Re: [Adastra] dead trees, nightingales...dying nature

2017-05-04 Thread pharmes
Late frost!!! Don't understand predictive text?


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 Original message From: Jonathan Crawford  Date: 
04/05/2017  11:09  (GMT+00:00) To: 'Adastra discussion group' 
 Subject: Re: [Adastra] dead trees, 
nightingales...dying nature 
Hi Paul What is “late air” ? Thanks jonathan From: Adastra 
[mailto:adastra-boun...@lists.sxbrc.org.uk] On Behalf Of pharmes
Sent: 04 May 2017 11:47
To: Adastra discussion group 
Subject: Re: [Adastra] dead trees, nightingales...dying nature Hi Dave ( from 
Istria) Late air will do this. It will also cause distortion in the leaves when 
they do get goingPaul   Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.  
Original message From: D BANGS  Date: 
04/05/2017 09:15 (GMT+00:00) To: Adastra discussion group 
 Subject: [Adastra] dead trees, 
nightingales...dying nature  Walking in the Cowfold Stream valley east of 
Crateman's Farm and to the south to listen to the Nightingales last night we 
passed lines of oaks with  brown withered crowns. Often the whole foliage of 
fresh tender leaves and catkins was withered brown, but sometimes the top of 
the crown was still green. 

Amongst them the Ashes, which are co-dominant in this Wealden Clay landscape, 
had stayed as dead as winter...almost every one. 

It was not  a scene of coppery/golden spring leaf green as it had been a few 
weeks ago, but  a scene of death.

We have noticed how strong the hold of Ash Die Back is in this area since last 
year and this spring, but the sight of the oaks, now, was dreadful.

Is this just water stress from the drought ? The Stream was flowing and in 
reasonably good water. I did not notice that the Oaks in the shaws on our walk 
in to the Stream were affected.

It feels like the ending of the world

Dave Bangs



Re: [Adastra] dead trees, nightingales...dying nature

2017-05-04 Thread vivien.hodge
Hi Dave

 

Wind scorch, and/or salt laden winds are the most likely cause. Trees and 
shrubs of a variety of genera are suffering in similar way in the Horsham area, 
the damage in these cases is pretty typical of wind damage. The new shoots of 
trees near the coast, particularly Acers, are also vulnerable to salt damage 
when it is carried inland on high winds. It can look catastrophic but they 
normally recover from one-off events. Year on year damage is however the reason 
why coastal trees are often stunted.

 

Late frosts will cause similar-looking damage. Damage low in the canopy and not 
the upper parts could suggest a ground frost.

 

Vivien

 

 

From: Adastra [mailto:adastra-boun...@lists.sxbrc.org.uk] On Behalf Of Jonathan 
Crawford
Sent: 04 May 2017 11:08
To: 'Adastra discussion group'
Subject: Re: [Adastra] dead trees, nightingales...dying nature

 

Hi Paul

 

What is “late air” ?

 

Thanks

 

jonathan

 

From: Adastra [mailto:adastra-boun...@lists.sxbrc.org.uk] On Behalf Of pharmes
Sent: 04 May 2017 11:47
To: Adastra discussion group 
Subject: Re: [Adastra] dead trees, nightingales...dying nature

 

Hi Dave ( from Istria) Late air will do this. It will also cause distortion in 
the leaves when they do get going

Paul

 

 

 

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 Original message 

From: D BANGS  

Date: 04/05/2017 09:15 (GMT+00:00) 

To: Adastra discussion group  

Subject: [Adastra] dead trees, nightingales...dying nature 

 

Walking in the Cowfold Stream valley east of Crateman's Farm and to the south 
to listen to the Nightingales last night we passed lines of oaks with  brown 
withered crowns. Often the whole foliage of fresh tender leaves and catkins was 
withered brown, but sometimes the top of the crown was still green. 

Amongst them the Ashes, which are co-dominant in this Wealden Clay landscape, 
had stayed as dead as winter...almost every one. 

It was not  a scene of coppery/golden spring leaf green as it had been a few 
weeks ago, but  a scene of death.

We have noticed how strong the hold of Ash Die Back is in this area since last 
year and this spring, but the sight of the oaks, now, was dreadful.

Is this just water stress from the drought ? The Stream was flowing and in 
reasonably good water. I did not notice that the Oaks in the shaws on our walk 
in to the Stream were affected.

It feels like the ending of the world

Dave Bangs



Re: [Adastra] dead trees, nightingales...dying nature

2017-05-04 Thread Jonathan Crawford
Hi Paul

 

What is “late air” ?

 

Thanks

 

jonathan

 

From: Adastra [mailto:adastra-boun...@lists.sxbrc.org.uk] On Behalf Of pharmes
Sent: 04 May 2017 11:47
To: Adastra discussion group 
Subject: Re: [Adastra] dead trees, nightingales...dying nature

 

Hi Dave ( from Istria) Late air will do this. It will also cause distortion in 
the leaves when they do get going

Paul

 

 

 

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

 

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Walking in the Cowfold Stream valley east of Crateman's Farm and to the south 
to listen to the Nightingales last night we passed lines of oaks with  brown 
withered crowns. Often the whole foliage of fresh tender leaves and catkins was 
withered brown, but sometimes the top of the crown was still green. 

Amongst them the Ashes, which are co-dominant in this Wealden Clay landscape, 
had stayed as dead as winter...almost every one. 

It was not  a scene of coppery/golden spring leaf green as it had been a few 
weeks ago, but  a scene of death.

We have noticed how strong the hold of Ash Die Back is in this area since last 
year and this spring, but the sight of the oaks, now, was dreadful.

Is this just water stress from the drought ? The Stream was flowing and in 
reasonably good water. I did not notice that the Oaks in the shaws on our walk 
in to the Stream were affected.

It feels like the ending of the world

Dave Bangs





Re: [Adastra] dead trees, nightingales...dying nature

2017-05-04 Thread pharmes
Hi Dave ( from Istria) Late air will do this. It will also cause distortion in 
the leaves when they do get goingPaul


Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
 Original message From: D BANGS  Date: 
04/05/2017  09:15  (GMT+00:00) To: Adastra discussion group 
 Subject: [Adastra] dead trees, 
nightingales...dying nature 
Walking in the Cowfold Stream valley east of Crateman's Farm and to the south 
to listen to the Nightingales last night we passed lines of oaks with  brown 
withered crowns. Often the whole foliage of fresh tender leaves and catkins was 
withered brown, but sometimes the top of the crown was still green. 

Amongst them the Ashes, which are co-dominant in this Wealden Clay landscape, 
had stayed as dead as winter...almost every one. 

It was not  a scene of coppery/golden spring leaf green as it had been a few 
weeks ago, but  a scene of death.

We have noticed how strong the hold of Ash Die Back is in this area since last 
year and this spring, but the sight of the oaks, now, was dreadful.

Is this just water stress from the drought ? The Stream was flowing and in 
reasonably good water. I did not notice that the Oaks in the shaws on our walk 
in to the Stream were affected.

It feels like the ending of the world

Dave Bangs




[Adastra] dead trees, nightingales...dying nature

2017-05-04 Thread D BANGS
Walking in the Cowfold Stream valley east of Crateman's Farm and to the south 
to listen to the Nightingales last night we passed lines of oaks with  brown 
withered crowns. Often the whole foliage of fresh tender leaves and catkins was 
withered brown, but sometimes the top of the crown was still green. 
Amongst them the Ashes, which are co-dominant in this Wealden Clay landscape, 
had stayed as dead as winter...almost every one. 
It was not  a scene of coppery/golden spring leaf green as it had been a few 
weeks ago, but  a scene of death.
We have noticed how strong the hold of Ash Die Back is in this area since last 
year and this spring, but the sight of the oaks, now, was dreadful.
Is this just water stress from the drought ? The Stream was flowing and in 
reasonably good water. I did not notice that the Oaks in the shaws on our walk 
in to the Stream were affected.
It feels like the ending of the world
Dave Bangs