Girdled roots

[David Humphries]

Are fruiting bodies from Armillaria normally produced later or may they be present in the early stages of infection? W

 

Fruiting will be some time after initial colonization (I would of thought)

rhizomorph - mycelium - fruiting, kinda gig

 

 

What was the course of action with tree above that lost a limb? W

 

I believe the correct technical term, was that it took a 'beasting'

 

 

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[Warren Stirling]

Aha, thanks David:thumbup1:

[David Humphries]

girdling that may be beyond removal?

 

 

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[David Humphries]

and this on on Ash that is also perhaps beyond working on apart from a small young girdler.

 

 

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[treeseer]

Nice work on that last one, cutting just after that knob.

 

If the ash's stability was a concern i'd definitely have a go at the other--not grafting, big bulge above it shows resources headed for metabolism in the roots are backed up. the cut could be just left of that round wound.

 

the aesculus yes much farther along. if crown conditions dictated, one could reduce the girdler just beyond that last lateral aka directional pruning? bhow are horsechestnut's grafting tendencies?

 

Looks like one trunk wrapping another there?

[David Humphries]

I think the larger ash girdle probably could be worked, but tbh, I wasn't there for the stranglers, we were actually focused on aerial issues on this particular visits.

 

If small girdles can be removed without too much management time, then I now tend to release them where and when I come across them.

 

If they're of more significant size (structurally) they're getting noted down for future specific works.

 

 

 

The chestnut does look like its separating into two separate entities with one taking on dominance.

 

 

 

 

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[treeseer]

"If small girdles can be removed without too much management time, then I now tend to release them where and when I come across them.

 

If they're of more significant size (structurally) they're getting noted down for future specific works."

 

 

"The chestnut does look like its separating into two separate entities with one taking on dominance."

 

then depending on mgt objective some ungirdling may be in order. The sight of a stem squeezed to decline pains me; i'm a softy that way.

 

These from today's Acer rubrum left til september.

we were tired enough from branch pruning.

 

Note the 90-degree angle on the one, a common cause of girdling in Acer, genetically driven it seems.

[David Humphries]

then depending on mgt objective some ungirdling may be in order. The sight of a stem squeezed to decline pains me; i'm a softy that way.

 

Sadly a large proportion of this population of Horse chestnuts are significantly affected by bleeding canker and will not survive for many more years.

 

We've removed 6 or 7 mature trees form this one park in last 5 years.

 

 

Large girdle removal on trees like these are possibly a little pointless other than study (from my perspective)

 

 

 

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[treeseer]

Sadly a large proportion of this population of Horse chestnuts are significantly affected by bleeding canker and will not survive for many more years.

 

We've removed 6 or 7 mature trees form this one park in last 5 years.

 

 

Large girdle removal on trees like these are possibly a little pointless other than study (from my perspective)

 

 

 

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Yes absolutely; resources would be better spent on the canker disease.

 

Sanitize and cauterize lesions and replace soil, is sop on similar lesions here, and i heard that program was under study on your fair isle as well.

[David Humphries]

A beech we inspected today, due to an epicormic tear out a few days ago.

 

one went up, one went down.

 

Up above a few epi's were removed & cavities poked.

Down below, I sounded the trunk & decided to take out the holly & the girdler.

 

 

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