Ben Ballard
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I use bore cuts all the time especially on leaning ash but my point when I have to hang a tree up or think it could having the hinge already bored saves having to do it when the tree unsafe ,so just have to adjust the cut of the remaining hinge then cut to make it roll out ,I personally find it awkward boring in to a hinge of a hung up tree from the back:001_smile:
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Sometimes when thinning and have to fell in to a other tree and roll it out with the winch having the hinge boared out already makes it easier to finish the cut:001_smile:
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Chalara fraxinea - die back of ash, in situ
Ben Ballard replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
Good post David can lesions be found on stems and branches with out the dieback in tips first ? -
I wonder if a crown reduction or pollard on a freshly infected mature ash would be worth a try:001_smile:
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:thumbup1:Nice find I haven't seen one of them before the top of it looks well different to most of the puf balls i have found like it should peel open a bit like a earthstar
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:thumbup1:I had mine I will take anything on offer to help I don't produce enough white blood cells
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Nice pics :thumbup1:the last one looks a bit like velvet shank but don't think you get it on oak
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That's what I done if you got loads take it to the auction that's held I sell mine to a farm shop that goes to lots of markets and deals in whole sale to florists ,going round florists is good but don't tend to want large volumes at once so a lot of driving about and phone calls .when cut it we thin it as like to retain it
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Blimey missed the crack in pic 5 are you saying it appeared after the failed limb due to the shift in balance and decay or is the big lower limb acting as a prop and that why it still up
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Looks like the remaining top will fail near the same point and be like a natural pollard if left alone take it in a public area maybe have the area fenced of to let it do what it wants or pollard:001_smile:
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Heres a old growth beech i seen that i put down to k duesta that had a lot of decay on stem aswell,pic 2 is of a beech with merrip that also had panic fruiting before it failed, when i first seen the pics on this thread i thought merrip due to the stain in the heart and the decay confined to the roots in the ground and under side that sloath also menctioned:001_smile:
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On a beech that failed from merrip i seen it seemed the roots deep in the ground that was the point it failed leaving a fair amount of dirt attached to root,if it was k duesta would it more likely to break of near ground level leaving most of the decayed root in the ground just a thourght probly way of:001_smile:
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I would go with merrip for the cause Nice amount of lichens, not sure about the spray mark may be it had been marked up by someone to be felled
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Cheers tony nice bit of info:thumbup1:
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Found this grifola frondosa on a old oak or sweet chestnut stump last seen it fruiting 5 years ago collected a bit and swapping it for some game meat
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I remember as a kid going out my room to go down stairs and get a drink at night and seen a tall dark figure with a cloke and top hat moving up the stairs thought it could of been a shadow of a family member at first but wasnt ,went straight back to my room never seen it again but always got the creaps if had to get up in night years after and try to convince my self it could of just been a shadow.
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Thought I wood share this large [ATTACH]100537[/ATTACH]oak with some serious roots it's growing near a river in a area that floods, also seen chicken fruiting in some years in upper stem and limbs[ATTACH]100538[/ATTACH]
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Thought I wood share this large [ATTACH]100537[/ATTACH]oak with some serious roots it's growing near a river in a area that floods, also seen chicken fruiting in some years in upper stem and limbs[ATTACH]100538[/ATTACH]
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Thought I wood share this large
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We have some areas of grazing land that have been left to go wild and where the bramble is to thick for the deer to get to I see oak regen
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Today's talk at Windsor park said early man would of seen a setting of how the oak are set out there like a grazed parkland ,not the dense oak wood some people think, and oaks grown in woods is purely for mans needs, There was a lots of american mildew on the oaks there but luckily some don't seem to be affected by it and wod be good to grow acorns from:001_smile:
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Realy nice bench like the contrast between the square edge legs and natural edge of the seat and back:thumbup1:
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Cool my mate Richard will be pleased he spotted it:thumbup1:
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The diary of an obsessive compulsive arborist
Ben Ballard replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Picture Forum
Great shots tony me and my manager are going to Windsor on Wednesday for tour with ted green and Jill Butler can't wait:001_smile: -
Could this be a possible Phellinus was found on a hanger high up from the dead top of a retrenched oak was lots of grubs and woodpecker holes in the area
