Managing Trees with Decay & Dysfunction

[David Humphries]

Thanks David; I wonder if there is a way to calculate the quantity needed to adequately reduce the load.

 

I believe Einstein spent a summer of his youth walking amongst the urban woodlands of Württemberg to assess the decay and exposure of a range of street trees, after much deliberation and testing with a ball of string and very large Brätwurst he eventually came up with the hypothesis that...............'some' reduction of load is very much better than none

 

 

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[treeseer]

I believe Einstein spent a summer of his youth walking amongst the urban woodlands of Württemberg to assess the decay and exposure of a range of street trees, after much deliberation and testing with a ball of string and very large Brätwurst he eventually came up with the hypothesis that...............'some' reduction of load is very much better than none

 

 

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I wonder what Al did with that string, and what he washed that wurst down with...at any rate I've followed that hypothesis on 100's of trees, and find it perfectly defendable.

 

I wish that those critics who crave numbers could be satisfied with that.

[David Humphries]

 

a look at differing styles at work over the last 8 years or so

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

a willow that has had Ganoderma resinceum & its associaed white rot, for a number of years.

 

in 2008 we reduced the canopy directly above the target of the well used tarmac path below, to shift the weight & center of gravity more toward the pond.

 

The reason for retention as opposed to removal at that time, was mostly for continous cover for the swans that nest along this bank each year.

 

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[David Humphries]

a willow that has had Ganoderma resinceum & its associaed white rot, for a number of years......

 

6 years on and without a follow up reduction, the inevitable has occured

 

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[David Humphries]

6 years on and without a follow up reduction, the inevitable has occured.

 

some of it is in the water but mostly the bulk is on the edge of the pond.

 

 

The swans were not particularly..........'bovered'

 

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[Fredward]

I'm sure that this tree will enjoy it's relocation and continue to thrive! Or will it get the chop and winch?

[David Humphries]

One option is to winch it in a bit more and allow it to grow new roots into the bank.

 

 

 

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[sloth]

This seems like an appropriate thread to just say well done David. Your article in the just delivered Arb Mag was great, and the photo selection was (unsurprisingly!) excellent. Nice one, a good example for tree managers everywhere

 

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[Arborowen]

!! I'm in Austria and haven't got my copy yet! Look forward to reading.