RobArb

Don't hold back jonny:lol:

A book like hilliers may have dates in, or even the book "new trees", don't think they'd be done in date order though, as above, make one:thumbup: Sent from my Galaxy S2

Nosey buggers aren't they! Sent from my Galaxy S2

what do you mean by arms pulled out? Are your arms knackered? have you tried one of the more advance hitch systems? Hitch climber, spiderjack etc etc?

Fantastic news, have a brill christmas:thumbup:

Sometimes, depending on the age. From the last pic, those bark plates look healthy underneath anyway, but I can only see from photos shown so don't hold me to anything:lol: Sent from my Galaxy S2

thank you:thumbup:

No, no and no again... and you can ask anyone i know, and they'll say no... I try to avoid all forms of media as best i can especially radio 1 and the like, celebrities etc, its all biased and opinionated, if i want the truth, i;ll go in search of it... Ok, i'm not naive enough to think all media is avoidable, because it isn't, but as i stated don't tar us all with the same brush... presuming people listen to commercial radio or the like or read crappy tabloids or the like because you do..... well....

All of us!? Don't tarnish everyone with the same brush please.....

i'd say the bark of the grafted bit was more aesculus pavia than aesculus x carnea

Can't tell from those pics alone, definately a graft though!

Mr Sky at Night, Sir Patrick Moore, has passed at the ripe old age of 89. I'm sure the stargazer is now up with the stars looking down RIP Oh, and bring back gamesmaster:biggrin:

I like the stein plasma:biggrin:

No Problem:biggrin:

we do £60 for softwoods and £80-100 for hardwoods, green and ringed on a full iveco daily

Mine too:001_rolleyes: Have told em, but to no avail....

BRAINFREEZE...!!

Pruning is no longer done by a percentage as the spec was too vague, BS 3998:2010 now states a meterage should be stated ie take 50cm off, take 1m off each branch etc If it's possible try to get and keep one anchor point and work the tree in quarters (or more), or work round it like peeling an orange. Takes time and practice but you'll get there Sent from my Galaxy S2

Here you go, knew I had created a thread on it http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=29018 Sent from my Galaxy S2

I wounded beech, plane and sorbus (the ones in Salford that have been completely lion tailed), and I used a small silky cut, a hammer to damage the bark and a metal skewer (screwdriver like) to make a small hole. Was going to try on oak too but never got the chance. I'll try to find the pics tonight when I get in. At first is was curiosity, Salford trees had been badly lion tailed in the past yet we had to reduce them, nothing to reduce them to so it got me thinking about restoration pruning, it was David who told me to get in touch with Ted, but this was early least year I think. I was going to do it as part of my BSc but need to pass this FdSc first:biggrin: Sent from my Galaxy S2

A man after my own heart, I wounded a few trees in Salford doing this, need to get back to them to get the after pictures:thumbup: I one point I was peeling bark off different species (that were being felled) to study the wood underneath to see if there was a way of identifying the best places to make a wound for adventitious buds to succeed Sent from my Galaxy S2

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=31207 Posts 170 & 171 Sent from my Galaxy S2

There's a big one in Salford, but is that too far? There are pics of it in one of the other threads on decay Sent from my Galaxy S2

Getting back to QTRA:biggrin: You no, but others.... QTRA in itself, as you state is not wholly or purposefully deceptive, i may have been a bit strong with my wording in the opening post and probably should have chosen my words better:biggrin: but there are people out there that have used QTRA to get the end result they desire, fair enough they may be a minority, but the minority exists. Inexperience also brings about mistakes, the human element added on to a system that could be described as a smoke and mirrors exercise is why i feel that QTRA does have a place, but not one when making a fully informed decision about the risk of a tree. Also i have read (well started to read) the HSE's decision making process on reducing risk and i highlight the section on tolerable risk Tolerability limits for risks entailing fatalities In practice the actual fatality rate for workers in even the most hazardous industries is normally well below the upper limit of a risk of death to any individual of 1 in 1000 per annum for workers and of 1 in 10 000 per annum for the public who have a risk imposed on them ‘in the wider interest of society’ (see paragraphs 131-132). For example, in 1999/00 the annual fatality rates for agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing (but not sea fishing); construction; and mining and quarrying (including offshore oil and gas) were 1 in 12 984, 1 in 21 438, and 1 in 14 564 respectively. In traditionally less hazardous industries the annual risk of death for workers is lower still; for example in the service sector in 1999/00 it was 1 in 388 565. How can it be set as 1/10000 (in QTRA) when there is so much diversity within the figures themselves?

I can tell your well jel! Sent from my Galaxy S2