phytophthora bleeding in horse chestnuts

[phil g]

can anyone tell me if big cracks in the bark is a tell tale sign of this or the start of some other disease ?

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

Chestnuts well mature one usually have cracked bark, black ousing gummy liquid is a better sign to look for in Phytopthora

 

[phil g]

cheers rollacosta ,

i visited the tree this week and the clients wants it out but i could not really see and reason to have it out other than the cracks in the bark , which i thought would be an indication of the disease !

thanks again

 

[treeseer]

the clients wants it out

Did they say why?

Is there a TPO on it?

 

[phil g]

yeah it has a tpo on it , it has a fair lean towards the house to

 

[phil g]

yeah it has a tpo on it

 

[treeseer]

Pruning can correct most leans.