Tony Croft aka hamadryad

dean, this post, would it be possible for you to check on this occasionally for a cluster of tripe fungus? I believe the poor response is due to this wound fungus.

shall watch with interest.

sorry i didnt make it guys, cars making some funny noises and vibration, think theres something lose at the CV joints.

I get it TC, but if its so hollow as to be approaching t/r ratio limits it will sound like a drum, unless of course one of the ganos is at work, then the wood may be only slightly modified but still sounding solid. Take an increment core from between the butresses not the active channels

ive just bought that set u, going to try it withought the dyneema kit now.

Schwarze did a fair bit of research, will try to locate the papers.

there is a need to remove a small bark plug to get zylem contact:thumbdown: thermo on the other hand:001_rolleyes:

certainly possible:thumbup1:

I concur with david, but one I feel maybe stereum hirsutum it is pubescent. pores lacking may help that assumption. as for the pip, it may be caused by disruptions via a fungal specific beetle or other small beastie, there are many that live for the pip

its a bit of a mare this folder business aint it, you know their there but where be there!

Classic, nice find.

Gotta love the attempt, I mean how big was this wound guy? and did it extend from the point of entry to the point of final reach? Q. rubra is particularly prone to honey, and doesnt cope well with pruning wounds. How much die back was present in the canopy?

that birch was amazing. Guy, take note! that old beech needs rhizo work or its on its last days

easy K deusta

I know some people might say this was pruned to death! lol

great shadow lith! loving the pleach, awsome demonstration of what can be done WITH PRUNING! lol your boys are growing up rapid fella!

one looks like a forming hericium but is a forming myxo, probaly candida or entiridium

Nice!

cool!

I am starting to realise the monumental task that is bringing all those working in arboriculture to a common thinking, one "gang" wants to stop pruning and favours the fell and replace option, another gang says prune, one gang says decay is demonic, another delightful. the truth lies somewhere betwixt the two extremes and something I try so hard and in vain to achieve, for one without the other is not truth. Trees and fungi are one organism, from mycorhizea to principal decay fungi, the tree is not healthy because it has no fungi, a tree is not beautifull because it is pristine. a tree is a joy to behold for it is much more than just a tree, it is a flow form of great power and presence with a capacity for more inclusions of life than any other organism on earth. There are many so called "experts" in my field who seem to be of the illusion that decay can be avoided, and that once decay begins the tree is no longer "healthy" this is a great lie, and one you must all avoid and revolt against.

just winding it up:biggrin:

lol:lol: Forestry is old mans stuff,

I do sincerely hope no one wants this simply because they have already read it and have it all down pat! otherwise get off your butts!

I have no idea what your talking about, so I will have to buy it and recieve an education!