{"id":1350,"date":"2016-07-28T15:18:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T14:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2016-07-28T15:18:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T14:18:59","slug":"removal-of-dead-tree-at-reed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/2016\/07\/28\/removal-of-dead-tree-at-reed\/","title":{"rendered":"Removal of dead tree at Reed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have had to remove one of our specimen trees at Reed due to\u00a0an infestation of the Great Spruce Bark Beetle. \u00a0Due to the nature of the infestation &#8211; which in itself has nearly killed the tree &#8211;\u00a0and the risk posed to other trees in the area, we have taken the decision to fell and burn on site.<\/p>\n<p>We are hopeful we will be able to gather some propagation material from the tree and grow this on to provide a genetic twin of this tree, with a view to planting it in the same place.<\/p>\n<p>We will be watching other vulnerable trees closely for any other attacks. \u00a0If detected early, infestations can be treated with biological controls which help reduce tree mortality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have had to remove one of our specimen trees at Reed due to\u00a0an infestation of the Great Spruce Bark Beetle. \u00a0Due to the nature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[307,467,1249,1547],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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