Whats wrong with this tree?

[Dave_Gibson]

Hmmm...that nasty wide crack near the top of image looks like it has bleeding inside, can't really tell though without being right there looking at it, but that trunk looks awful!

[Dave_Gibson]

If you look at this link some of the images show split trunks.

BBC - In pictures: Nottingham's horse chestnut trees at risk

[Dave_Gibson]

Here you go, the splitting of the trunk are the symptoms of bleeding canker - Massive bark crack on horse chestnut with bleeding canker | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[Littlesparrow]

Yes i would still go with it being bleeding canker, the strange thing is a really badly affected tree can be growing next to a healthy one. There are a few trees near here like the one in the picture, do you think the council need to be told?

[APC]

Originally Posted by Littlesparrow

Yes i would still go with it being bleeding canker, the strange thing is a really badly affected tree can be growing next to a healthy one. There are a few trees near here like the one in the picture, do you think the council need to be told?

I'm not convinced its Pseudomonas syringae at all. Are there rhododendron in the vicinity? If it was P. syringae then perhaps this particular tree has been damaged by a mower or something and so is more susceptible?

The trees should be under an inspection regime so their inspectors would probably have noted it. No harm in asking them.

[Littlesparrow]

There are no rhododendron next these trees but there are some in gardens near by, interestingly a few miles up the road in a nature reserve it warns you to clean your boots because of a rhododendron disease.