beech bark peeling

[john p]

In that case then a one foot monolith a.k.a. A stump.

 

:thumbup:more fire wood that way:laugh1:

[Pat Ferrett]

The fire may have been a few years ago, possibly the builders.

 

It can take years for fire damage to become apparent.

 

Dead right the fire only needs to be on top of a root for it to be damaging,

[john p]

cheers for all replies,good pool of knowledge on here.

[lendahand]

hi,i went to look at a beech today,its had quite a heavy reduction in the past and now the bark has fallen off the base 2/3 of way round trunk to height of 6ft.rest of bark seems ok.thought it might have been fire damage,but owners say theyve never had one near it.any ideas of cause?cheers

 

Hi, I've seen loads of this when Beech are thinned out or reduced too much. It's called sun scorch, and it only occours on thin bark trees that are sensitive ie. Beech. Try this link look at the thinning spec, that, more or less sums up the problem.CARDIFF "TREE CARE"

[HGBMX]

when the houses were built the ground level around the place might of been raised and now the roots are too deep to now take the nutrions for what it needs?