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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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"shazzbat" wrote in message ... "Sacha" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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"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 |
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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/ |
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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 |
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"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 |
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