Beech tree graft failure

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Am just trying to find out some information because bracing seems to be a taboo subject on the LA I work for

 

Well I might suggest they need to update their arb skills

[taffupatree]

Could not agree with you more.....Have asked about doing a bracing course many times. Always get met with the same response. Just get lots of scowls and shaking of heads.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Could not agree with you more.....Have asked about doing a bracing course many times. Always get met with the same response. Just get lots of scowls and shaking of heads.

 

Well, to be fair it is an over used "get out" I probably install 1 or 2 a year, and im dealing with lots of trees with faults and decay on a annual basis

[Paul Cleaver]

Could not agree with you more.....Have asked about doing a bracing course many times. Always get met with the same response. Just get lots of scowls and shaking of heads.

 

bracing is a highly skilled job - where to brace where not to brace and how many - get it wrong can result in branch failure - that's the trouble

[Gary Prentice]

Just asking the OP a little bit more background on the localised biomechanics.

 

My point being that the inosculation may be just contact and not grafted.

 

 

 

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Wasn't being clever David, thought you'd missed that line.

 

My question, which no-one appears to be asking, is what is the cause of the fibre buckling? Personally I'd be wanting to investigate this before even beginning to address remediation works. BTW, this question is for everyone.

[Paul Cleaver]

Wasn't being clever David, thought you'd missed that line.

 

My question, which no-one appears to be asking, is what is the cause of the fibre buckling? Personally I'd be wanting to investigate this before even beginning to address remediation works. BTW, this question is for everyone.

 

the only two things I can think of is

 

1. decay

 

2. wind dynamics have changed - eg has there been any tree losses close by?

[Gary Prentice]

the only two things I can think of is

 

1. decay

 

2. wind dynamics have changed - eg has there been any tree losses close by?

 

If its decay, I'd want to identify and quantify before even suggesting a route to remediation.

[daltontrees]

My question, which no-one appears to be asking, is what is the cause of the fibre buckling? Personally I'd be wanting to investigate this before even beginning to address remediation works. BTW, this question is for everyone.

 

I have already suggested the buckling is because the substem is flexing at the contact rather than at the fork below where it may have better mechanisms to put on extra wood. Also there may have been a limb at the rear that has gone because of the contact, and may be admitting decay. And even bare wood at the contact may be drying out the wood and compromising elasticity.