[coldandwindy]

We've got healthy ash trees in the field beside our house. I don't know if they're healthy because they're resistant to dieback or whether it hasn't reached them yet but I feel I need to protect them if I can.
I'm trying to buy logs for the stove. There's a limited selection of places I can get to from here to buy it & they have mostly ash logs. I'm guessing there's a lot of ash firewood around from felled diseased trees.
Does anyone know if there would be live spores in kiln-dried logs?

[Aunt Sally]

As far as I know that would be fairly low risk.

https://www.certainlywood.co.uk/blogs/news/ash-dieback-chalara-fraxinea

[coldandwindy]

Thank you, interesting link. Feeling a bit paternal about my trees so probably over reacting.
 I'm thinking of keeping some seed to germinate in the hopes these are resistant to it. Don't know what I'm doing but guessing I need to leave them somewhere cold over winter.
Here am I buying firewood. Crikey - must be Autumn!   

[John]

I believe there are a number of projects trying to breed resistant trees. It's such a wonderful wood and beautiful tree, I hope they succeed.

[jezza]

Hello which variety is the Ash tree,the ones I've seen with ash dieback are mainly Fraxinus Excelsior  the weeping ones in a local garden seem ok,watch tree surgeons some are too quick to cut any Ash trees down whether they have it or not ,theres been 8 felled round my area just because they might get ash die back    jezza

[coldandwindy]

theres been 8 felled round my area just because they might get ash die back    jezza

 

I found a useful guide from the tree council.
Basically you leave them alone even after they've caught it, unless they are going to fall on someone, because some will get it then recover & those ones are the best hope of survival for the species.


Mine are all native Fraxinus Excelsior

[Longshanks]

The one on our allotment was fine one year and then the following it was dead. The council cut it down and shredded it for us.

[Subversive_plot]

Over here, the chief malady with ash is emerald ash borer (invasive insect).  Ash species used to be common, now are becoming scarce.