Problem Elm ?

[Eddy_t]

Thanks eddy - the tree is about 10 years in the ground here plus however long it took to graft/grow the original wytch elm.

 

 

 

is it likely after so long ? - I would have thought instinctive ly that this would have shown earlier ?

 

 

 

Many thanks

 

 

 

Andy

 

 

Yes, the stored carbohydrates in the roots would have slowly depleted, also as some carbs produced in the scion crown would have found their way down to the roots (but not enough to sustain a large crown). As you have pruned the epicormic growth off the base, the tree has shut itself down as the crown is not economically viable for the nutrient requirements.

 

The effects did manifest sooner as lower epicormic regrowth, but as they were removed, the inevitable dieback of the crown occurred, had it not been removed, the tree would have sustained itself.