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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    been a long while since i saw them pages, good post
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    You can see this situation in many a fine old oak colonised by say I. dryadeus growing on alluvial soils, burrowed into by moles and rabbits indicating no poor rooting conditions, quiet the reverse in fact. The body language does not 100% give you the evidence to make the claim.
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    PM away, fully freelance now so easy swing your way for a couple of days a week
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    soil errosion alone does not signify poor rooting environment. Discontinuos trunks or fluting also does not always suggest poor rooting conditions. I am taking it as a given, pure assumption (but forcing/hinting for elaboration for the benefit of others) assuming then that compaction levels, nutrient levels and hydration potential both lacking and excessive has been evaluated in order to confirm statement of "poor rooting environment" otherwise it could be just a case of ripe-wood being aerated and being colonised by a somewhat invasive and capable delignifier (G. resinaceum for example) Yes, I do comprehend!
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Always enjoy the Bi annual lecture/VTA update It probably seems a little steep for the majority who waste at least half the lecture asleep in the back AGGGGHHHH! lol
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    why? has poor conditions been discovered? vitality in remaining buttresses seems self evident?
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    IME target cankers are, providing no prior or existing heart wood decay organism solid and do not become like a "rot" All i have ever seen of target cankers have been very hard dry surfaces with no softening or modification of wood to any significant depth (say a few mm) The main issues are in the duration of infection, and the age at first colonisation, which causes very large cankers over considerable circumferential areas. that said, this length of time also enables some adaption to increased stresses at the peripheries.
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    that must have been done very recently. This tree certainly gets a lot of good care, such a shame we dont have the resources to look after more so well
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    nice find Guy, thanks for sharing
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    oysters out of a strip canker,
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    There has been a dead Oak near my mums house for all my forty years, it fell over this week, and Ive been carving it up, is the best stuff in the world, bone dry hard as nails and burns like coal! and you aint having it! lol
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    seems a shame to use such a ecologically horrific product to house a truly sustainable one! (you know I HAD to say that) My logs will be aired in 30-40 degree sunshine for 300 days a year, the other 65 days I guess I may have to put a tarp on em!
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    just my thoughts- maybe unwanted, if so I will get me coat! Personally would have left the middle top section higher and the rival leaders more reduced to discourage co dominance, obvious now and increases in the future. Sort of late formative pruning, nice trees to reduce planes, and tolerate it very well
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    wild plum
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Not forgetting to mention the annual infection of the occluding tissues being the cause of the target like appearance, and lack of successful occlusion.
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    was it dead? or just holding onto its leaves like a young beech does?
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    the tree that is still standing was posted a while ago asking for an ident on the brackets, are you the OP for that thread too, where me and David debate the toss over G. australe/applanatum?
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I dont know what it is about hornbeams but Ive always loved em:thumbup1:
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    the man has a point:biggrin:
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    So should I stop talking about fungi or trees? you decide! probably both from past experience!
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    There is no evidence imperical or otherwise to suggest cankers are a weak point. mattheck weakened trees with notches for his T/r theory work and those with cankers did not fail at the cankers. you would have no grounds to justify felling on a canker alone
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Yeah I know where your coming from but I would have swung the other way, but then its a scope job anyways, not long now!
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    no doubt about it! nice image:thumbup1: NO reason for felling
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Its one ive hoped to see many many times and yes heart rot from what I can lay my hands on, very similar lifestyle to the P. aurivella in my mind, its a cracking looking fungi.
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    dont worry about it, but inform him her for their future reference. Amphibious freaks arent reptile freaks, arent tree freaks, arent bat freaks, or fungi freaks each to their own, unfortunately we have to, very often, cross disciplines in order to do our jobs, what time was the survey carried out? if in the last two to three months I would not be happy, newts are difficult to find outside of the breeding season and often go outside of an area from water for suitable crawl spaces that are these days rare!

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