Old grafted "notary" beeches

[Fungus]

Any idea how many decades ago those were grafted?

 

The castle was built in the 14th century, the grafted beeches were planted 12 decades ago.

[treeseer]

The castle was built in the 14th century, the grafted beeches were planted 12 decades ago.

 

Thanks...What do you think can be done to help them last another 120 years?

 

A building 600 years old; amazing. In the US, 30 can be considered old, and over 50 historic!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thanks...What do you think can be done to help them last another 120 years?

 

A building 600 years old; amazing. In the US, 30 can be considered old, and over 50 historic!

 

We are very lucky in Europe,, we even have beech trees that are 600 years old.

[Fungus]

what can be done to help them last another 120 years?

 

As they create no risk to the public visiting the castle park' date=' who should stay of the lawns anyway, leave them in peace and although they are "handicaped" because of the infections of the grafts, trunkbases and roots, grant them their natural life cycles.

 

We are very lucky in Europe, we even have beech trees that are 600 years old.

 

According to our national register of veteran trees, the oldest two beeches in The Netherlands are 300-400 years old.

Edited August 22, 2011 by Fungus

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

According to our national register of veteran trees, the oldest two beeches in The Netherlands are 300-400 years old.

 

there is no definitive age on the big frishden beech, its said to be upto 800 years old but I would rather be more conservative with 600 which i think is more than believable given the tree, many at burnham are 500

[treeseer]

As they create no risk to the public visiting the castle park, who should stay of the lawns anyway, leave them in peace and although they are "handicaped" because of the infections of the grafts, trunkbases and roots, grant them their natural life cycles.

 

That sounds like a very reasonable approach. Risk is determined by frequency of occupancy of potential "targets"

 

As their "natural life cycles" were begun by humans managing to graft tissues, it seems natural for humans to assist those handicapped veterans. Arborists can peacefully manage the branches to decrease both their resource demand and their loading, and manage the roots to increase both their resource supply and their support.

 

No internal combustion machines, no introduction of foreign organisms, just peaceful use of simple hand tools. What could be more natural?