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Some trees are naturally lazy at getting up in the spring. See what it looks like in a months time. But looking at the photos most of the other trees are behind fences, so it could be the first indication of compaction/ root damage.

Ash Dieback 😁

Ash's saving grace is its genetic diversity. The woodlands that have been planted with ash have all done very badly, but the seed source will be very limited in genetic diversity, and as a result 80-100% loss. In the wider countryside around me there are still healthy trees. From my kitchen window I can see 7 healthy ash, 10 ash with ADB, but still alive, and 8 dead ash.

The Trametes are growing on the dead wood, and shouldn't affect the living wood. The important bit is where the living and dead wood meet, providing that the callus growth is intact, and separating the two, the tree is probably fine. Same with the buttresses, providing the structural wood is intact, small bits of decay between the buttresses will have little consequences.

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I would start with blossom wilt, but check the curled leaves to see if anything in living there. You will need to remove all infected growth, cutting back to healthy wood. This material either needs to be burnt or taken away from site. I've had good success with a winter spray of Jays fluid diluted 50/50 with water.

I normally recommend removing all flowers both wilted and healthy, making sure that you pick up fallen material, and spraying the tree with Jays fluid the following autumn once the leaves have dropped (picked up as well). Most trees bounce back in a couple of years.

The Timberwolf chips faster than the Greenmech. But the extra metal in the Greenmech should mean that it lasts longer. However neither is as good as the TP chipper .

The reason your tree is doing this is your dreadful hacking. All of the growth is fast grown, and hasn't had time to put on structural wood to support itself. Every time you cut more off, you are just stimulating more of this floppy fast growth. Leave the tree alone for a couple of years to calm down, and then very slowly over the next 10-15 years remove small amounts of top growth. Or cut the tree down and start again.

A fantastic piece of kit.

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As far as I'm aware the beetle prefers dead to start with, once that starts to run out rhe beetle moves into healthy trees. Or if the trees become stressed (drought), they take advantage .

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