Conifer hedge with brown patches

[Dave]

quietly though :-)

Thanks for that

Dave

[Dave]

Trouble is, the drill will be noticed at the dead of night :-(

Dave

[Dave]

I forgot to say, I can't get my hands on a hand drill :-(

Dave

[EricP]

Go get some copper sulphate. make up a couple of pints solution and pour over the roots of one of them. It will die sharpish. Don't do them all, just one or two. Comment that there is *something* going round killing them. Repeat as necessary.

[ARWadworth]

Correct.

We have been here before. Poundland sell weedkiller for a pound and one tub per tree should do. Put the contents into a watering can and add water. Stir until the poison is dissolved. Pour the contents onto the base of the tree in the middle of the night when the soil is already moist.

Adam

[ARWadworth]

Don't do them all, just one or two. Comment that there is *something* going

Very good advice.

Adam

[Dave]

Nice :-)

And neat :-)

Dave

[Cerberus .]

You can always add insult to injury & ask your neighbour if he has a brace & bit you could borrow ;-)

Don.

[Mark]

Our "neighbour" never trims their tress. And nothing nice grows in their shadow, which is most of my garden.

Me neither! (and these trees are more like 30' high).

[Mark]

Won't this leave a telltale blue stain? Will it kill surrounding plants?

[Rod]

Aren't you allowed to use Bordeaux mixture these days? :-)

[Huge]

That's what a "brace and bit" is for.

[Andrew Gabriel]

So, if I want to get someone round to diagnose the problem, where should I look for them? Searching for arborists seems to get me a list of poeple boasting about the lengths of their chainsaws and power of their stump grinders. I'm rather more after someone with a white coat and a magnifying glass...

[S Viemeister]

You need a plant pathologist.

[andrew]

RHS Wisley or the arboricultural addvisory service at Alice Holt.

In the past I've sent samples to the palnt pathology unit, Forestry research Alice Holt.

AJH