Chip softwood

[Farmwood]

I am not really buying any kit other than the boiler which I will have to buy to be eligible for RHI.

 

I have a chipper which I can hire (possibly scrounge) for a day or two as long as it will chip Ok for the boiler auger system and the the rest of the gear is pretty much on farm for whatever job req.

 

As I said earlier the logs aint really going to be up to much, as the entire sticks will be at best 6" bottom to 1" top and only 3m long. This is why I thought best to chip the whole thing, as the tree itself excluding the needles is basically thick brash.

[Farmwood]

I am interested in the injection that the report refers to and what exactly is used. Maybe it is intended to buck nature so the timing of the ringing is less relevant perhaps.

 

I would prefer to stick to nature if at all possible and indeed would be interested if anyone could assist on your query also.

[renewablejohn]

I am interested in the injection that the report refers to and what exactly is used. Maybe it is intended to buck nature so the timing of the ringing is less relevant perhaps.

 

I would prefer to stick to nature if at all possible and indeed would be interested if anyone could assist on your query also.

 

I think the injection is used more to kill the tree on species which readily grow back eg ash willow etc. In respect of conifers they dont seem to grow back and I have never used any chemicals to kill them off.

[Farmwood]

The guy from Glen Lyon was using the inj on Spruce, presumably Sitka.

 

Do you think they were perhaps a bit 'belt and braces' or maybe reading the guide book word for word!?

[openspaceman]

The guy from Glen Lyon was using the inj on Spruce, presumably Sitka.

 

Do you think they were perhaps a bit 'belt and braces' or maybe reading the guide book word for word!?

 

Ringbarking takes time, I proposed a simple tool like the striper we used to season birch poles but working round the circumference back in the 80s, to avoid herbicide.

 

Using the boyscout axe and dosing with glyphosate meant you could deliver a fatal dose without having to completely frill girdle the stem.

 

I have ringbarked scots pine and the tree has lived due to root grafts, the stem below the debarke section grew fatter whilst that above did not.

[Farmwood]

You are now talking my language, can I take a wee peek at this w.o.d.

[openspaceman]

You are now talking my language, can I take a wee peek at this w.o.d.

 

w.o.d.??

[Farmwood]

weapon of destruction!