Oak decay

[Dave177]

Hopefully I have attached the pictures right today.

Went to look at this in my aunts garden today and not quite sure how to proceed. Its a fair sized Oak, the Crown looks full and well shaped, its lost a major limb off one side previously and the resulting damage has caused dead tissue around the wound.

In the base of the stem are signs of decay in at least 2 locations and a third spreading up a crack to about 6ft in height. There is also a large bulge also around the 6ft mark.

There were some some fungal brackets at the base but they were removed to "kill" the fungus my my uncle

 

They want to keep the tree but at the same time dont want to risk damaging their property or the road.

Any ideas what I should tell them to do, I was thinking getting someone in to do a detailed assesment to check the extent of decay in the stem or doesnt it look too bad/is it not work the expense?

 

Cheers guys

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Rob

You can not make a silk purse out of a sows ear, that claptrap makes a mockery of education and learning.

 

Sorry about the cahcne thing, I was being a childisht ****

 

Good to see an apology for the needless part of your post, lets play nice for a change huh!

 

Now what exactly do you mean by any statement in the thread making a mockerey of education and learning, I am genuinely interested.

 

The way I see it this whole forum is basically an awful lot of folk aiming for a bit of education and learning, so I find the suggestion rather at odds with the forums general results?

 

Not only that but what Rob has said is essentialy correct, so if its making a mockerey of education, could you point out where this is flawed and in relation to which accepted wisdom?

[kieran connell]

sorry about last post! bit silly, but there you go.

[JonnyVine]

sorry about last post! bit silly, but there you go.

 

Thanks Kieran, its refreshing to find I'm not on my own! Easily done

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

nice EXAMPLE OF iNONOTUS FRUIT BODY SCAR AND BODY LANGUAGE OF THE DECAY.

 

this is Atypical form, having left the most highly fluid active cambium channels would need a good inspection but like most will probably be fine with a carefully considered remodeling of crown architecture

 

Dave

It sounds like you already know what to do, Its quite easy to sift through the conflicting advise if you take your time, a quick look shows us that some are offering advise and some want to baffle your brains with BS, oh and bad grammar.

 

Good luck with the tree

Jonny

 

 

how many cases of inonotus dryadeus colonisation have you personally dealt with Jonny? just out of pure curiosity, less than ten? more than ten?

 

not trying to be an antagonist, just trying to ensure the OP gets an opportunity to have some elaboration and therefore be able to "easily sift through the BS":001_rolleyes:

[AlvinD]

Good to see you back again Tony

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Good to see you back again Tony

 

 

snowed in, and had the urge!

[AlvinD]

Anymore interesting threads in the pipeline??

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Anymore interesting threads in the pipeline??

 

 

Not really been thinking about it, a lot of what im researching is a bit leftfield at the moment, I have nothing original to say at the moment so not really in that zone so to speak.

 

Though Im sure aspark will return at somepoint:001_smile:

[Blakes 7]

Tony,

I think what Jonny is getting at is the language you used.

We are all aware of your passion and understanding of fungi, but your posts sometimes use words and phrases that are over complicated if you are trying to educate.

 

The average reading age of adults is 12 to 14 years, if you are trying to get a point across and it is not understood you have wasted your time.

 

To lower the reading age try:

Atypical form = common/classic form

most highly fluid active cambium channels = active/healthy cambium

remodeling of crown architecture = pruning

 

Be confident in easily understood paragraphs, you do not have to prove your depth of knowledge to pass on information in reality it will confuse. Remember your audience- this is not UKTC.

 

However Jonnys response went the other way and came across as antagonistic.

 

Don't you just love the use of our language.

[RobRainford]

Rob

You can not make a silk purse out of a sows ear, that claptrap makes a mockery of education and learning.

 

Sorry about the cahcne thing, I was being a childisht ****

 

How does it mock education and learning? surely education and learning is thinking about what we dont know and challenging it and finding a reasonable explanation for what is happening. To answer the questions we have. If something doesnt fit into the old information, it doesnt mean its wrong.

 

This was part of my dissertation and that seemed to work ok!

 

Not really been thinking about it, a lot of what im researching is a bit leftfield at the moment, I have nothing original to say at the moment so not really in that zone so to speak.

 

Though Im sure aspark will return at somepoint:001_smile:

 

Missing your threads on here tone, my fung knowledge is getting rusty!

 

 

To lower the reading age try:

Atypical form = common/classic form

most highly fluid active cambium channels = active/healthy cambium

remodeling of crown architecture = pruning

 

.

 

 

i see where you are coming from with that, and simple language can make our lives easier, but in this situation the second one there active healthy cambium and most highly fluid active cambium channels are two different things.

 

The remodelling of the architecture is a dolled up way of saying prune it to reshape the canopy and encourage a stronger growth form but it still works.

 

surely us professionals should spot that?