Conker Trees
 

How are your local Horse Chestnut Trees? All those around here seem to be
under great stress with all leaves turning brown, dying and falling off.
They have been like it for some weeks and do look a sorry sight.
It's much too early for autumn yet so it must be the dry year we have had
yet it's now wet so a strange situation and I wonder how many will be alive
next spring if we get another dry winter.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

Conker Trees
 

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...
How are your local Horse Chestnut Trees? All those around here seem to be
under great stress with all leaves turning brown, dying and falling off.
They have been like it for some weeks and do look a sorry sight.
It's much too early for autumn yet so it must be the dry year we have had
yet it's now wet so a strange situation and I wonder how many will be
alive next spring if we get another dry winter.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK


we have same thing here in Hampshire, noticed it just yesterday.....

dj
Winchester

Conker Trees
 

On 3/9/06 10:27, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

How are your local Horse Chestnut Trees? All those around here seem to be
under great stress with all leaves turning brown, dying and falling off.
They have been like it for some weeks and do look a sorry sight.
It's much too early for autumn yet so it must be the dry year we have had
yet it's now wet so a strange situation and I wonder how many will be alive
next spring if we get another dry winter.

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 and I would imagine that the dry
weather certainly has given them a hard time. Of course, on that note we
had lashing rain and wind yesterday and more fine rain this morning but as I
write, the sun is coming out again.

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

Conker Trees
 

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/06 10:27, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

How are your local Horse Chestnut Trees? All those around here seem to be
under great stress with all leaves turning brown, dying and falling off.
They have been like it for some weeks and do look a sorry sight.
It's much too early for autumn yet so it must be the dry year we have had
yet it's now wet so a strange situation and I wonder how many will be
alive
next spring if we get another dry winter.

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 and I would imagine that the dry
weather certainly has given them a hard time. Of course, on that note we
had lashing rain and wind yesterday and more fine rain this morning but as
I
write, the sun is coming out again.


Oh good, it'll come out here in an hour or so then :-))

Steve

Conker Trees
 

"shazzbat" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 3/9/06 10:27, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

had lashing rain and wind yesterday and more fine rain this morning but
as I
write, the sun is coming out again.


Oh good, it'll come out here in an hour or so then :-))


It just has !

Steve

Conker Trees
 

Bob Hobden wrote:
How are your local Horse Chestnut Trees? All those around here seem
to be under great stress with all leaves turning brown, dying and
falling off. They have been like it for some weeks and do look a
sorry sight. It's much too early for autumn yet so it must be the dry year
we have
had yet it's now wet so a strange situation and I wonder how many
will be alive next spring if we get another dry winter.

That would be tree blight:

http://forests.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=59757

--

John

Conker Trees
 

Bioboffin wrote:
Bob Hobden wrote:
How are your local Horse Chestnut Trees? All those around here seem
to be under great stress with all leaves turning brown, dying and
falling off. They have been like it for some weeks and do look a
sorry sight. It's much too early for autumn yet so it must be the
dry year we have
had yet it's now wet so a strange situation and I wonder how many
will be alive next spring if we get another dry winter.

That would be tree blight:

http://forests.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=59757

Or maybe (now I read it properly) bleeding canker:

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/INFD-6KYBGV

--
John.

Conker Trees
 

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 3/9/06 10:27, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

How are your local Horse Chestnut Trees? All those around here seem to be
under great stress with all leaves turning brown, dying and falling off.
They have been like it for some weeks and do look a sorry sight.
It's much too early for autumn yet so it must be the dry year we have had
yet it's now wet so a strange situation and I wonder how many will be
alive
next spring if we get another dry winter.

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 and I would imagine that the dry
weather certainly has given them a hard time. Of course, on that note we
had lashing rain and wind yesterday and more fine rain this morning but as
I
write, the sun is coming out again.

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.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

Conker Trees
 

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


"Sacha" wrote in message
...
snip
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
snip

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.

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

Conker Trees
 

Martin wrote:
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:57:39 GMT, "Bioboffin"
wrote:

Bob Hobden wrote:
How are your local Horse Chestnut Trees? All those around here seem
to be under great stress with all leaves turning brown, dying and
falling off. They have been like it for some weeks and do look a
sorry sight. It's much too early for autumn yet so it must be the
dry year we have
had yet it's now wet so a strange situation and I wonder how many
will be alive next spring if we get another dry winter.

That would be tree blight:

http://forests.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=59757

It's a bacterial infection according to local experts. 75% of the
trees in the Leiden area are effected although not the two chestnut
trees in our garden. Were our two counted?

If it's bleeding canker, it's a fungus: Phytophthora (related to potato
blight), not a bacterium.

You should ask the people doing the survey, if you want to know about the
procedures used!

--

John

Conker Trees
 

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...
How are your local Horse Chestnut Trees? All those around here seem to be
under great stress with all leaves turning brown, dying and falling off.
They have been like it for some weeks and do look a sorry sight.
It's much too early for autumn yet so it must be the dry year we have had
yet it's now wet so a strange situation and I wonder how many will be
alive next spring if we get another dry winter.

SWMBO mentioned it a few days ago!

Alan


--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK