Anyone else read this?

[Stubby]

:congrats:

I also think he's confusing sudden branch drop with total tree failure:confused1:

but you have to consider what was said and what was actually reported too.

 

Thought that too

[Maxwell]

people who dont know about trees shouldnt be making comments like that!

 

decay is perfectly detectable, thats what an annual survey is for!

 

 

my point exactly

[penfold]

Sounds like he has discovered the holy grail of tree pathology- the cause of summer branch drop. Or is he just expounding one of the many theories?

[daltontrees]

Just read the article, what a load of old shirt!

 

A mixture of nonsense, possible allusion to Meripilus perhaps and some dodgy lore about summer branch drop. Of course youy can't predict whether any tree will fall over, healthy trees fall over it is part of the spectrum of individual characteristics within a population. The runts of the litter fall over. But you can predict if sick ones will fall over prematurely. As someone has said, survey periodically and you will generally spot it before someone gets hurt. Don't get a gardener to do it, though.

[Gary Prentice]

Just read the article, what a load of shirt.

 

:lol::lol:don't hold back Jules, say it like it is:laugh1:

[RobArb]

PS jules, great article in the recent AA mag:thumbup:

[daltontrees]

I am glad someone read it! My general fear is that the subject is so poorly understood that even attempts to explain it will fail. I know people using existing systems are pleased and relieved that they only have to feed numbers in and look up the answer.

[Gary Prentice]

I am glad someone read it! My general fear is that the subject is so poorly understood that even attempts to explain it will fail. I know people using existing systems are pleased and relieved that they only have to feed numbers in and look up the answer.

 

Damn, another reason to join just so I don't feel excluded from these conversations:001_rolleyes:.

[easy-lift guy]

Slow news cycle. Sometimes stories are either placed as filler copy or because the author is lazy and could care less about the content and existing practices.

easy-lift guy

[daltontrees]

Damn, another reason to join just so I don't feel excluded from these conversations:001_rolleyes:.

 

If you're choking to read about the deficiencies in current amenity tree valuation methodologies and the contribution that net present value techniques could make, let me know and I will scan it for you and email it.