Managing Trees with Decay & Dysfunction

[David Humphries]

one of these lombardy poplars has developed significant buttress flutes and is subject to the white rot decay of Perenniporia fraxinea & Ganoderma sp.

 

as it's situated next to a school playground, it will cease to be a tree in the near future........

 

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[sloth]

A very timely fell then...

 

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[David Humphries]

A very timely fell then...

 

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probably............

 

 

will post a cross section when we do.

 

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[sloth]

I think I can picture it now! Be good to see...

 

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[David Humphries]

a road side plane at a main entrance to a busy park with regular vehicle movement on the road and pedestrian movement through between the two trees

 

 

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[David Humphries]

a road side plane at a main entrance to a busy park.......

 

Usual multiple urban stress coupled with poor contractor management.

 

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[David Humphries]

it's now subject to dysfunction and decay from Ganoderma

 

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[David Humphries]

This morning resistograph reading backs up the sounding and visual symptoms that suggest that a reduction of upto 3 meters is now the best way to manage the tree in its setting.

 

 

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[treeseer]

3m will be a lot of lever arm gone!

 

Fortunate that lower limbs were retained; it should sustain that reduction without missing a beat.

[David Humphries]

We haven't carried out the reduction just yet Guy.

Although there's evidence of Massaria in the crown, being London plane I suspect the tree will cope with the work and put on compensatory growth.

 

We may also take the opportunity to reduce its neighbour on the other side of the entrance as there's evidence of trunk decay in the presence of Polyporus squamosus from an old prunning wound. This will be a nod to the balance of aesthetics at the entrance as much as its managing the decay issue.

 

 

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