Tony Croft aka hamadryad

rod brace it, dont worry about the halo, ash are a thin species and beech a shade tolerant one

just wondering what corenetting a dead tree has to do with the subject?

you left?

it may be partly down to enrolment "encouragement" but I suspect it is as much about the simple fact is, IF and its a BIG IF, your efficient, a quick thinker, and a good planner, you can make a lot of money, and go home early still in this game, not as much as we once did, theres a little competition around these days. but if your a little quicker, a little faster a little more efficient, more reliable, easier to work with, youll get more than the very vast majority. So it is TRUE you can earn a shedload of cash, but it is always going to be an exception to the rule, and they aint teaching the sort of skills in collage you need!

Most have to go a long way to get me all fungi jealous! well done!

im with peter

whenever we kill something, we cause a vacuum that's nearly always far worse than the current scenario, we may succeed in slaying the foe, but in the same motion also kill our allies. that is the consequences of focusing only on ONE thing

Actualy, ive dealt with many infected/colonised by very same fungi, in every combination, and even drove past one of them the last few days and its looking almost stress free now. nothing complicated but a light pruning to shorten transport distances

I can assure you those Ganos (Lucidums) inside a cavity would have dried up and fallen off with or without you kiddo! They are annual, and light would not have effected them. as for what i am up to (and not Knocking your efforts at all, not in my nature) Its just an educated hunch at the moment, but when it isnt, you can rest assured there will have been enough controls etc to qualify the hunch:thumbup1:

for what its worth i think the red stain on the pore layer is a mold, hence the stray Idents

seen australe on most things, even conifers like larch and applanatum also. That is also a distinct possibility but would expect it to have a more slanted pore layer:thumbup1:

I think you lads need to find out what being in the mile high club actually means! lol

yeah looked at masai, dont like the problems of replacing, get landy glass easy:thumbup1:

I'm pursuing a more realistic, effective and natural alternative:thumbup1:

one might try altering ones perspective and seeing that the Armillaria is a symptom of the trees state rather than a pathogenic beast on the attack. try alkaline conditions......................................

Ha ha ha ha you would have to go a lot further for a lot longer to halt a colony:biggrin:

gano australe be my view

thanks for the link, hadnt found that one in al the work ive been doing on the subject.

can we elaborate on this?

hard top 90, to window or not to window the old girl, that is the question

paulownia can be ruled out now as this isnt hollow stemd

im with catalpa or Paulownia

ha ha, the mods getting all hevay on a harmless subject, nothing changes! This effects all of us in business, and socially, as for the pathetic excuses of benefits of paying tax what a sheep! Huck have you really any idea how this economy works? Basicaly the bankers print money (with no backing) its a fiat currency, meaning it is worthless paper, no longer redeemable in gold nor silver as it once was. All the money printed/created is loaned at interest (usury, which huck will know about as an ex witness) this basicaly means all the money created is debt, and there isnt enough at any time in order to dispose of the debt because the interest doesnt exist, the money supply has to be expanded, continuously, hence the BS surrounding sustainable business, its NOT! this system needs to be a growth based system.

the paper by lonsdale is freely avalible for now, does this link work? An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie

I know this subject was brought in a while back but it died a death but deserved more attention, the link to the freely available paper written by Dr Lonsdale, (time limited I believe so grab it now!) at An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie I have long felt this matter needed some further promotion/incorporation in the minds of arbs, just needed the right guy to say it, the right way, as always Lonsdale on point:thumbup1: I offer a few images of my own of the tree as a discrete series of separate channels, potentials and dysfunctions. If you really want to understand decay/dysfunction and the potential for managing and retaining trees that at first glance appear to be in a hazardous or declining state then aside from a bit of background reading one needs to take a paradigm shift in thinking. The typical view is that of the tree as a single functional unit, hence the often knee jerking that goes on when a fungal bracket is observed on one or several partitions of the segmented or as Tony S says the mosaic like nature of the tree. When combined, the full appreciation of the mechanics, the mosaic like community of channels and the nature of decay organisms or strategies will more often than not offer many avenues and options, and a far more balanced and objective view of the trees true condition. Our job is to work in the best possible and most informed state, all too often the easy option is taken. Please take the time to read this article by Lonsdale, and also the paper by lynne boddy and Alan rayner from the 80's no less, Boddy and Raynor.pdfadd a little VTA from Mattheck and youll be well on your way to fully understanding and appreciating the true nature of the trees you work on everyday.