Hi joolz68Personally I am always wary of anything tree-like that is described as 'dwarf'. If height is not an issue and the only concern you...
Hi CatherineRoots of any tree will reach as far as they need to, and as far as ground conditions allow. Generally 90% of tree roots are found...
Those pines show a great example of thigmorphogenesis, which is the way plants react to external stimuli; in his case the wind. Whereas if they...
Nope. No repair possible at this late stage. I suspect that the wood under the bark is probably damaged also, so rendering any possible repair...
Hi YacoThe lower shoots are the trees way of expressing that it's not receiving all the water and nutrients that it needs. By putting out new...
Hi tothemanorborn (and the rest of you!)Here's my opinion, although I'm no fruit tree expert.First steps:With fruit trees you can prune...
I'd say that the trees are being marked up for some kind of work to be carried out on them - whether that's felling or general pruning though I'm...
Hi, nickDon't know whether yours is a serious comment or trolling, but I point you to these following references:Forestry Commission -...
Sorry, pete - you're right. Thread's been derailed a bit.DEFRA have released an action plan on how to protect Britain from foreign plant...
That's some good ol' profeshnul terminologies! It just refers to latent buds beneath the bark that break dormancy and produce rapid-growing new...
So you're going to strim against the tree bark, possibly causing further injury to the tree, and spurring the tree into putting out more basal...
I'd like to know a little more about this, just out of professional interest. What size tree are you talking about and were you advised of what...
Bad news indeed, but nothing new though is it? Importation of non-native, hazardous, injurous and invasive plants is nothing new though, and...
In arboriculture mycorrhizae are usually introduced into the soil via a system called terraventing. This involves first using a compressed air...
I never said that it could. There are various methods of adding beneficial fungi to the tree such as auger holes, compressed air and injection.
Thanks for the additional photos. It looks like that the tree is suffering from potassium deficiency as well as recovering from root damage. I'd...
Looks like an old sycamore tree to me.
Hi peweIt's not fungus on the bark, but lichen - a harmless epiphitic organism that is simply using the tree as a place to grow on.Leaf...
Looks like a nitrogen/magnesium deficiency. Have the trees been disturbed recently, or had anything done to them out of the ordinary?Get some...
Hi SandpiperBleeding canker is caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi and can lead to tree death. Rarely some trees seem to...
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