Bbc 4.....now

[tuttle]

Anyone watching?

 

has he got his cs cards?

 

almost come a cropper on one...

[Rock Monkey]

Mmmm..not sure that that stem will decay...will prob sprout into a very high pollard!

[Arob]

Mmmm..not sure that that stem will decay...will prob sprout into a very high pollard!

 

Then it can be ring barked. From the ground.

[Spruce Pirate]

Then it can be ring barked. From the ground.

 

I was wondering why they didn't just ring bark the whole thing from the ground?

[Rock Monkey]

Fair point

[Arob]

Who knows, could be a few reasons, one being access beneath - the tree seemed to be close to a footpath. Another may be that if you're allowing limbs to decay you're increasing the physical and temporal hazard, (by which i mean you've got a wider spread with branches and top, and these branches will decay and fail over a longer period of time - so you'll have to be careful for ages) plus you reduce sail area.

 

Anyone interested in the concept from a general habitat perspective might enjoy this related thread http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/440-coronet-not-coronet-now-question.html

Edited October 24, 2012 by Arob