Sycamore split logs have green fuzzy mould

[Khriss]

9 minutes ago, Stubby said:

I knew it , I fcuking Knew it ! 😁

...save yr tinfoil fr tomorrows roast  K

[MattyF]

I think it implies not introduced by man.
Rabbits, field maples, carp, all non native.
 

I thought Feild maple was native ... this is why it’s hard to exactly work out when it did come to the U.K. as the pollens indistinguishable between the two so they can’t actually verify its arrival or origins... I’ve heard it’s possible that it may have always been native to the north although they seem to think it spread through Europe and stopped at the channel.. so well after the doggerland land bridge disappeared..
Either way with ash fast disappearing from our landscape we will need all the tree cover we can get and oak can be very fussy in what soil it grows in.. beech is even more frowned on than sycamore for shade and I don’t think it will tolerate the dryness of the south anymore...
I got an hour lecture about not planting them in my wood... bollox !! I like them and will continue to plant them , going to stick some sycamore in too!

[Mick Dempsey]

1 minute ago, MattyF said:

I thought Feild maple was native ... this is why it’s hard to exactly work out when it did come to the U.K. as the pollens indistinguishable between the two so they can’t actually verify its arrival or origins... I’ve heard it’s possible that it may have always been native to the north although they seem to think it spread through Europe and stopped at the channel.. so well after the doggerland land bridge disappeared..
Either way with ash fast disappearing from our landscape we will need all the tree cover we can get and oak can be very fussy in what soil it grows in.. beech is even more frowned on than sycamore for shade and I don’t think it will tolerate the dryness of the south anymore...
I got an hour lecture about not planting them in my wood... bollox !! I like them and will continue to plant them , going to stick some sycamore in too!

You might be right, my mistake.