an Oak gets by, with a little help from it's friends

[David Humphries]

Quercus petrea - Mangement Plan

 

Phased Retrenchment.

 

Phase 1 2009 - lateral reduction, to mitigate risk of faiure to SLD and/or heavy wind.

 

Phase 2 2010 - light peripheral reduction of 9-12 o clock, portion of canopy.

 

Phase 3 ? - depending on vitality of regrowth, further reduction/s toward optimum crown shape (Pic 4)

 

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Edited April 7, 2011 by Monkey-D

[David Humphries]

an Oak gets by, with a little help from it's friends

 

 

.....................well it did until some toe rag decided that nature needed a make over & went and tagged this fine old Oak.

 

Wasn't entirely sure how we were going to deal with it.

 

Thought of pressure washer, but tried & found there wasn't really enough pressure.

 

The guys came up with using a weak solution of water, citrate & lactic acid to gently scoured off the Ink.

 

All that's really left now are the marks from the scouring, where the Ink & algae has gone.

 

Hopefully the algae will re-colonise & it should look ok in time.

 

Was wondering if anyone had any links or experience with other ideas/solutions ?

 

 

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[armchairarborist]

green paint? algae returns pretty fast

[David Humphries]

green paint? algae returns pretty fast

 

 

Someone told me mud, but don't imagine that would last.

 

 

 

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[Harrison2604]

green paint? algae returns pretty fast

 

Green paint encourages Algae?

[agg221]

Could try yoghurt - it's what you use to encourage growth on masonry and I can't see any down sides.

 

Alec

[David Humphries]

Could try yoghurt - it's what you use to encourage growth on masonry and I can't see any down sides.

 

Alec

 

 

 

Interesting,

 

think we used that on some new roof tiles years ago on a refurb of an old bothy complex.

 

 

 

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[armchairarborist]

Green paint encourages Algae?

 

hang on let me adjust that for our 'kick off at anything members'

green paint:thumbup:(joke) algae returns pretty fast, everytime i jetwash the patio it needs doing again pretty soon, isn't it a good sign of clean air? or is that lichen?

[nepia]

Interesting,

 

think we used that on some new roof tiles years ago on a refurb of an old bothy complex.

 

Yes it does work but for Gawd's sake use the bio stuff and not plain strawberry flavour as someone I know did on their prize stone garden ornaments!

 

Jon

[David Humphries]

Yes it does work but for Gawd's sake use the bio stuff and not plain strawberry flavour as someone I know did on their prize stone garden ornaments!

 

Jon

 

 

 

Oooops

 

 

 

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