Ash dieback???

[mike1987]

anyone got a map showing the spread of it ive noticed about one in 5 near my house that seem slow and have a lackluster appearance whereas the other 4 in 5 seem fine

[davetaz]

There is a map here

Pests and diseases - Ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea)

[wrsni]

Ash shockingly late about here as well (mid-Antrim), but they're all either mature or naturally generated and there's been no reported cases over here yet of die-back spreading to established ash so maybe it's a seasonally related thing this year.

 

Fingers crossed!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ash shockingly late about here as well (mid-Antrim), but they're all either mature or naturally generated and there's been no reported cases over here yet of die-back spreading to established ash so maybe it's a seasonally related thing this year.

 

Fingers crossed!

 

I've been looking at trees for 20 plus years, this isn't some odd seasonal fluctuation, and luck has long, long passed, our ash are well and truly under great threat, whats going on out here in Herts (neighbouring bucks first site) is looking to me like big, big issues.

 

 

I was fingers crossed and optimistic that we may have enough resistance, but I'm confidant now that I was being naive.

 

I've not been following the map as its spread is going to be total, and theres a little bit of me that cant take watching it, except now its in my face on every road.

 

The ash was one of my fave species, the biodiversity associated with it immense, veteran rises early in life and provides homes to many tree hollow species of bats and owls when there is seldom else around.

 

A bloody tragedy, and its not like we learned from Dutch Elm, will every generation of man see the demise of one species of tree in their times?

[john p]

I've been looking at trees for 20 plus years, this isn't some odd seasonal fluctuation, and luck has long, long passed, our ash are well and truly under great threat, whats going on out here in Herts (neighbouring bucks first site) is looking to me like big, big issues.

 

 

 

 

 

I was fingers crossed and optimistic that we may have enough resistance, but I'm confidant now that I was being naive.

 

 

 

I've not been following the map as its spread is going to be total, and theres a little bit of me that cant take watching it, except now its in my face on every road.

 

 

 

The ash was one of my fave species, the biodiversity associated with it immense, veteran rises early in life and provides homes to many tree hollow species of bats and owls when there is seldom else around.

 

 

 

A bloody tragedy, and its not like we learned from Dutch Elm, will every generation of man see the demise of one species of tree in their times?

 

 

I will be very surprised if we only lose one species in our life time, climate is ballsing up exponentially !

[Gardiners Tree Surgery]

I think it's because generally we had such a mild winter are way that the trees didn't go into their dormant state as they require through winter times. Thus the trees looking very lathrgic at the moment.

Not sure how right I am but could be one of the many reasons

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I think it's because generally we had such a mild winter are way that the trees didn't go into their dormant state as they require through winter times. Thus the trees looking very lathrgic at the moment.

Not sure how right I am but could be one of the many reasons

 

I'm inclined to agree with this, especially in the warm south east.

Although, I'm acutely aware that I could be wrong but I have not seen any evidence around here of the Chalara.

[Stubby]

I'm inclined to agree with this, especially in the warm south east.

Although, I'm acutely aware that I could be wrong but I have not seen any evidence around here of the Chalara.

 

Although the ash was late here in my part of West Sussex ( when this thread was started ) it all seems to be flushing now . Also not seen any infected trees ( the map confirms this ) . Wonder why West Sussex and Hampshire have got away with it ....so far ...?

[Tim Stobart Tree Surgery]

Brighton did dodge DED, so maybe it's a similar reason (the downs I believe, which side of them are you)?

 

Tim

(A Sussex boy a long way from home!)

[peatff]

Round here Ash always looks dead until long after the other trees have come into leaf and it is always the first to drop again as well. There are a couple on a local park that look in a bad way though, only half of the tree is coming into leaf and a big branch looks dead on one of them.