Beech storm damage

[Bob Rolfe]

This was a near miss. Last month we topped out two beech next door to this one due to ganoderma but the was no sign of fruiting bodies on this monster I'm a little glad there wasn't really because I'd of hates to be up this when it fell

 

 

There was one small 8in root holding it up but not much

 

 

This is a secondary infection I think bleeding canker I think on beech but not the cause of the failure

 

 

Failue due to this next door neighbour lol

 

Wonder what the roots like on this

 

 

From Bobs iPhone

[RobRainford]

Pic 3, Kretzmarina deusta, causes basal decay and windthrow, rarely shows signs of such decay in crown, so it can just fail without notice

 

pic 4, I would certainly bet its a Gano, seems too thick to be applanatum, i would hazard an educated guess at adspersum.

 

no meripilus present?

 

that is one mahoosive included union on that beech, bound to spit its dummy out sooner or later! esp. with a gano hanging off it!

[Bob Rolfe]

Think you got it bang on there rob the first pic we felled last month this was one next to it .... Just glad I didn't go up it to price it down that would have been baaaaaad lol

 

 

From Bobs iPhone

[RobRainford]

you sure would have had fun if you had to climb that, knock out some big lumps and the rest of the tree gets rocking. not good!

 

at least it came down in the right place!

[Bob Rolfe]

 

Well that tells a story of a battle lost doesn't it sorry big old beech yer wasn't gonna won that one and I think a couple of yer sisters may be joining you on a couple of years

 

 

From Bobs iPhone