RobArb

i know i know.... i was on my phone before and the pic was blurry(good excuse) which is why when sloth said no acorns i just new it was Arbutus:thumbup:

Yes twigs will be tricky, but I need to practice:thumbup: Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

Tis all in the margin on this one, especially as there where no acorns Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

Woooot woooot I was right, leaf margin gave it away:biggrin: gotta keep the faith:thumbup: Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

2-1, that told me! Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

Laurus nobilis to my knowledge has an entire to crenulate leaf margin, where as this pic the leaf margins are definitely serrate. Good shout, I'd be surprised if it was bay:thumbup: Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

Is it the Arbutus unedo then? Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

Bit blurry but are there acorns on that? If so Quercus ilex? Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

Whats the third one too? Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

Cool oak, like that one (and obviously the fung too:lol:) Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

Beat me to it:thumbup: Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

another good and valid point:thumbup:

Do you use photoshop Ian? i used to be a regular user and love the capabilities of CS4 but don't really have the time to mess about with it anymore

is that a 395? Nice pic btw:thumbup:

very good post, F. f. an endophyte eh?

My original comment was in jest, apologies if you took it any other way! How about, someone joined arbtalk and called themselves easyliftguy, all one word, and tried to hijack your idea and customers, steve mistakenly banned you instead of the imposter?

I'm even more confused now than i was at the start of the thread:confused1:????

And can i just state i do believe you are a good arb and passionate about what you do, which is to be comended, just in my opinion a little misguided, especially when trying to PREACH (yes i said that) to us europeans, Its like preaching to devout athiests and at some point you are likely to get stoned. Now, back to the stubs... i'll dig out some photos and take some more of trees around where i work with stubs left on as to why it is not a good thing. Also, in your defence, have you been back to jobs 6-12months down the line (depending on growth seasons) and re-evaluated these stubs and there condition? And without editing photos/videos in your favour (which i believe you do) can we see evidence of such?

Believe me my mind is wide open, and i am open to your arguements, i just don't agree with them.... As you state about the one line, maybe on deadwood where the collar has already started to shed the dead branch leaving a stub, avoiding damage to the said collar, but this was a pruning job on live branches. Stubs are untidy, create ooodles of bud growth OR instigate a route of entry for disease/decay/DYSFUNCTION and leaving them is generally a lazy approach IMO. I realise i will never change your mind as its stuck in state of narcissism:001_rolleyes: but from what i've read and the pruning work ive done on MANY different varieties of trees in MANY different surroundings and environments, and also what i've seen from stub leaving work, it is not the best thing for the tree. I well trained arb should be good enough to avoid damaging the BBR without leaving a stub. I do believe you are capable of this (from your bucket at least) but instead choose to do a lazy job and use words to the effect of "revolutionary" and "research" as an excuse Just my tuppence worth:001_tt2:

harsh but funny:sneaky2: for serious misuse of the easy lift, then showing the photos on here promoting exellent health and safety?

its not something i have overly got round to looking at yet (adventitious rooting), but have noticed you speak of them in other threads. How long do you think this sort of system shown here had been growing and how stable are they really? I know and have seen a lot of Fagus do this, especially in the woods near me, is the tree in the photo Castanea sativa? If so it gets me thinking again about relations in Tree families ie in this case Fagaceae, but need to find more cases. Thanks for the heads up:thumbup: PS, is that biege thing the underlay? If so am i presuming david the green stuff is the moss...? I suppose mossy conditions would be ideal for new roots with just a hint of soil???

I designed and still do my own on photoshop:biggrin: I just save them in different formats for their purpose, images and logos for web based operations don't need to be a high a quality pixelation for stuff that'll be printed eg letterheads and flyers Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CE0QFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.treecareindustry.org%2Fpdfs%2FEXPO%2FStandUpForBetterTreeStandards.pdf&ei=AK3MTperMcXNhAeag53YDQ&usg=AFQjCNGWw56xTtC0t6EqsAqMsp9Kkxu7JA&sig2=H4qzQ3xuKt4ih2YL8NmX8Q Where does out say about leaving stubs in your ANSI standards? And approved by Guy (treeseer on here I think)? Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

careful Tom, you can't call someones work appalling just because they don't use a silky, although i prefer to use a silky it is very much possible to do a good job with a top handle saw. Each to their own i say:thumbup:

OK, i'll bite, and play:thumbup: