Neville Fay on Fomes...

[treeseer]

By "this one" you mean in Gerrit's picture? Same answer anyway; as before, it depends on the owner's objective. That one seems to be in a place where it is allowed to fall, laissez faire, tres facile.

 

If there were bats in it and the owner wanted to retain habitat, this ANSI A300 person might install a brace, or guys, or tethers, or prune to reduce. Not sure what an ISA person is, or what one would do; as before, it depends on the owner's objective, and on the arboperson.

 

6.1: "Pruning objectives shall be established prior to beginning any pruning operation."

BS has similar wording I hope, lest we all fly blind.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

By "this one" you mean in Gerrit's picture? Same answer anyway; as before, it depends on the owner's objective. That one seems to be in a place where it is allowed to fall, laissez faire, tres facile.

 

If there were bats in it and the owner wanted to retain habitat, this ANSI A300 person might install a brace, or guys, or tethers, or prune to reduce. Not sure what an ISA person is, or what one would do; as before, it depends on the owner's objective, and on the arboperson.

 

6.1: "Pruning objectives shall be established prior to beginning any pruning operation."

BS has similar wording I hope, lest we all fly blind.

 

 

The bats part of this equation is really interesting, given the fact that fomes trees especially beech are nearly always longtitudinaly cracked in several places these become ideal habitats for the furries/bats. Ideal because few others can utilise such a space.

 

I havent had the oportunity to explore the issue fully as fomes is a rare beastie down my way but in Kent it is much more common. Im getting a fair amount of work that way these days so I hope soonner or later to be presented with the ideal oportunity to explore the possibilities.

[Trees-]

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