Removal of dead playground tree

[David Humphries]

Oak tree which has slowly given up the ghost over the last couple of years.

 

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[Rich Rule]

Nice work David.

 

How long had the tree been dead and what do you think was the cause of its demise?

[David Humphries]

Cheers Rich,

 

wasn't on this job myself as I was on leave last week.

Looks like the guys coped OK without me though

 

Its been a progressive decline with stem bleeds and saproxylic invertebrate exit holes and a thinning crown. The foliage has recently become chlorotic and sparse and gave up the ghost this year fairly rapidly after spring flush.

 

Although not confirmed, the symptoms have been akin to AOD

 

There is a significant level of compaction on the site which we tried to alleviate with our very own Mr Winger about 6/7 years ago via vertical mulching.

 

 

the stem is being left as a relatively low monolith.

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[arbwork]

some brave camera mounting there, the 1st time ive seen mount on end of the bar! good camera angle and work , fence intact good job

[David Humphries]

Hi Jerry, thanks for the comments.

 

the bar mounting is nothing new, it's been done for a while now. Makes a for a very interesting perspective.

 

We've explored the idea on a couple of other bits of kit.

 

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[Gray git]

Was that the same playground you had to reduce the sculpture a few years ago David?, any connection with the demise of that tree and this?

[David Humphries]

Yes, that's the one, well remembered

 

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Similar scenario in terms of it demise.

 

The site is a very old oak standard and hornbeam coppice woodland, but the hornbeam are very lapsed and now tower above the oaks for the most part depriving the lower sections of the oaks from light.

 

 

 

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[Gray git]

Sorry but it was the mog that imprinted it on my memory ;-)

[mistahbenn]

Real question is: Did you break that one fence panel?? Good job, nice rigging.

[David Humphries]

Sorry but it was the mog that imprinted it on my memory ;-)

 

good shot, the oak that was taken down is the one in the background.

 

 

Real question is: Did you break that one fence panel?? Good job, nice rigging.

 

apparently not, looked to have happened before the team arrived.

 

Thought they did well in what is a very tight spot.

 

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