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Fragile Ginkgo tree

[Glen][Glen] Posts: 76
in Problem solving
Hi,

The leaves on my Ginkgo are turning brown and folding up.

This first happened on a long branch that was being battered by wind. The browning leaves were limited initially to the 2" patch of branch that was repeatedly colliding with another tree.

The windy weather passed some months ago, and that patch gradually extended about 8" to the end of the branch. Since then other leaves in un-damaged parts of the tree are turning brown and folding up.

It shares a large pot with healthy parsley. I am stumped.


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  • [Glen][Glen] Posts: 76
    edited August 2018
    I am in the UK.

    The Ginkgo's neighbour is an olive tree! I had better take some photos :(

    "control would focus on the targeted removal of host plants" (would that be all the plants in my garden?)

    "... and management of the vector insects’ habitats." (the marshes surrounding my home?)


  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I have no idea, but Pansyface is absolutely right, need to check it out.
    Hopefully all will be ok.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Hope it will be ok Glen - but as pansyface says, it's important to check these things out thoroughly with 'those who know best' to ensure correct procedure with it. So many serious diseases have devastated our fauna and flora, so they should never be taken lightly.
    Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Good luck with it  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    WE went to Dovedale the other week. There are a lot of  Ash trees dead or dying, which will have to be removed. It will totally alter the habitat.

    Glen, can you post a picture of your plant. ?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Fortunately, it hasn't reached these here parts, fidget - yet. Perhaps only a matter of time.  :/
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    It's here.  We had two removed last autumn but two more mature trees by the pond are OK so far and there are lots of saplings about in the hedgerows.   TBH, they self seed like sycamores so could become a PITA.  With any luck, a few will prove resistant.   There's a garden 15kms away that has a huge elm that escaped Dutch elm disease so you never know.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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