Amelanchier
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ha. Me and the guys from work once set up a work climb tree with plastic bottles hanging from it. Left it for a couple of wet weeks and when we went back, some farmers had blasted the cr&p out of them (and the tree...)
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Steve, i'm sure you could combine shooting with climbing if you wanted.
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heres a link to the middle of the old bridge argy-bargy on the buzz. http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=55752&page=0&fpart=5&vc=1
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Ah, not just keep the risk as low as reasonable practicable but prove you've done it. Thats where chaps like me earn our crusts. This isn't legislation though. Just a hint of best practice.
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Not sure if everybody is aware of this document. It was released recently in the wake of certain court cases in a pretty stealthy manner. Just gives you an insight in the how HSE is instructing its inspectors to veiw tree hazard management. The HSE is adament that its not intended to be used as guidance, but I know many tree managers that doing just that. Creating their own best practice, if you will. Forcing the HSE's hand. Definatley worth becoming familiar with. HSE Management of the risk from falling trees.pdf
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Quercus x hispanica 'Fulhamensis'
Amelanchier replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
To act as a total devils advocate - have we seen any evidence of infection at all? Any Cambial death? Lesions? Decay? White mycelium? Crown Symptoms? In accordance with the three steps of Matthecks VTA. 1. Visual inspection for defect symptoms and vitality. If there is no sign of a problem, the investigation is concluded. 2. If a defect is suspected on the basis of symptoms, its presence or absence must be confirmed by a thorough examination. 3. If the defect is confirmed and appears to be a cause for concern, it must be measured and the strength of the remaining part be calculated. On the limited basis of the attached photos, I consider that we have not yet completed step 2. As such we should not jump to remedial work specifications. Happy New Year all. -
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Quercus x hispanica 'Fulhamensis'
Amelanchier replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
Guys, don't underestimate how good Armillaria is at doing its thing. Very virulent pathogen, esp. A. mellea. It's entirely possible that there was no primary cause. Armillaria is the commonest root disease in the world for a reason! Even olympic athletes get cancer. -
I thought norma was the middle name and the first initial an E? as in E. norma stitz. boom boom
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Sorry dude. If only i could make things right... oh hang on
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**cough cough**
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Arbocop As a AA member and having passed the PTI (ATI?) i feel I can make constructive critical comments on the course. At the end of the course we were in fact invited to do so. In my view the AA is good stuff, but people tend to remember getting stung for £400 and that is a problem that needs discussing.
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2008 East of England Cutters and Climbers
Amelanchier replied to Amelanchier's topic in Climbers talk
Hi treeclimber, enrolment forms wil be released nearer the date. Probably in late feb. Its a great comp to start with good chance of winning a prize. -
I fully sympathise Ben, did you take the course with Paul Smith?
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There are better books out there. And many threads on this site with the titles of them. G'night sir
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What aspect of thermodynamics are you interested in? Neutrinos? I do actually, theoretical particles with almost no mass, travelling close to the speed of light. Pass right through don'tcha know? Wormholes, depend on your attitude to string theory doesn't it?
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A catalyst changes the reaction rate without being consumed in the process. Oxidation is the gaining of electrons. Are we doing chemistry now?
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I thought you wanted to play physics? I'm in the wrong job?
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Nearly. The bacteria are already there. So yes. Pressure is irrelevant. Oxygen is not a catalyst it is used during respiration.
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Yeah lets go physics. how is your understanding of the heisenberg uncertainty principle? The law of conservation of energy? My personal fave, the concept of entropy and the inevitable heat death of the universe? Since you went with light, how do you reconcile the dual nature of visible light, behaving as both a wave and a particle?
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Titchmarsh busts out flush cuts.
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No more than all the other factors. Oxygen is more important. Ever seen wood from shipwrecks on the ocean floor? Any rot? Did you hear about seahenge, found down the road from me? Thousand of years old, now kept underwater to preserve it. Too wet/dry = no decay/rot Are you still saying that angled cuts are made to allow rain to run off?
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Would that be the herb and vegetable expert Hessayon? My cucumber ID is quite poor. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=DR.D.G.+Hessayon.&btnG=Google+Search&meta= http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Pruning+training+and+topiary+by+richard+bird&btnG=Google+Search&meta= Look mate. These are not fruit trees. These are not ornamental climbers. These are massive mature trees, these are the wrong sort of books.
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Dude. You are clearly confused. I do understand cellular biology, I have a few qualifications in that department. Not all cells multiply. You are presumably wandering around telling people that their tree needs to be reshaped because it will grow too big and die. Which is bollocks.
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Name a book that says rain causes 'rot'. I always thought it was tissue death followed by fungal and bacteria digestion of cellulose, hemi-cellulose and eventually lignin. Sloping cuts are an attempt to anticipate the branch protection zone to avoid unecessary cambial death. Durrr.
