Tony Croft aka hamadryad

armillaria butt rot

I wouldnt rule out armillaria sp either, can be very quick in drought.

I cant participate the shear number of huskies offends me!

I should think it does. I love the thought of us all just sowing growing and planting without a word or reward:001_cool: tis a noble pleasure

I just bought a 110 as well! lol, addicted

yes, and oaks, hollies, most trees that can callus before the stub rots:thumbup1:

I like that a lot:001_cool:

If you want to avoid the wet elbows use a tennis players sweat band (wrist type) wear one on each wrist, change them over when wet! you can also buy stick on velcro bands that will keep the cuffs tight.

been giving this subject a bit of thought of late, especially as wondering how I might get some seedlings from my fave trees to my second home! Also because i have lost a lot of my fave trees in recent couple of years, and this year dozens:thumbdown: I have been gathering a lot of beech mast from some venerable old beeches, some from ashridge in particular, so I went looking for information on growing trees from seed and found this FC document. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/fcpg018.pdf/$FILE/fcpg018.pdf I thought as there didn't seem to be a dedicated thread to the subject, and it being something we could probably all do, and replace trees with over the course of our lives as we go. There is something very satisfying about watching a tree you planted grow, some of my early ones are impressive now, even David showed me a couple of his and it got the old grey stuff going. How many trees have YOU planted? Do any of you plant from seed at all, and where, what do you do with them when they have grown? Do any of you plant in wild woods at all? Got any experiences, knowledge or thoughts to share? Now we have a trees from seed thread!

Apart from the obvious Volvariella bombycina and gon, is that a P. tuberaster i spy there me old mucka? So much Volvariella about both here and stateside this year

fell it

its due to relative costs, and bankers "interests" 2 dollars will by more than two pounds in their respective economies

identify from those drawings, this guy HAS to be on a wind up, nearly wet myself

Agreed

yes 2 inches, funny you aske cos I saw the wide angle ones and they said in the advert better for lifted rovers? is this causing more wear do you think?

A grinning half wit with a stinkhorn, sounds like me:lol: they let you back in on day release Jonny?

Mmmmmm ideas now running amock in my brain, Oak leaves and spiders web, agaric buttons, maybe some cap of macrolepiota for a hat:thumbup1:

One of the reasons for the decline in nutritional/mineral content in food these days is that nobody grows their own or puts the ash from the fire like they used to round their crops. It is and must be good, i just would be sparing

hit it back hard all over to good growth points leaving as much leader/foliage as you can and see how it develops over ten years

you would LOVE it out there mate, total wild freedom

A really nice Purple/copper Beech from today, the client loves this tree but the TO refused to put a TPO on it stating it was not worthy (due to heavy side limb Rival leader) I don't see many this quality! I was well pleased with it, then the client says "we have had this done three times now over the last 20 years, but this is the best its ever been done" cant beat that kinda comment.

I dont think its needed most of the time, a dig in half a dozen places should reveal how good the shear kill zone is. obviously if there is money about getting an air spade round to do the odd investigation in half a dozen zones is better than a trowel but not better value wise or speed wise. I can usualy tell from the language how extensive it is, I prune accordingly, using my understanding of mechanics and fungi, not recommended of course but effective in MANY cases, all still standing to this day. There is no easy answer Paul at the end of the day, its why I spent the best part of my life trying to understand these things, I hate making fell judgments when there is another option. I may take it further than 99% of arbs would dare, but I evaluate things very carefully. if we consider the risks from trees, and do the very best (I think its well known I know my onions / qualified) To reduce those risks further, there is very very small % i will get it wrong. I have an impeccable record thus far, which is amazing given the cases I have to deal with. Thats not being big headed or blowing my own trumpet, thats stating the obvious.

The limb that failed was complicated, fused at one side and compressed at the other, add summer branch conditions and inevitable. My big concern is the shortly to follow dysfunctions associated with the large cambium scar from the but end of the limb on the way down. I would do a 30% by volume (End Wieght) reduction and re asses in five years time

Funny isnt it, HLS scheme (natural england) pay a farmer 58 quid to pollard a tree, while the arb industry crucify a man for doing the same in the urban context!