A little bit of deadwooding !

[defenderjack]

sent off to dead wood a big old oak tree , ! and well the pictures say it all really ! i wasnt quite expecting to be deadwooding quite this big

i dont really know why they didnt just leave nature to take its course as there wasnt any targets in the way but hey ho . the tree is said to be around 600 years old and in the last few years seems to be struggling loads

it was reduced about 12 years ago and was quite healthy back then , its oozing black flux all over and it stinks like hell ! i thought my rope got dragged through

dog poop !:lol there seemed to be loads of flys and bugs feasting on the black stuff and for the more eagle eyed of you your notice i didnt have a helmet on for that chunk and that was due to a hornet flyingup under my visor which scared the crap out of me so in a mad panic i threw my helmet off and made that cut before having lunch:biggrin: just thought id add that before the thread turned into a ranting lack of ppe thread ! . so whats the black stuff guys ?

[Paul Jenks]

:lol:Hornet poo.

[Matthew Arnold]

Sounds like Bleeding canker but maybe the start of honey fungus getting in between the cambium and the heartwood. Either way its gonna be dead soon.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Possibly one of the symptoms of 'AOD' (ACute Oak Decline) whihc is a multiple factor/casuation thing (see FC website).

 

PLEASE don;t forget aerial deadwood is a niche habitat and hence very valubale ecologically...hence do you really need to deadwood, or do you need to deadwood all parts of the crown or just over the target, or reduce the size but leave long stubs whihc are safe (partic on Oak) and keeps some habitat.

 

Thinks about why weez doin wot we duz...gud'on'ya!

 

Cheers..

Paul

 

PS This is the approach BS3998 (2010) promotes.

[defenderjack]

Possibly one of the symptoms of 'AOD' (ACute Oak Decline) whihc is a multiple factor/casuation thing (see FC website).

 

PLEASE don;t forget aerial deadwood is a niche habitat and hence very valubale ecologically...hence do you really need to deadwood, or do you need to deadwood all parts of the crown or just over the target, or reduce the size but leave long stubs whihc are safe (partic on Oak) and keeps some habitat.

 

Thinks about why weez doin wot we duz...gud'on'ya!

 

Cheers..

Paul

 

PS This is the approach BS3998 (2010) promotes.

 

that was my thought when i turned up , it all seemed a little needless given the fact that if the whole tree went over( towards the camera) then it would have still been 400 yards clear of the house , about 20 yards behind the tree is a car park for a cricket club so knocking out those bits i could sort of justify but the rest was really to please to lady that owned the house who didnt like looking at dead wood

[Guest Infinitree]

Looked like a fun job though! where abouts Darren?

[defenderjack]

Looked like a fun job though! where abouts Darren?

 

hey mate , it was in the entrance to buxted park hotel but in a seperate house just off of it , ( i say house, mansion really) i must admit it was good fun knocking out those big peices , piccys as usual dont do it justice ! i was just texting you back but my phone died the other day , where did you take down that maccy with you big hamock ?