"Martin" wrote
On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:56:02 +0000 (GMT), wrote:
Even if stopping imports had been done in time, it wouldn't have
worked. The distribution is strongly indicative of it being wind-
borne for hundreds of kilometres. Actually, a wind-borne fungus
parasite that is carried only tens of kilometres is implausible,
though the amount carried will drop off rapidly with distance.
Forestry Commission expert said 30 km max two weeks ago.
I saw some spokesman on tv a few days ago claiming that and thought it
sounded improbable at the time. We've had dust and sand blown all the
way from the Sahara, if not further, reach us here in EAnglia before, so
I can't see that a wind-borne fungal disease would find the short hop
across from Euro mainland much of a barrier when conditions were right.
As regards using fallen leaves in streets and parks - do councils want
to reduce costs and get people to recycle more stuff or not? They're
always on at everyone to compost as much at home as possible. There must
be more serious problems to worry their little jobsworth heads about
than a few folk making some leaf mould from trees they paid for
themselves via the rates.
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Sue