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Interesting looking Fungi Article produced by the Woodland Trust j-wt-031215-autumn-2015 optimized.pdf
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Advanced tree inspection course november 30th/dec 1st 2015
stevelucocq replied to Treeation's topic in Training & education
Hi, yeap thought this course was good, great tutors, venue, people and the food!!! Couldnt face looking at any tree today thou...but just ordered the new mattheck book! Cheers steve -
Also location would be interesting, apple tree was near Brecon South wales
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Loads on a apple tree, will post a pic next week
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If i am back there soon will do
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Thanks for everyone replies. Forgot to say there is some internal decay within the union and union is in a poor condition with reactive growth trying to stabilies a active opening crack. The bolt/washer is occulded slighly into the stem. It sounds like retaining a static system would be best in this scanrio as the static brace has been in place for 5 years and the tree has started to adapt to this system. So looking at to recommend to aerial inspect brace, assess brace tension and condition (adjust or replace for similar system if required) and reduce weight on right stem?
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Hello, I am looking for peoples opinions on the following: I have been ask to inspect a fruit tree. The fruit tree consists of a poor union between two stems. The right stem in photo below overhangs a well-used path. A wire brace has been installed in between the two stems (Drilled through and washer/bolt used to secure the wire bracing, shown as a red line on photo). It appears to be around 5 years old but no history of this work is currently known. I was wondering what people’s opinions are of such work? I am not up to date with bracing standards (if there are any?) but I thought this bracing technique is not best practice (i.e. invasive)? As for recommendations I was going to recommend the removal and reinstallation of a known bracing system i.e. cobra bracing Cobra Tree Bracing | Richmonds Or complete removal of the smaller right leaning stem? Thanks for any advice
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Great, Cheers for all the replies, it did not look like a normal hornbeam to me as the leaves were much larger than normal which threw me. Thanks
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Hello, Not sure what this is? Thinking a type of elm (leafs alternate but the seed is surrounded by a 3 lobe thin leaf like structure (one long lob two short). Thanks in advance for any help!
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hi looking for a supplier to get some forestry chalk spray? Many thanks
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10,000 fine for breech of felling licence in magistrate court
stevelucocq replied to stevelucocq's topic in Trees and the Law
thanks for this edwardc yes I think your right about the developer shooting themself in the foot. There was a development I know of where they felled all the boundary trees in hope of increasing the number of dwellings on the site. This did not work in there favour as the trees screened the site and hudge local objection followed. Also the lpa cant have been too pleased either. I have seen a number of sites thst have preemptive clear felled or partially felled and overall heaches can follow -
10,000 fine for breech of felling licence in magistrate court
stevelucocq replied to stevelucocq's topic in Trees and the Law
Also it would be interesting what now happens with any future development of the site. Hopefully a tree replacement scheme will be ordered by the courts or can nrw serve such a notice? -
Increasing surface levels within an RPA
stevelucocq replied to benedmonds's topic in Tree health care
I know they said grass but could a raised wooden decking be used? Just a thought but may not be practical? -
Newport company fined £10,000 for felling 200 trees without licence (From South Wales Argus) seems a small price to pay for 1.2ha trees (I guess thats the maximum fine that can be given in the magistrate courts?). Anyhow good to see natural resources wales take this on and well done to all involved. hopefully the person responsible for ordering the work to be carried out will be prosecuted.
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Hello there is no legal right to light, also could a shade tolerant grass be used or alternative? Appeals information should be included with the decision notice? If not speak to the local planning department. Your doing the right thing advice your client regarding the options and likely outcome and if they choose to appeal then that is a part of the process. From my experience Sometimes people need a second decision to be made to accept things.
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Great. Thanks for all the replies the clark cutand climb jackets looks and sounds the business!
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hello, I have been looking at buying some new waterproofs for survey work but a bit overwhelmed by the number of choices available. Any pointers would be handy, many thanks Steve
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thanks all for the replies. I must have spent too long writing techy arb reports because i was having a bit of writers block on this one. I have found a few interesting facts to include such as : giant redwood seeds require fire to germinate (fire induced serotiny) Monkey Puzzle was apparently named as the first person to plant this species in Britain stated ‘it would puzzle a monkey to climb to the top of that
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Thanks paul:thumbup1:
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Hello, Sorry been off the radar for a while due to a number of different reasons. I have been asked for some text to be used on information panels to be installed at a local nature reserve for the following trees: Taxus baccata (Yew) Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese Red Cedar) Araucaria araucana (Monkey Puzzle) Pinus nigra 'maritima' (Corsican Pine) Sequoia sempervirens (Coast Redwood) Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine) Quercus robur (Common Oak) Cedrus libani atlantica (Atlantic Cedar) Sequoiadendron giganteum (Wellingtonia) If anyone has done something similar and can send me their text, images (drawing of tree etc) or even the complete graphical copy of the information board then I would be most grateful:001_smile:! I have started to look at this but trying to get the balance right for the public is something I am struggling with. email [email protected] Many thanks
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Went back today. A bit easier to spot the bleeding in the dry. See attached pictures. So i guess it maybe early Armillaria?
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Thanks, What is throwing me is the black charcoal substance between the bark creases. I Did not know if this something others had come across on turkey oak with ustilina as I have not noticed this relationship before? I will nip back when dry with a better camera. I have had limited experience of the early stages of armillaria , no doubt its been right there in front if my face but guess I have missed on some tell tale signs. I think I remember some info about bleeds and callus growth which can indicate armillaria infection? So I am guessing but it may be just bleed from the early initial infection from armillaria? Yeap sorry for the tangent but included the failed turkey oak for interest as apposed to any fungal decay reasons. I guess I should have started a new thread for that one.
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Dysfunctional area covers the back third of the tree. Appeared no difference in between the buttresses and roots attached to buttress?
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Thanks for the replies. Sorry for the limited info on this one but was pushed for time and the heavens opened. Initially I thought honey fungus but no boot laces where to be found under the bark? Then I noticed small areas of charcoal like substances in between the creases in the bark. It appeared just like ustilina but I also thought it could be bleeding. All made a little bit more difficult as the whole tree was drenched. Yes we lost a big turkey oak this week, see attached, failed at root plate in last Saturdays storm.
