Comments on: Horse Chestnut Woes! – Dealing with disease http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/ A blog about woodland activities, outdoor skills and conservation Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:23:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lyn Wojtulewicz http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-4094 Lyn Wojtulewicz Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:59:21 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/#comment-4094 Hi, We have several protected trees in our garden 2 of which are horse chestnut trees. One of these trees has had to be felled due to bleeding canker. The other tree is showing signs of both bleeding canker and leaf minor. I have applied to the local authority about felling this tree so as to protect the rest of the horse chestnut trees in the area which are in very close proximity. Whilst they have allowed me to fell the largest tree, they have declined to allow the younger tree to be felled. It is so apparent to anyone with any common sense that this tree is putting several others at risk, not to mention the danger of it falling onto my neighbour's property and demolishing her house. I am very concerned about this matter but fail to see what I can do. I cannot afford to pay for an expert's opinion and I thought that the local authorities were the experts but do not seem concerned about this disease spreading. <strong>HAS ANYONE ANY SUGGESTIONS</strong>? Hi, We have several protected trees in our garden 2 of which are horse chestnut trees. One of these trees has had to be felled due to bleeding canker. The other tree is showing signs of both bleeding canker and leaf minor. I have applied to the local authority about felling this tree so as to protect the rest of the horse chestnut trees in the area which are in very close proximity. Whilst they have allowed me to fell the largest tree, they have declined to allow the younger tree to be felled. It is so apparent to anyone with any common sense that this tree is putting several others at risk, not to mention the danger of it falling onto my neighbour’s property and demolishing her house. I am very concerned about this matter but fail to see what I can do. I cannot afford to pay for an expert’s opinion and I thought that the local authorities were the experts but do not seem concerned about this disease spreading. HAS ANYONE ANY SUGGESTIONS?

]]> By: denise http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-3973 denise Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:00:37 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/#comment-3973 we have we have

]]> By: denise http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-3972 denise Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:59:46 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/#comment-3972 hi we have got a chestnut tree side of my house we have hundreds of moths in the house caint use my garden cause the moths there every were its gets worse every year what can we do about this please could you email me back thank you denise hi we have got a chestnut tree side of my house we have hundreds of moths in the house caint use my garden cause the moths there every were its gets worse every year what can we do about this please could you email me back thank you denise

]]> By: Horse Chestnut : National Survey of Leaf Miner Moth | The Woodlands.co.uk Blog http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-3692 Horse Chestnut : National Survey of Leaf Miner Moth | The Woodlands.co.uk Blog Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:55:30 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/#comment-3692 [...] various threats to the Horse Chestnut tree for some years: see blogs for May 2006,  Aug 2006 ,  Sept 2008 and Dec 2009 .    Basically, the tree is under attack by : [...] [...] various threats to the Horse Chestnut tree for some years: see blogs for May 2006,  Aug 2006 ,  Sept 2008 and Dec 2009 .    Basically, the tree is under attack by : [...]

]]> By: g vincent http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-2783 g vincent Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:30:43 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/#comment-2783 hi iwork at a care home in doncaster as gardiner handyman,our home has lovely grounds, with very old chestnut trees 4 0ff, they have beeninfected vrey badly we have lost all the conkers already this year, and the bark is bracking off as well, yesterday had alarge branch brake off,around 25inch round and20ft long.these trees i think are listed trees thay have number on? can you help at all, as i think we are going to lose these very old trees, our grounds are part off oliver cromwell land, yours g vincent hi iwork at a care home in doncaster as gardiner handyman,our home has lovely grounds, with very old chestnut trees 4 0ff, they have beeninfected vrey badly we have lost all the conkers already this year, and the bark is bracking off as well, yesterday had alarge branch brake off,around 25inch round and20ft long.these trees i think are listed trees thay have number on? can you help at all, as i think we are going to lose these very old trees, our grounds are part off oliver cromwell land,

yours g vincent

]]> By: Chris http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 Chris Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:37:09 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/#comment-2749 There is lots of information and advice on the Forestry Commission website. The following quote is taken directly from their website : "Monitoring and research on horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella) Help us to monitor the spread of Cameraria ohridella The spread of C. ohridella is being monitored by collating records received from a wide range of institutions, research organisations and individuals. We are very keen to receive records of C. ohridella in Great Britain and Ireland from any areas not already indicated on our 2006 distribution map." There is more detail and information at http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/INFD-6YSKJF The following page http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/forestresearch.nsf/ByUnique/INFD-6YUBY5 gives maps showing the spread of the moth over these last few years. There is lots of information and advice on the Forestry Commission website.
The following quote is taken directly from their website :
“Monitoring and research on horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella)
Help us to monitor the spread of Cameraria ohridella
The spread of C. ohridella is being monitored by collating records received from a wide range of institutions, research organisations and individuals. We are very keen to receive records of C. ohridella in Great Britain and Ireland from any areas not already indicated on our 2006 distribution map.”
There is more detail and information at http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/INFD-6YSKJF
The following page http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/forestresearch.nsf/ByUnique/INFD-6YUBY5 gives maps showing the spread of the moth over these last few years.

]]> By: mark dunsdon http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-2743 mark dunsdon Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:56 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/#comment-2743 we have two horse chestnut trees outside our work premises which are both infected with this bug, we ripped open one of the leaves to find it wiggling around inside wich is at the moment providing blue tits with a food source. we are in northfleet (dall) and just writing to let you know of this activity as we dont know if we are on the map records that you know about?! we have two horse chestnut trees outside our work premises which are both infected with this bug, we ripped open one of the leaves to find it wiggling around inside wich is at the moment providing blue tits with a food source.
we are in northfleet (dall) and just writing to let you know of this activity as we dont know if we are on the map records that you know about?!

]]> By: Phillipa Shaw http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-1870 Phillipa Shaw Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:03:36 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/#comment-1870 Hi, I am the Co-ordinator of the Friends of Withdean Park Brighton East Sussex. I found this site looking for info on Coppicing. Withdean Park has a woodland bordering a park and which is home to a National Lilac Collection. Our Horse Chestnuts have this disease with burnt looking leaves, which our Ranger knows about. We help to manage our woodland which was decimated by the 1987 storm. Just for your info about Elms, Brighton is an Elm conservation area and has 2 of the oldest elms in the UK in Preston Park off the London Rd as you enter Brighton. Well worth a visit. Our woodland also has many young elms growing too. Hi, I am the Co-ordinator of the Friends of Withdean Park Brighton East Sussex. I found this site looking for info on Coppicing. Withdean Park has a woodland bordering a park and which is home to a National Lilac Collection. Our Horse Chestnuts have this disease with burnt looking leaves, which our Ranger knows about. We help to manage our woodland which was decimated by the 1987 storm. Just for your info about Elms, Brighton is an Elm conservation area and has 2 of the oldest elms in the UK in Preston Park off the London Rd as you enter Brighton. Well worth a visit. Our woodland also has many young elms growing too.

]]> By: Chris http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-1785 Chris Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:54:42 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/#comment-1785 The BBC program 'The Material world' [and its podcast] has some interest material on Horse Chestnut problems this week (23rd Oct) - quote "While other tree species are even now holding on to their remaining leaves, horse chestnut trees are being besieged by an invasive pest - a caterpillar called the Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner. Will the horse chestnut follow the doomed fate of the Dutch elm?" see http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld.shtml The BBC program ‘The Material world’ [and its podcast] has some interest material on Horse Chestnut problems this week (23rd Oct) -
quote “While other tree species are even now holding on to their remaining leaves, horse chestnut trees are being besieged by an invasive pest – a caterpillar called the Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner. Will the horse chestnut follow the doomed fate of the Dutch elm?”
see http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld.shtml

]]> By: M Gahagan http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-1713 M Gahagan Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:10:52 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-woes-dealing-with-disease/#comment-1713 In our area, (West Norfolk, Thetford Forest) I have yet to see a Horse Chestnut that is not badly affected. It looks like we are going to loose pretty much all of them. In our area, (West Norfolk, Thetford Forest) I have yet to see a Horse Chestnut that is not badly affected. It looks like we are going to loose pretty much all of them.

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