V.T.A symptoms "the chatty trees"

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Be happy to be of any assistance.

 

 

 

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had time to peruse miscellany?

[David Humphries]

had time to peruse miscellany?

 

bits & pieces, fine wee book

 

 

just started on the Ryvardens

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

bits & pieces, fine wee book

 

 

just started on the Ryvardens

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I knew you woulkd enjoy "mushroom miscellany" its just you all over that book.

 

as for the ryvardens fine fine bits of work:thumbup:

[Adam Bourne]

I could not comment on your tree without seeing an image

, come on lad get em up.

 

her we go mate as promised.

[Matthew Arnold]

That looks like a really old pollard. Only thing i can see that needs doing to it is the lower laterals need taking off as their end weight would potentially cause the limb to snap but other that that nice tree with some strong unions.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thats the sort of tree I would kill to have in my own garden!

 

its a pretty good set of unions IMO, some of them are even optimal, nice flanges in accordance with tensile triangles. I would however want to know if there is decay within the ripe wood regions, this appears to be a pollard, and if there is ANY decay within, the tree is susceptible to a limb drop and this would be most likely the one at the back in second image. I suspect that limb is trying to get out to the light and is the one in the most shaded region around the crown perimeter?

 

iether way, this is way to tricky a case to be putting a serious view on it without being up close and personal

 

awesome tree, thanks for showing.

 

why I love pollards!

Edited April 23, 2011 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[Adam Bourne]

Thats the sort of tree I would kill to have in my own garden!

 

its a pretty good set of unions IMO, some of them are even optimal, nice flanges in accordance with tensile triangles. I would however want to know if there is decay within the ripe wood regions, this appears to be a pollard, and if there is ANY decay within, the tree is susceptible to a limb drop and this would be most likely the one at the back in second image. I suspect that limb is trying to get out to the light and is the one in the most shaded region around the crown perimeter?

 

iether way, this is way to tricky a case to be putting a serious view on it without being up close and personal

 

awesome tree, thanks for showing.

 

thanks for the opinion mate just got asked to quote for deadwood thats all and just thought about the possibilities of a limb drop. got a present for you anyway mate, will have it in your reduction thread in a little while.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

thanks for the opinion mate just got asked to quote for deadwood thats all and just thought about the possibilities of a limb drop. got a present for you anyway mate, will have it in your reduction thread in a little while.

 

I wouldnt panic about the beech but I would certainly put it to them to start getting used to the idea of managing a staged reduction as this tree is now at its peak and will naturaly begin to senesse and for the long term, pruning to manage, in a controlled way a trees normal growth downwards will be essential.

 

the alternative is to leave well alone, see one limb drop and ruin the tree or worse spread panick and see them condemn it, far better to mimick the natural order and start to consider a plan that will be finished many decades from now if ever:001_cool:

[RobArb]

i'll let the trees do the talking:thumbup:

 

there are loads more to come and some for the decay thread too but i'm on my mum an dads rather slow computer at mo

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i'll let the trees do the talking:thumbup:

 

there are loads more to come and some for the decay thread too but i'm on my mum an dads rather slow computer at mo

 

a lovely ariel garden in that old FORK EAR FAILURE:thumbup1:

 

caps for Mr tree!