in some areas, the overall reason is climatic. It has after all been a remarkably frost free winter even by mild UK standards.

 

 

It may be fast when young, but at an age it turns into a very slow grower, look at ash rings when your cutting in future and youll be amazed. Ive caught many a good tree man off gaurd when asking them to look at it, one even had a butt sitting in his barn and was shocked to find a ring count way beyond his expectations

[Peasgood]

You were sitting on a mans butt counting his ring?

Pure hysteria!!!

[lan3y1]

If the oak is out before the ash were in for a splash! If the ash is out before the oak were in for a soak!

 

 

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Hi what tree shows are on this year?

[18 stoner]

So, what's the updates from you all a month later? They miraculously come back to perfect health?

 

I'd say around us around 30% are healthy, about 60% are VERY poorly, and the rest are dead!

 

 

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[MattyF]

A lot of trees dead in general I recon to water logged root systems.

Ash has also been hammered by bud borers this year.

Found these on all the late sick looking roadside ash trees I stopped and inspected, phytophera on the dead ones possibly brought on by water logged soil.

 

 

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[Stubby]

So, what's the updates from you all a month later? They miraculously come back to perfect health?

 

I'd say around us around 30% are healthy, about 60% are VERY poorly, and the rest are dead!

 

 

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Checked all the trees close to me ( probably only 20 or so ) and all look healthy . One or two still retain their keys for some reason most others dont . One that had some work done may be a little stressed but their is new grwoth on the cut limbs . No sign of die back .

[Tim Stobart Tree Surgery]

Generally looking good here (where Chalara has yet to reach), so the slow start was just that.

[Hiluxr]

All good here. A few are still a bit sparse, but nothing to do with dieback.

 

Never known them to have been that late before.

[County 764]

Loads of trees suffering from Ash dieback in Perthshire.

A few photos of young trees planted around 2008.