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Sudden oak death
I've got a couple of oak trees in the garden, and I have been researching
this because I'd hate to see them go, and worse I'd hate to harbour it unwittingly if my trees get it. But on reading http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/newram.pdf I was suprised to see that it can affect more than just oaks, something that was not at all clear from the BBC/newspaper stories that started me on this search. Googling the group shows that there are people here less ignorant than I. That's quite a useful document from defra and I commend it to anyone who is growing, or particularly thnking of buying, trees or broadleaf shrubs. |
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"Robert E A Harvey" wrote in message I've got a couple of oak trees in the garden, and I have been researching this because I'd hate to see them go, and worse I'd hate to harbour it unwittingly if my trees get it. But on reading http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/newram.pdf I was suprised to see that it can affect more than just oaks, something that was not at all clear from the BBC/newspaper stories that started me on this search. Googling the group shows that there are people here less ignorant than I. That's quite a useful document from defra and I commend it to anyone who is growing, or particularly thnking of buying, trees or broadleaf shrubs. Having just purchased 1200 young trees for our new local Park it makes rather sombre reading. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Robert E A Harvey" wrote in message I've got a couple of oak trees in the garden, and I have been researching this because I'd hate to see them go, and worse I'd hate to harbour it unwittingly if my trees get it. But on reading http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/newram.pdf I was suprised to see that it can affect more than just oaks, something that was not at all clear from the BBC/newspaper stories that started me on this search. Googling the group shows that there are people here less ignorant than I. That's quite a useful document from defra and I commend it to anyone who is growing, or particularly thnking of buying, trees or broadleaf shrubs. Having just purchased 1200 young trees for our new local Park it makes rather sombre reading. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars hello, Ah yes, but things could be worse. (depending on who's doing the planting) I once worked for an industrial landscape firm. i.e., they catered for businesses, councils, etc and not private customers. Many sites were huge. One was approx 4 miles across, as the crow flies. Actually it was a small mountain, or very big hill depending on how tired you might me after trekking across it. Now, as it happened, forepersons were not chosen for their horticultural qualifications, great knowledge or skills. Authority was gained through ownership of a vehicle. The larger the car, the more able it might be to transport a team of burly workers over long distances, whilst drawing a large, robust and over laden trailer full of materials and equipment. And therefore, the larger the car, the more authority imbued on it's owner, albeit that one such foreman seemed so dim as to make us wonder how ever did he get a drivers licence in the first place. However, unlike him, most other forepersons were not inclined to make the horrendously expensive mistake of assuming full unquestionable control, whilst reading the plans upside down on projects so large as to need the car to get from one end to the other. To emphasis his incompetence there maybe nothing that a nervous first-time gardener's nightmare might include, that he didn't manage to do in reality and on a Grande scale, but that wasn't the problem. The real problem was for the poor souls trying to work under his charge. If they failed to alert him of an error, his (and therefore their bosses) would not lay the blame with him. It would be deemed his team's fault and it was only on such occasions that they would be recognised as being the more competent. They should have known better, that sort of thing. Sadly for them, if they tried to alert him, irrespective of how, he would immediately exploit his rank to bellow his defence by further diminishing their value to the project, whilst digging his heels in, not only to continue with the mistakes without a fraction of positive alteration, but add to them as well. On that hilly mountain he lead his team throughout the planting of many thousands of broad leaf saplings. Unfortunately, it being winter an all, the broad-leafed saplings were inconveniently thoughtless enough to be without those nice leaf thingies and so he had trouble knowing which way was up. But still, he was in charge and his choices were rule. When I came a visiting one midweek afternoon, I noticed the upside down planting. It turned out to be in the region of 2700 saplings. He probably runs the firm now. Now I know Tommy Walsh (Groundforce) once rhetorically asked how difficult can it be to plant something in a hole leaf-end up. but Tommy, if you're reading this. you aint seen the half of it (-: Patrick |
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"tuin man" wrote in message after me... Having just purchased 1200 young trees for our new local Park it makes rather sombre reading. Ah yes, but things could be worse. (depending on who's doing the planting) I once worked for an industrial landscape firm. i.e., they catered for businesses, councils, etc and not private customers. ((snip)) When I came a visiting one midweek afternoon, I noticed the upside down planting. It turned out to be in the region of 2700 saplings. Hopefully that sort of thing shouldn't happen as there are a number of gardeners involved in this Park project. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Robert E A Harvey" wrote in message I've got a couple of oak trees in the garden, and I have been researching this because I'd hate to see them go, and worse I'd hate to harbour it unwittingly if my trees get it. But on reading http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/newram.pdf I was suprised to see that it can affect more than just oaks, something that was not at all clear from the BBC/newspaper stories that started me on this search. Googling the group shows that there are people here less ignorant than I. That's quite a useful document from defra and I commend it to anyone who is growing, or particularly thnking of buying, trees or broadleaf shrubs. Having just purchased 1200 young trees for our new local Park it makes rather sombre reading. -- Regards Bob Don't panic! it seems well established now in Cornwall and is effecting the evergreen oaks but not the English variety, its the Viburnums and Rhodos that are being killed with camellias being eyed with suspicion for harbouring it, We have been inspected twice now (no sign here yet) but don't grow any of the worse effected species, the inspectors now reckon its been active for at least 10 years before anyone noticed it. and at least one garden is refusing to remove an effected Holm oak, apparently on the grounds that they want to see how slowly it progresses! -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:10:02 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote: Don't panic! it seems well established now in Cornwall and is effecting the evergreen oaks but not the English variety, its the Viburnums and Rhodos that are being killed with camellias being eyed with suspicion for harbouring it, We have been inspected twice now (no sign here yet) but don't grow any of the worse effected species, the inspectors now reckon its been active for at least 10 years before anyone noticed it. and at least one garden is refusing to remove an effected Holm oak, apparently on the grounds that they want to see how slowly it progresses! Wonder how long gardeners have been noticing the odd mysterious plant death? Very few gardeners do a proper post mortem or get one done, so it's probably been around *much* longer than any of the staff the ministry have got working on it. Hope they don't wreck too many fine gardens before they discover it's been around all along - and isn't actually doing an enormous amount of damage. They need to do a lot more research before they do any more damage. Rod Weed my email address to reply http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html |
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"Rod" wrote in message ... On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:10:02 +0100, "Charlie Pridham" wrote: Wonder how long gardeners have been noticing the odd mysterious plant death? Very few gardeners do a proper post mortem or get one done, so it's probably been around *much* longer than any of the staff the ministry have got working on it. (snip) I wonder.... from those mysterious plant deaths, how many have been put down to honey fungus? Do sudden oak deaths result in a mushroomy whiff from the remains and especially at root level? Patrick |
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"tuin man" wrote in message ... "Rod" wrote in message ... On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:10:02 +0100, "Charlie Pridham" wrote: Wonder how long gardeners have been noticing the odd mysterious plant death? Very few gardeners do a proper post mortem or get one done, so it's probably been around *much* longer than any of the staff the ministry have got working on it. (snip) I wonder.... from those mysterious plant deaths, how many have been put down to honey fungus? Do sudden oak deaths result in a mushroomy whiff from the remains and especially at root level? Patrick I believe they "bleed" dull red resin. Although whether that is the oaks or the Rhododododos I don't know. Steve |
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"Rod" wrote in message ... Charlie Pridham" wrote: Don't panic! it seems well established now in Cornwall and is effecting the evergreen oaks but not the English variety, its the Viburnums and Rhodos that are being killed with camellias being eyed with suspicion for harbouring it, We have been inspected twice now (no sign here yet) but don't grow any of the worse effected species, the inspectors now reckon its been active for at least 10 years before anyone noticed it. and at least one garden is refusing to remove an effected Holm oak, apparently on the grounds that they want to see how slowly it progresses! Wonder how long gardeners have been noticing the odd mysterious plant death? Very few gardeners do a proper post mortem or get one done, so it's probably been around *much* longer than any of the staff the ministry have got working on it. Hope they don't wreck too many fine gardens before they discover it's been around all along - and isn't actually doing an enormous amount of damage. They need to do a lot more research before they do any more damage. Rod From what I've read it seems that it is mainly affecting evergreen species or am I wrong? Our trees are all UK natives at the moment and the only evergreens are some pines as we want it to be a wildlife friendly place as apposed to the other smaller open spaces/parks around here where the multi-courts, skateboard parks, BMX tracks etc. will be placed. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ...
"Rod" wrote in message ... Charlie Pridham" wrote: Don't panic! it seems well established now in Cornwall and is effecting the evergreen oaks but not the English variety, its the Viburnums and Rhodos that are being killed [...] From what I've read it seems that it is mainly affecting evergreen species or am I wrong? Our trees are all UK natives at the moment and the only evergreens are some pines as we want it to be a wildlife friendly place as apposed to the other smaller open spaces/parks around here where the multi-courts, skateboard parks, BMX tracks etc. will be placed. Interesting that this may be the unlooked-for solution to the Snowdonia rhodo problem. Not at all sure it's a price worth paying, though. Mike. |
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Sudden oak death
"shazzbat" wrote in message ... I believe they "bleed" dull red resin. Although whether that is the oaks or the Rhododododos I don't know. Steve I believe so, but I was basing part one of my question on Rod's comment over the lack of "proper" post mortems. So, how often might a death have being attributed to honey fungus in spite of lack evidence of actual honey fungus. (mushroom / bootlace)? And where a mushroomy whiff was the only circumstantial evidence, might that have been seized as complete proof? The dull resin bleed is, I think, more pre-mortem. Patrick |
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