(well, shrub I suppose)

Hi,

I've recently found that all the hazels on the property are dying and I
wonder if anyone else has observed a similar thing? It seems to happen
very slowly, dying back from the tips with the higher leaves not opening
or being stunted.

I heard about something --virus, fungus?-- that was attacking beech
trees country-wide and wondered if this was a similar invasion. Or just
me. It's rather distressing watching a shrub die without having a clue
why, or what to do. I have cut them back to green wood and fed them
--anything else to do?

Brian Mitchell

On 28/4/07 20:59, in article , "brian
mitchell" wrote:

(well, shrub I suppose)

Hi,

I've recently found that all the hazels on the property are dying and I
wonder if anyone else has observed a similar thing? It seems to happen
very slowly, dying back from the tips with the higher leaves not opening
or being stunted.

I heard about something --virus, fungus?-- that was attacking beech
trees country-wide and wondered if this was a similar invasion. Or just
me. It's rather distressing watching a shrub die without having a clue
why, or what to do. I have cut them back to green wood and fed them
--anything else to do?

Brian Mitchell

Horrible, Brian. There has been a thread on here on phytophthera. possible
Phytophthora ramorum in Viburnum tinus You might like to have a look at
that.

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Sacha wrote:

On 28/4/07 20:59, in article , "brian
mitchell" wrote:

(well, shrub I suppose)

Hi,

I've recently found that all the hazels on the property are dying...

. . . There has been a thread on here on phytophthera. possible
Phytophthora ramorum in Viburnum tinus You might like to have a look at
that.

Thanks, I did, and was reminded that I went through that scare about 18
months ago because I have a number of alder trees. I don't think it is
that because there's no external symptoms, like sap weeping or
discoloured leaves. But assuming it is some form of
fungal/bacterial/viral disease, what's available on the domestic market
to combat such things? Or folk or organic remedies even?

Brian Mitchell

On 29/4/07 23:26, in article , "brian
mitchell" wrote:

Sacha wrote:

On 28/4/07 20:59, in article , "brian
mitchell" wrote:

(well, shrub I suppose)

Hi,

I've recently found that all the hazels on the property are dying...

. . . There has been a thread on here on phytophthera. possible
Phytophthora ramorum in Viburnum tinus You might like to have a look at
that.

Thanks, I did, and was reminded that I went through that scare about 18
months ago because I have a number of alder trees. I don't think it is
that because there's no external symptoms, like sap weeping or
discoloured leaves. But assuming it is some form of
fungal/bacterial/viral disease, what's available on the domestic market
to combat such things? Or folk or organic remedies even?

I'd suggest you email Martin Crawford at Dartington Agroforestry Research
and ask his advice. I think he's written something on this subject and on
remedies.


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