tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post4713833782904915854..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.379+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: An End to Chippenham's Conkers?VPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-53629247767784629092008-08-22T22:10:00.000+01:002008-08-22T22:10:00.000+01:00EG - I hope so too. I noticed the Horse Chestnuts ...EG - I hope so too. I noticed the Horse Chestnuts at Westonbirt today looked extremely healthy<BR/><BR/>Suburbia,Rose & Flighty - too right.<BR/><BR/>Simon - that's an even worse problem. Forest Research are doing a big survey on the extent of the problem. Thankfully not seen here yet.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-4714108863958819072008-08-20T20:54:00.000+01:002008-08-20T20:54:00.000+01:00It's sad to see any tree species with problems suc...It's sad to see any tree species with problems such as this. xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-25922262023527770832008-08-20T05:01:00.000+01:002008-08-20T05:01:00.000+01:00Ironic that you should post this today--I mentione...Ironic that you should post this today--I mentioned in my post scheduled for Wednesday a problem we're having in the U.S. with ash trees. The Emerald Ash Borer is migrating near here; infected trees have to be cut down.<BR/>How sad it is to lose the old, large trees.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-3802154052082021342008-08-19T21:14:00.000+01:002008-08-19T21:14:00.000+01:00Hi VP, I haven't noticed this, but I'll look out f...Hi VP, I haven't noticed this, but I'll look out for it now. What I have seen around here is conker trees dying from that canker that appears to split the branches lenghtways.<BR/><BR/>SimonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-22189333164137383512008-08-19T19:40:00.000+01:002008-08-19T19:40:00.000+01:00My mum was telling me how she'd seen some of this ...My mum was telling me how she'd seen some of this in Cheltenham last week. How dreadful to lose such wonderful trees :(Suburbiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352465945711496612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-50473403094951546322008-08-19T18:03:00.000+01:002008-08-19T18:03:00.000+01:00Sounds like urban areas have no chance with their ...Sounds like urban areas have no chance with their traffic and stressed trees. Let's hope their natural enemies wake up and start acting like the predators they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-84075419924529652482008-08-19T16:47:00.000+01:002008-08-19T16:47:00.000+01:00I hope he's right, but the stuff from Forest Resea...I hope he's right, but the stuff from Forest Research seems to say that the damn thing is resistant to frost :(VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-9456779142806888292008-08-19T16:34:00.000+01:002008-08-19T16:34:00.000+01:00Tony Kirkham head of Arb at Kew says he is hoping ...Tony Kirkham head of Arb at Kew says he is hoping for a very cold winter. He reckons the numbers might be controlled by a sharp frost. But then, so would my dahlias.emmathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03914805260939907394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-26830122431610219032008-08-19T12:11:00.000+01:002008-08-19T12:11:00.000+01:00I have noticed a number of large Horse Chestnuts a...I have noticed a number of large Horse Chestnuts along the edge of Malvern common with what looks like this disease - very sad as they are such a part of the landscape round here.Helen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.com