V.T.A symptoms "the chatty trees"

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I thought gravity ruled?!

 

So what's the issue with this tree/ Apart from it looking like a freak with all that epicormic.

 

 

I will come back to this and answer it later if you really need me to!

 

got to go out in a mo.

[treeseer]

Sprouts do not look freakish from here. And Tony yes if you raise the question then perhaps answering it would be kind. The tree in your pic looks what could be termed a midstem bottle-butt, rather intriguing from here....

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Sprouts do not look freakish from here. And Tony yes if you raise the question then perhaps answering it would be kind. The tree in your pic looks what could be termed a midstem bottle-butt, rather intriguing from here....

 

 

And there was me thinking it obvious.

 

decay, cavitation in heart wood, shear crack formed, compensatory growth to close crack, crack extending, battle being lost.

[Matthew Arnold]

Got a largish Ash with Ganoderma australe sprouting from the base. There was one bracket which is attached to a large root but has since died. It now has atleast 4 brackets of varying sizes appearing at the base on both sides. I wouldn't be overly concerned but the brackets are growing below a tight forked union with canker as well. The crown is full and healthy with very little deadwood. Other than monitor it what would the more expierienced gents suggest for this tree?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Got a largish Ash with Ganoderma australe sprouting from the base. There was one bracket which is attached to a large root but has since died. It now has atleast 4 brackets of varying sizes appearing at the base on both sides. I wouldn't be overly concerned but the brackets are growing below a tight forked union with canker as well. The crown is full and healthy with very little deadwood. Other than monitor it what would the more expierienced gents suggest for this tree?

 

 

good judgment, Ganos at low unions never last too long, time for a bit of a restructure:thumbup1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

some nice selective delignification going on here.

 

[APC]

 

I want to say that it had something wrapped around it but then it's niggling at me that it's something else. Unsure of the history of the site.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

 

I want to say that it had something wrapped around it but then it's niggling at me that it's something else. Unsure of the history of the site.

 

bottle butt/decay, selective delignification or thinning of the wall and tube failures/fiber buckling

[Gary Prentice]

Could this be selective delignification, although it's unusually well defined

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Could this be selective delignification, although it's unusually well defined

 

buckle not always associated with decay, but looks like hawthorn, maybe brown rotted by laetiporus a very common scenario