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Ganoderma on copper beech!


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A good friend of mine has a lovely copper beech in his garden it will be at least 20m high and have a crown of 12m wide. Just recently Ganoderma has started to show up on the trunk, the tree looks fine but I am a bit worried about the fungus. My question is is there anyway to treat it before it gets worse or is it just hope that the tee fights against it?

 

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Worked for me, on ganoderma.

 

Took two weeks, using halide bulbs, set to a timer.

 

However just burning the fruiting bodies off the trunk's no guarantee of anything other than a few dead n desiccated fruiting bodies.

 

All the PhD mycologists I've spoken to since about the idea, all get a curious look on their faces, then laugh at me, stating quite truthfully such treatment's no guarantee that the shoestring matrices that actually spread the infection beneath the bark are adversely affected in the least.

 

IMHO it's worth trying if your buddy genuinely wants to save the tree, and is willing to gamble a couple hundred bucks in the attempt.

 

Jomoco

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