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Sacha[_1_] · 03-09-2006, 05:04 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 3/9/06 16:56, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
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Bob, did I imagine this, or did I read somewhere that these trees are
subject to some ne and rather alarming disease? I hope very much that
this
isn't what's affecting the trees near you
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Yes, Bleeding Canker, I thought of that but I haven't noticed any bleeding
from any of the trees near here, perhaps I'll have to get up close and
personal with them. I do hope it's not that disease because I don't know of
a Horse Chestnut around here that isn't showing the browning of the leaves
etc. we could lose the lot and they are some of our biggest trees.

I'm very hopeful you'll find that it's the drought. From what I recall of
1976 and a couple of big old chestnut trees I had then, they were reacting
that way.

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Sacha
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South Devon
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