Natural fracture layering

[David Humphries]

There, it's back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wonder whether wounding the cambium at point of contact would help to stimulate rooting. Or whether this would be obviously fool hardy as this could (possibly would) open the branch to pathogens?

 

I guess the key may very well be the right organic rooting material & moisture level (species specific twig & leaf mulch), as in the picture situation.

 

Neville Fay talks about mounding, by raising the soil level up to a heavy low branch. As well as a light fracturing.

 

Sean, has Richmond tried this yet?

There was talk of it at last years ATF walk there.

 

 

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[nepia]

I guess the key may very well be the right organic rooting material & moisture level (species specific twig & leaf mulch), as in the picture situation.

 

Neville Fay talks about mounding, by raising the soil level up to a heavy low branch. As well as a light fracturing.

 

 

 

 

Asking from a stance of ignorance on the arboricultural version of this technique is this all not just an extension of what gardeners often do with shrubs? I've done it many times with Cotinus for example: scrape the bottom of the to-be-layered sideshoot (if you can be bothered) and peg it/weight it into the topsoil. Works 9 times out of 10.

[David Humphries]

is this all not just an extension of what gardeners often do with shrubs? I've done it many times with Cotinus for example: scrape the bottom of the to-be-layered sideshoot (if you can be bothered) and peg it/weight it into the topsoil. Works 9 times out of 10.

 

I would presume so, though an awareness of both pathnogenic and endophytic sapro fungi plus soil borne bacteria, may be of close secondary concern after stability, certainly in terms of venerable Veteran Trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tully]

 

 

 

 

I wonder whether wounding the cambium at point of contact would help to stimulate rooting. Or whether this would be obviously fool hardy as this could (possibly would) open the branch to pathogens?

 

I guess the key may very well be the right organic rooting material & moisture level (species specific twig & leaf mulch), as in the picture situation.

 

Neville Fay talks about mounding, by raising the soil level up to a heavy low branch. As well as a light fracturing.

 

Sean, has Richmond tried this yet?

There was talk of it at last years ATF walk there.

 

 

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We're going to give it a go in our woodland.

Wondering if rooting powder would work in this situation if you were to actively expose the cambium?

[sean]

We're going to give it a go in our woodland.

Wondering if rooting powder would work in this situation if you were to actively expose the cambium?

 

No we haven't tried it yet.......I'm sure the way the safety gestapo are thinking right now its not likely in the very near.......children might climb and swing on it and fall and graze their little knees bless them.

 

Looks interesting though.

[gibbon]

Last year we pegged down some low branches on a veteran Beech and a Lime on one of our Estates. It was a rather experimental suggestion from a well respected consultant who we do alot of work for. The idea was to get some low stable branches to root and reduce right down the rotting stems

 

Havent checked the Lime this year but the Beech unfortunatley is going later in the year. It must be close to 1m dbh. Its so knackered i think we are going to be able to fell it by cutting what remains of the 3 butresses with a hand saw

[David Humphries]

 

Havent checked the Lime this year

 

 

 

If you ever get the chance, would be interested in the Lime results.

 

 

 

 

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[treemeup]

I've been meaning to get a couple of pics of this tree for a while, it doesn't wanna fall uphill!!

[David Humphries]

I've been meaning to get a couple of pics of this tree for a while, it doesn't wanna fall uphill!!

 

 

Uber coooool in my books

 

 

 

 

Where is that?

 

 

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[treemeup]

I love it, as I was photographing it a couple walked past referring to it as a spider.

 

It's on Ashton court estate, near the entrance to the main house car park. There's an avenue of veteran oaks much older than this one on the western end of the estate but this ones got the most character!