Godmersham Park, Kent

[plippy]

I love these sorts of threads because I too was wondering why it had to come down...so keep it going lads...10 paces and all that

 

ben has worked on the estate for 10 or so years and mainly deals with the foresty side and the park's trees so he see them everyday and knows when somethings not quite rite with them

[armybloke]

Went to Hillier's Gardens at the weekend - stunning!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

It just seems worth bringing up as its another oportunity to think about our judgments.

 

there was at least one other option, and i know ben, and i know he would want to avoid habitat loss on THIS estate, if possibly. There was a few targets and the slenderness ration was over 50, so some reduction/pollarding.

 

ben just txt me! he is leaving a high stump for the lesser stags found inside, good lad.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Just for al those that havent x ray eyes, the decay is hispidus, and the "crack" was in fact a necroses common in hipidus colonisations in ash, and in this instance probaly helped relieve tension and potential of a shear crack that may have instigated failure, as the tree swayed the necroses (crack) would have allowed both sides to move up and down independently, so the build up of shear would have been reduced.

[Ben Ballard]

net working now so can reply was a great day working with phil and richard c ,its a shame the ash had to come down would of made a good pollard but over the winds in feb the crack had appeared to of got bigger gryfollia and dryads saddle had been at play

the good news is a young ash growing next to it has chance to fill its boots and take over and stump and some of the hollow trunk will be left for habbitat

[plippy]

Just for al those that havent x ray eyes, the decay is hispidus, and the "crack" was in fact a necroses common in hipidus colonisations in ash, and in this instance probaly helped relieve tension and potential of a shear crack that may have instigated failure, as the tree swayed the necroses (crack) would have allowed both sides to move up and down independently, so the build up of shear would have been reduced.

 

thats exactly what ben and i thought:001_rolleyes:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

thats exactly what ben and i thought:001_rolleyes:

 

 

I knew you knew:laugh1:, but saying for those without the eyes;)

[armybloke]

Very interesting it made me look again at all the photos - I like a happy ending:001_rolleyes:

[Ben Ballard]

it showed signs of the hispidus up in the top part of the stem but didnt see any brackets will have a good look when rakeing up as see them a lot up here on the ash in some of the woods

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Im just playing with them, they know that!