P. ramorum marches north

In a word - Bad!

Jap Larch affected in the Westcountry along with Oak, Beech etc now detected in South Wales and Forest of Dean.

F.C Wales say 160000 tons to be cleared in south wales:scared1:

It has amazed me how little coverage this is getting in both the national media as well as trade journals. Sadly it is a really big deal. It has also reportedly started affecting Douglas Fir now, lets just hope its not as successful with this as it has been with Larch.

I'll wait with my hands over my eyes for what happens next!

And now west to Ireland, specifically the Antrim / Tipperary / Waterford regions. All eyes now on Scotland...

I was speaking to one of the pioneers of the whole thing recently (someone who was with the first teams who 'found out' about it) and he reckons this has been around for a long time, but we are only just noticing it. I wonder.