Entrenched Ivy on Mature ASH removal

[wyk]

So the consensus is no chemicals, hand removal, it will benefit the trees structure and livelyhood.

Got it.

Cheers, folks.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

So, rare lichens, possibly.

 

Also sunscorch....in Waterford.

 

 

 

 

[Mark Bolam]

Why not compromise then?

De-ivy the canopy and leave the entrenched ivy on the main stem.

No wind loading issues then, some habitat is maintained, the bees are happy, and you only have to deal with smaller diameter stuff which is easier to pull off.

[Mark Bolam]

And you get to do it again every couple of years!

£££££££

[Conor Wright]

So, rare lichens, possibly.
 
Also sunscorch....in Waterford.
 
 
 
 

Last year? Yeah, Very real possibility. This year? Who knows? It does occasionally shine on this otherwise grey and foggy isle. . . Sometimes.

[Mick Dempsey]

The priority is the continued existence of the tree, not bees, pigeons or lichen.

 

That is the only thing in the scales.

 

(see post no1 in the thread)

Edited January 10, 2019 by Mick Dempsey

[Mick Dempsey]

You’re dealing in hypotheticals, imaginary rare insects and a world where future pigeon stocks from a single tree are essential to our food supply.

 

Then you finish every post with some  meaningless managerial cant aimed at impressing some imaginary examiner, bizarre.

 

Edited January 10, 2019 by Mick Dempsey

[Wonky]

I’ve read that ivy will live on a tree/with the tree, BUT....will kill the tree if left for long enough. Be it by breaking branches due to the weight or stopping the tree photosynthesising because it overwhelms the trees leaves 

Sod the squirrels nests and the pigeons, and as the op said plenty more on the estate.

 

cheers

[Mark Bolam]

Very simplistic view there Wonky.

 

I’m with you 100%.

[Big J]

I did a day tidying windblow after a recent thinning job. Each one of the 6 trees that came over was ivy clad, and ivy clad trees were only about half of the trees in there. They catch the wind in winter and blow over. The ivy eventually outcompetes the canapy too, killing the tree.

 

I hate the stuff. It's bloody ugly too.