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  1. Giles Hill
    Try this one Bundle: National Joint Utilities Group
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    That puts it in context Tony, but now I don't get why it should be 31 cubits... On the plus side and thanks to you I've just learned from the dictionary that a cubit is 'an ancient measure of length approximately equal to the length of a forearm' Not that it helps much - I'm just glad that God didn't write BS 5837 .
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    Thanks for clarifying that Tony... but how has pi been rounded down to three in the bible?
  4. Giles Hill
    You beat me to it Andrew, while I was checking the 9% thing.
  5. Giles Hill
    It's 4 x the stem circumference measured at 1.5m above ground. The protection zone for NJUG 10 based on 4x stem circumference is approx 9% greater than the root protection area for BS 5837: 2005 based on 12x stem diameter.
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    They're great, I keep that one in the boot of the car so I've always got something to provide scale in photographs.
  7. Giles Hill
    Here's a pic of a well-known big crab in Bradfield Woods - there's a handy toddler to the left of the pic for scale.
  8. Giles Hill
    Hi Sean, Here's a couple of pics of nature taking over gutters on disused industrial buildings in the fens - it seemed to be at the stage of wetland reverting to scrub!
  9. Giles Hill
    Good stuff Hama, I was interested why you'd switched from Ganoderma to Phellinus, thanks for the explanation. I enjoy your confident observational style - keep it coming.
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    Hama, I know it's impossible to tell from photos, but I think your first ID on the bracket might be the right one. Shape isn't always reliable, but I think that lip around the edge of the bracket is more Ganoderma than Phelinus and the location of the fruit body at the base of the tree also fits the bill? What will you do with the FB to make a positive ID?
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    Its probably a 'chicken or egg' situation but I've seen quite a bit of this locally in Suffolk over the last year or so. The trees have usually been in decline, but there have usually been other factors that would affect the trees' physiology such as evidence of root damage / poor rooting environment or suppression / shading or old age. Good thread, thanks BTW.
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    Do you have a full botanical name for it?
  13. Giles Hill
    A variegated Sophora? Next you'll be wanting to mulch it with well-rotted rocking horse manure. Good luck!!
  14. Giles Hill
    Was it a Sophora or a Cornus?
  15. Giles Hill
    In East Anglia, Alder carr is typically a stage of natural succession and follows on from reed-beds. It is sometimes removed to maintain the reed bed habitats, but it can have considerable habitat value in itself as recognised by the UK-BAP Wet woodland habitat action plan: Action plan for Wet woodland
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    Those pics are a great lesson in the dynamic and structural qualities of root plates and all that stuff.
  17. Giles Hill
    Coral spot probably.
  18. Giles Hill
    I'm wondering if the 2nd might be Perinniporia
  19. Giles Hill
    google chrome is good - it automaticaly checks everythimg you write without needing to run a spell checker. This post has red lines under 3 words...
  20. Giles Hill
    You need planning permission for a change of use, so I imagine you'd need PP if the site is currently used for agricultural purposes as a farmyard and you want to use it for an arboricultural yard. I don't know about business rates.
  21. Giles Hill
    Thanks Paul. I've just found mention of this in my Lonsdale book. It sounds like a kind of CODIT activated by and for the benefit of the fungi, rather than the tree?
  22. Giles Hill
    David, which bit are you calling 'psuedosclaratial plates'? I just googled that term and the only thing that came up was one of your posts from last year!
  23. Giles Hill
    Nice pictures Graham, was the tree felled on the basis of any other VTA, or was it just the presence of the Ustulina?
  24. Giles Hill
    Don't worry, it's unlikely to be a bio-hazard. Ganoderma and other decay fungi are naturally occurring and essential organisms. Their spores are everywhere, so I shouldn't worry about your logs. If they're too far gone to burn on your stove, you can leave them in a heap outside to rot away - they will provide a good habitat for insects, which will in turn be good for birds and bats etc.
  25. Giles Hill
    I'll second chilli's advice - I inherited a big hedge of the stuff. Due to it's floppy habit it had shaded sections of itself out so that when cut back hard, some parts of the hedge were made up of stuff that had flopped to the floor after shading it's neighbour so I ended up with a lot of sideways growth that was frustrating to cut. It also collects decades of hedge trimmings, so the middle was full of horrible dusty filth, which was shading out the middle and reducing the regrowth. After trimming it for a few years, I got fed up and cut one section back very hard and planted the gaps - it grew back to form a reasonable hedge within a few months. The other section I cut off at ground level and it regrew to form a hedge within 12 months. Horrible stuff, but it will take all the abuse you can give it.

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