Tree bark damaged and flies infested

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

Fine thanks . how are yours Khriss me old mucker ? 😁

Battered, been cyccling through the wood 🙁 k

[Christopher23434]

I don't use Utube for my knife throwing, except to catch up on the Adam Celadin channel. 

 

The trick is to spend months figuring it out, it is immensely rewarding. 

[Christopher23434]

The bugs have completely gone, and the tree looks okay for the moment.

 

 

[Christopher23434]

Does anyone have any actual advice? I am doing the mulching and watering, but I am not sure that will do anything.

[Paul Cleaver]

On 24/06/2021 at 12:14, monkeybusiness said:

In my early days in this industry I started working for a well-off elderly couple who had (amongst many other trees in a large well-stocked mature garden) an absolutely knackered weeping willow leaning precariously over their pond. It was infested with numerous fungi and was ready to fail imminently.

When I pointed this out and suggested removal they told me that they had been paying a well known (inter)national Arb Association Approved Contractor to ‘treat’ the tree for several years! They wanted to leave the tree in place as were convinced it would get better...

As far as I’m concerned whoever sold them this course of treatment and subsequently kept billing them to administer the snake-oil was no better than the door-knocking tarmac layers we always hear about marching old ladies to the cash machine. 
(Within 12 months the willow failed spectacularly into the pond and was a right ball-ache to remove!). 

Does the first part of the name of this tree company sound like a sound a sheep would make

[Paul Cleaver]

oh I think your tree will be ok if you stop throwing knives at it

[Christopher23434]

Well thank you for the reassurance, but it is obvious, like many before you, have not read my previous messages  I am not entirely surprised.   

[Christopher23434]

Lol   It almost seems like a conspirator-planned joke against me  But to re-summarize, I am not throwing knives at the tree, I am extremely worried about the generation old tree dying as a result of my unknowing actions.

 

Thank you and have a great day  

[Mesterh]

18 minutes ago, Christopher23434 said:

Lol   It almost seems like a conspirator-planned joke against me  But to re-summarize, I am not throwing knives at the tree, I am extremely worried about the generation old tree dying as a result of my unknowing actions.

 

Thank you and have a great day  

I think the the watering and mulching is good enough. There isn't anything else you can do other than that. The tree wil be fine, it doesn't look like there is much damage tbh.

 

I presume the flies where after the sap/resin, they won't do any harm and it looks like they have now disappeared.

 

 

[Doug Tait]

30 minutes ago, Christopher23434 said:

Lol   It almost seems like a conspirator-planned joke against me  But to re-summarize, I am not throwing knives at the tree, I am extremely worried about the generation old tree dying as a result of my unknowing actions.

 

Thank you and have a great day  

It's not a conspiracy. Everyone seems to agree that if you stop throwing knives at the tree it'll be fine, and you have already done that (I've been reading). It looks like the tree will be fine, you're doing everything that you can.