Ganoderma applanatum/adspersum

[David Humphries]

Do you really think that it would survive pollarding? My feelings are that it would not. Even if it did survive, the extreme foliage loss would surley hasted the fungi's destruction of the tree.

 

 

 

I agree that a pollarding would hasten the demise of the Tree, but a 5 - 10 year staged incremental retrenchment (starting with 5 -10% foliar loss) would buy the Tree and site risk, the time required to help manage the Tree down to a prefered volume and size suitable to it's location, obviously this will depend on what decay investigation/residual wall thickness may possibly through up.

 

Although this is pure conjecture, as after hearing site management I'd imagine this is not feasable.

 

 

 

 

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Edited February 21, 2009 by Monkey-D

[Hannah]

Still standing pretty. Although talks are on for it to come down. I look forward to seeing how decayed the stump is.

[John Hancock]

Thats a shame Hanna. A crown reduction and a 'Do Not Feed The Ducks' sign would have done the job, lol