Driving up the Farnham Road out of Guildford yesterday  I was struck by the 
proportion of horse chestnut trees that seem to be suffering from this 
bacterial disease that's been reported over the past couple of years.  I 
reckon 90% or more appear to be affected.  There must be hundreds in the 
Farnham Road.

It'll certainly  change the landscape if they all succumb/have to be 
removed.

D

"Vortex2"  wrote in message 
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> Driving up the Farnham Road out of Guildford yesterday  I was struck by 
> the proportion of horse chestnut trees that seem to be suffering from this 
> bacterial disease that's been reported over the past couple of years.  I 
> reckon 90% or more appear to be affected.  There must be hundreds in the 
> Farnham Road.
>
> It'll certainly  change the landscape if they all succumb/have to be 
> removed.
>
> D
>

I think it's a sad fact that there will be few Horse Chestnuts that survive, 
as I understand it there's no prevention currently available.  The change in 
the weather patterns must be a factor in this too. I've lost numerous shrubs 
in the garden, with trees it just takes longer for the damage to show.

"Vortex2"  wrote in message 
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> Driving up the Farnham Road out of Guildford yesterday  I was struck by 
> the proportion of horse chestnut trees that seem to be suffering from this 
> bacterial disease that's been reported over the past couple of years.  I 
> reckon 90% or more appear to be affected.  There must be hundreds in the 
> Farnham Road.
>
> It'll certainly  change the landscape if they all succumb/have to be 
> removed.

Since reading about this problem several months ago, I've been more aware of 
the spread of this disease as I travel around Surrey.  It's the Dutch elm 
disease disaster all over again.  We have several horse chestnut trees in 
our grounds and they are all showing signs of infection, including the ones 
we raised from conkers in pots several years ago.  It's very sad.

-- 
Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
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"Vortex2"  wrote in message 
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> Driving up the Farnham Road out of Guildford yesterday  I was struck by 
> the proportion of horse chestnut trees that seem to be suffering from this 
> bacterial disease that's been reported over the past couple of years.  I 
> reckon 90% or more appear to be affected.  There must be hundreds in the 
> Farnham Road.
>
> It'll certainly  change the landscape if they all succumb/have to be 
> removed.

I didn't think it did permanent damage, unless, I suppose, it comes back 
year after year.

Graculus wrote:
> I didn't think it did permanent damage, unless, I suppose, it comes back 
> year after year.

It does.

http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/bleedingcanker

Andy