Monkey puzzled

[##ray##]

check this web site Yorkshire Coast Fossils Home Page i think im right dunno maybe you are right and chile was connected millions of years ago

[nepia]

i could be wrong but i think the monkey puzzle is a native tree of england as you can get whitby jet from the beach which is fossilised monkey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

how much is the stem worth if sold for turning ?

 

 

.....introduced to the UK at the end of the 18th century.

 

.....ball park figure; £10-£20 per ring but variables are where you are - the South-East has loads of M/Puzz for turning - the size of the eyes and trunk diameter.

I'm told that you need a larger than average lathe to turn anything bigger than about 15" dia but there are quite a few about.

 

Jon

[RobArb]

I suppose it could be as simple as that. A hard winter and then the long dry period has done a lot of trees over round here.

 

I'm not looking forward to dealing with it though!

 

Is it a weekend job? Need a hand?

 

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[Baxter]

Rob & Rob,

this is not leakage because of an infection with (rhizomorphs of) a necrotrophic parasitic Armillaria species, but oozing of sap or resin from frost cracks in the bark and living tissues of this Araucaria.

 

Gerrit,

Can you explain this a little? what is the differance between saprotrophic and necrotrophic?

 

Sorry...Still learning!

[Fungus]

Can you explain this a little? what is the differance between saprotrophic and necrotrophic?

 

See : 2. Biotrophic & necrotrophic parasitic macrofungi.

[slack ma girdle]

I reccon that it is a culmative effect that has done for this tree. Possible root compaction, salt leaching from the road, two very cold winters, may have weakened the trees defences, and allowed infection to gain access to the tree.

i'm probably wrong, but that is my 4 penith.

[RobRainford]

Ray: as mentioned above. They aren't native. Another common name for them is the Chilean pine.

 

 

Is it a weekend job? Need a hand?

 

Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

 

I'll be having Ed and his chipper in. Not one I'd like to push into my little greenmech!

 

I may be having more weekend jobs on due to college so I'll give you a bell for any I get. That's just made me think of one actually!

 

 

 

What's monkey puzzle wood worth? This is about 20" or so diameter.

[RobArb]

No portions, just give us a shout

 

You still common on the 17th to whip?

 

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[##ray##]

hia rob

have you checked out whitby jet ? ive looked on the net and it says it is fossilised monkey puzzle ..... am i missing something

[RobRainford]

No portions, just give us a shout

 

You still common on the 17th to whip?

 

Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

 

Should that have said worries?

 

I'm still going. It's a week Saturday. Cooooool

 

hia rob

have you checked out whitby jet ? ive looked on the net and it says it is fossilised monkey puzzle ..... am i missing something

 

Whitby Jet

 

You are right. Interesting how it gets washed up on our east coast even though chile is to the west of us. Then again, it doesn't matter which way you go as you'll get to it either way!