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Here We Go AGAIN!!
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Further to my post of some 18 months or so back.
Its odd that Another of my trees has given up the ghost and died.
Interestingly too that my neighbours tree which budded and flowered last year has also died quite recently.
As I said in the original posting it started 2 gardens from me and its marching along from one to the next.
Ive given up trying to figure it out now.
Funny though whatevers doing the buisness has by-passed a nice conifer tree that I've still got growing.
Oh well, C'est la vie i suppose.
Regards to all that read this and thanks for past help.
Its odd that Another of my trees has given up the ghost and died.
Interestingly too that my neighbours tree which budded and flowered last year has also died quite recently.
As I said in the original posting it started 2 gardens from me and its marching along from one to the next.
Ive given up trying to figure it out now.
Funny though whatevers doing the buisness has by-passed a nice conifer tree that I've still got growing.
Oh well, C'est la vie i suppose.
Regards to all that read this and thanks for past help.
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If I remember correctly, I think we identified that you almost certainly have honey fungus present in your garden. Unfortunately it spreads through the soil to attack the next vulnerable plant in its path. Not all trees / shrubs are vulnerable which is why it may be random specimens dying off.
One thing to bear in mind though is the extreme weather we had last year. I lost stuff to the heat / drought. We had temps approaching 40 C and no decent rain for nearly a year. Then we had a lot of rain for 2 months and then we had a prolonged period (about 10 days I think) when the temp never got above freezing and froze the wet soil.
It's no surprise that some things succumbed to those conditions and it may be the same with your and your neighbours trees (what were they?) - especially if they were old or weak specimens.
Those conditions will also have stressed and weakened some shrubs and trees leaving them more vulnerable to HF and / or other diseases.
As you know you have HF in the garden I would try to get as much of the root / dead wood out of the soil as you can.
I'll certainly give it a go and see what I can do
Regards
Id really like to replace it if I can.
I have a young OAK tree about 3 or 4 feet tall currently in a pot and a ROWN ( mountain ash) also potted about 6 feet tall but I suspect it was honey fungus killled off my last very mature rown a cpl of years ago.
Any suggestion please?
It includes a link to a list of plants that are least susceptible.