hank
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Post by hank on Mar 23, 2016 7:31:21 GMT
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Post by faith on Mar 23, 2016 9:01:09 GMT
Thanks for posting this, even though it is such dire news and apparently nothing anyone can do about it.
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Post by ayjay on Mar 23, 2016 12:01:41 GMT
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Post by NellyDee on Mar 23, 2016 17:09:32 GMT
it states in that article that the disease entered Britain in 2012 in " a consignment of imported infected trees " which raise the question, what the devil are we doing importing Ash trees, when they are a native to this island anyhow? is there some reason we cannot grow our own Ash any more ? we should take a leaf out of Australia's book and ban the import on any vegative matter like this, I could not agree more. I blame the garden centres, they obviously find it cheaper to buy in foreign imports, than to use our home growers. I bought 40 hazelnut nut trees, not in pots, and they were almost double the price of garden centre ones, in pots. I had to think long and hard about the cost, but decide that they would be healthier and grow better coming from a native plant growers, rather than one imported from heaven knows where.
I have one very large old ash and 2 saplings which are now about 20ft tall, I am hoping that as I am remote they will stay free of infection. I adore the old ash, it stands out in a crowd, always a different colour from the surrounding trees no matter what the season.
 Ash Tree in Spring by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
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Post by shirl100 on Mar 23, 2016 17:21:45 GMT
Ash die back really is bad news with only genetic variations in the ash trees which provide resistance to the fungus being our only hope that at least some will survive. Here is the forestry commission link confirming how bad this outbreak could be www.forestry.gov.uk/ashdieback, We have lots of ash trees of various ages on our land and I have been checking them regularly for signs, it's scary though and I am relieved when the trees seem to be OK. Our tree surgeon comes out at least once a year and he has a good look round too, I believe all tree surgeons have been instructed that ash dieback has to be reported so the appropriate steps can be taken. I am keeping my fingers crossed that at least some of our ash trees have that genetic variation. The Netherlands it seems, supplying infected trees to the UK, is why the fungus is here. I agree that it seems odd we were buying ash trees from another country, I know they readily self seed and grow really easily so I can't understand it. Shirl |
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Post by treehugger on Jun 10, 2016 13:33:27 GMT
I would guess we will end up in a few years with just scattered clumps of ash here n there, isolated colonies that escape the fungus, and the fungi will effectively "starve" itself out of existence in the UK.
As per Elms n dutch elm disease, there are bits of surviving elms here n there, I believe.
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