Cory Huber

Thank you both for replying to my post. I don't believe ash dieback disease was mentioned, but the sycamore has the tips of branches dying back.

Here are some photos of the sycamore which I believe is in the worse condition of the two. One company said anthranosis, another said no, not anthranosis but vesicular fungal infection, which I can't even find reference to online.

I know it's hard to diagnose with a picture, but does anyone have any insight? It's hard to know who to believe of the professionals providing estimates when they all seem to disagree and all are quoting at least 3k per tree per to remove.

I need to decide between two scenarios.

1.) Have the trees removed now and defer other projects to pay for it.

2.) Wait a year and in the mean time add mulch, build soil, and hope that winter snows don't bring down any branches onto our house.

Thanks so much!

Hi Permies,

Has anyone had luck helping diseased trees heal themselves with permaculture?

I've just moved into a new house with two large trees in the backyard, quite close to the house, that are apparently diseased and should be removed. We don't have the cash to have it done this year, so my thought was to lay down woodchip mulch and start to build the soil (which I want to do anyway) and do any other low cost care that we can for these trees.

One tree is a sycamore, the other an ash, and they both have at least bacterial wetwood and probably a fungal infection, although different tree companies had different diagnoses.

The picture is of the ash. I'll take one of the sycamore tomorrow, and maybe some close ups of each.

Any words of wisdom for me?