Fungi id and possible prognosis please

[Jesse]

I give in, you win, lets fell it without further analysis:001_huh:

 

Don't get like that Tony, I know you better, Scenario- lets just say a client has pushed you for a price for a level one inspection on trees in his grounds, lets just say hes got a hundred trees, lets also just say that you put £350 on the survey to inspect the site and produce tree management recommendations, and you only just got the job because you know the prices others have put on, I say 350, could be 500, and some company's will do it free of charge, so you see where I am coming from. You only have 2, 3, or 4 mins to inspect a tree, formulate tree management recommendations, and then back in the office produce the written report. Do you now see what I mean. It maters not one jot to me if a tree stays or goes, just that the client has been given the best advice for that site, in terms of safety. I always ask for a brief as to what there preferences are in terms of the overall desires for the site and try to stick closely to it.

[Jesse]

Did you like that ?

[treeseer]

it is surprising how little will actually hold a tree up especially within a group, indeed!

 

Felling acer I recall seeing my tie-in point had wood>95% spongy rotted. Amazing properties in the living tissue.

 

'How was that ever still standing?' is a much more productive question than "Where will it fail?"

[daltontrees]

it is surprising how little will actually hold a tree up especially within a group, indeed!

 

Felling acer I recall seeing my tie-in point had wood>95% spongy rotted. Amazing properties in the living tissue.

 

'How was that ever still standing?' is a much more productive question than "Where will it fail?"

 

Both are relevant to a survey, the first is Stage 3 of a VTA and the second determines target presence.

[daltontrees]

Did you like that ?

 

I did. 3 or 4 minutes a tree? Surely not possible to give client proper advice based on such a brief inspection. I am doing well if I can survey, record, risk assess and instruct interventions for 80 a day. My record is 200 in 8 hours but they were samey poplars.

 

Anyway, it's all getting a bit off-topic. Interesting though.

[Arbtech Tree Services]

OK, got back over there today and took some more pics. Having cleared the ivy and a scratch around the base, i have to say i'm not of a mind that there is much to do yet. Today we had the strong winds gusting 50mph+ and the tree barely flinched. The roots show good buttressing and overall the tree looks very healthy.

 

The only issue is this one side. Everywhere else sounds solid. I make this statement following a detailed scientific test (tapping it with the handle of a Silky:001_huh:).

 

There's not enough here for me to condemn this tree, if it was mine i think i would just monitor it for now.

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[treeseer]

Great pics thanks. good adaptive growth all around that one infected sinus. Perhaps that main fork is an area of greater concern. That and the crown appears to be 1 thick and 2 dominant. I'd consider 10% thinning in top 1/4 of tree and crown clean.

 

Location of wound indicates physical damage, and those little conks are scavengers.

Is that a cause for felling? Root damage a factor as well, so some soil improvement on that side might do well.

 

If asked to spend 3 minutes a tree AND give advice/recommendations, the client could be told to either allow more time or accept less specific results. Especially if the trunks are covered with ivy! Removing it was the best first treatment to give!