Hamas big reduction/pruning thread!

[RobArb]

Argh, my head cant get any fatter anyways!

 

 

ah, i should of said "without making your fat head fatter!"

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

ah, i should of said "without making your fat head fatter!"

 

lol:lol:

[David Humphries]

Looks much worse from behind three pints of Banana bread Beer eyes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

very nice piece of work

 

 

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[Rich Rule]

Good work arb soldier.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

O.k found the right p[air from the same angles this time! used a manhole cover to mark the spot, i know how particular you lot are about the angle!

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

so why the works to the above tree, well I found a degraded meripilus bracket (just one frond) in the inspection, a small forming (suspected Ganoderma) bracket within a stem union, and some Pleurotus ostreatus fruiting from two old pruning wounds, only significant because they indicate the extent and area of dysfunction within the main union and heartwood regions.

 

There was a few natural braces forming, these have been left to do thier thing as nature intended, this is a phenomina often seen in beeches that have not been txt book thinned.

 

Dont let them kid you, crossing branches are GOOD!

 

there was an old healed hazard beam in a vertical limb, and a banana crack in another, all the evidence that tells us the leverages are all at the very limits, and perfect justification for reduction.

 

another tree with critical decay fungi, retained, it can and IS being done, you just have to believe, study the old growth and have faith.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 24, 2011 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[David Humphries]

Really good to see the grafts being left Tony.

(would be an interesting project to monitor & test the tension on these each year)

 

& impressive to see a client prepared to retain.

 

Rare customer

 

 

 

hic

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Really good to see the grafts being left Tony.

(would be an interesting project to monitor & test the tension on these each year)

 

& impressive to see a client prepared to retain.

 

Rare customer

 

 

 

hic

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lets hope his faith in me/us is justified!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I should also point out that this tree IMO will need to be retrenched further as and when growth makes this viable, in the long term the ideal solution to a 100year retention possible outcome would be to stage pollard this over the next 30 years.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This is NOT one of mine! I drove into an affluent area for my days work, to see a particular gang of "arbs":blushing: for want of a better name, had been doing the rounds.

 

What hope have the rest of us got when people hire the same guys that are doing THIS on their own doorstep? There was 20 plus properties in this little rd who had been "serviced" by these guys, go figure!

 

This first tree is the worst ive ever seen, im sick of this, please all those looking for an arborist ask to see some of their work, and please please avoid these diabolical operators.

 

just off Ledborough lane, Beaconsfield, for those who might know who they are. And if this is YOUR work, sign on and/or re train.