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I got this link from Jon Banks at Bartletts, Reading. Its a video produced by the FC detailing the winter symptoms of this disease. Hope this helps.
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Hi Nick. The table looks good. I have had a length of bird cherry similar to the size you planked up yourself, ripped by Alec, agg221. The table you built is something I think I will be able to do once I get the rest of the cherry lengths back, milled by Alec. This discussion has been very informative and I know now how to store my wood.
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As usual Glynn did talk quantities, David, but we were talking about a number of other products as well. I will email him and get an answer for you.
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What about incorporating molasses while you airspace? We were shown it by Glynn Percival at our latest Tech meeting.
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"I love trees, but....."
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The soil around the trees has to be removed until you can see the root flair. Then there is opportunity for air-spading the soil to de-compact it. Then a good mulch of hawthorn or cherry upto the trees but not touching them. Speak to your tree officer about it.
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All the best everyone for the new year.
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I took all of the photos of Nev from some scaffolding that had been put up on a building next to the theater royal in York. I am quite proud of the York Minster picture.
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Good use of the grinder guards.
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There is nothing better than tasting honey straight from the comb!
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Armillaria and replanting help required.
Scottie replied to Gary Prentice's topic in Tree health care
What about good old privet? lol -
Are the rats as big as this! Giant rat killed by pensioner Brian Watson with lump of wood on his farm | Mail Online
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Armillaria and replanting help required.
Scottie replied to Gary Prentice's topic in Tree health care
Don't go for Beech if you can help it. Beech has a very low tolerance for transplanting and you will be going back to replace the ones that have died at your own expense. A soil sample will tell you what nutrients are lacking in the soil and how to amend them. You need to look at NPK and also the trace elements. You don't put any chemicals into the soil, it generally is fertiliser. The company I work for can do a free soil sample for you and of if you want the Plant Health Care tech can do all of the soil injection for you. -
Armillaria and replanting help required.
Scottie replied to Gary Prentice's topic in Tree health care
As I understand it, armillaria is in the soil all the time. It's just when tree roots become weakened, most properly mechanically, that the armillaria attacks. So why not get a soil sample done and have the soil amended using fertilizers. Also this will give you an idea if the cypress will be suitable for the soil and will survive the transplanting. -
PHC - plant health care. Doing soil amendments, spraying for cypress aphids, planting trees, air spading the soil, everything else apart from cutting the tree down.
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I really don't want to step on anybodies toes and I apologize if I do with this post. I am getting to 'that age' when I don't want to be climbing if I don't need to. I am more into PHC and treating trees and learning more about them. The reason I am posting is that I want to do more PHC and increase what I am doing now. I am not too sure how I can achieve this, I hand cards and information leaflets out to anybody that asks about what I do. I think the biggest problem is nobody know what I actually do at work. So how would you go about it, how could I market what is essentially a luxury product? Who would you approach? The office does have a customer base but I just want to expand it a bit more. I am based in Yorkshire but it's not uncommon for me to go as far north as Newcastle and South to Lincolnshire.
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What question do you seem to be asked the most? When I say to friends or people that I get chatting to in general, I am a tree surgeon, the question I get asked the most is "how do you kill a tree?" And " my neighbour has a tree in his garden and it over hangs into mine..." It never seems to be can you have a look at my tree because...
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On the same idea I carved a ring out of yew for the wife last week and wanted it to have more of a shiny glossy look. I have used danish oil so far but what will give it a shine?
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Where are the photos then?
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This was on this morning. BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today
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Does anyone know where I can get the leather part of the button hole to replace my broken one? It seems you have to buy a complete set of braces if you just want the leather. Thanks
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Nice work. I picked up some h.chestnut burrs today from a job and really don't know what to do with them. Would they be any good to do something like this? Also Pyro you wouldn't happening to know a lad called Jack Gill from Selby?
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I would like to ask a question if I may, why is ash imported?
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Brilliant Gruffalo child. My son recognised it straight away.
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