Tony Croft aka hamadryad

Are there any plans to lighten the load on this tree? I only ask as the rot from the Pfiefferi will probaly cause a weakening of the woody fibres in line with the fork enhancing failure potential of the fork. I see this happen a lot in the old woods, would be a shame to allow it to fall apart in that way, when with a little assitance it may well rock on for a lot longer. IMO of course, sure others will condradict me!

hillbilly schmillbilly, just shoosh at eat your catfish virgil!

Dont take any notice of the Hick that is SWB! lol:lol: as for winding me up I enjoy the banter SWB, your a giggle

ermmmm? doh! your on the best one! have a root through the archieves especialy in the climbers forum!

I have noticed that around a third of branch fractures are left with the lower quadrant of wood totaly removed and split away, bit like a quarter slice of cake. cutting this with a saw is simple and would leave less material and time for "finishing" of the corenet? i will dig out some photos

Nice post vad, looking at the shape and singular nature these are clubs, what sort I havent any idea, but they definatley fit the clubs profile shape wise. your in an awsome locale!

naye my fellow tree warrior, i just like making you blush! But you do have a working environment that makes you privvy to a great knowledge base and voyage of discovery, so you have a head start on us noddy back garden loppers!

Whatever happened to solidarity? shame on you SWB!

besides I thought it was arsenic that smelt like almonds?

good question, they are toxic but dont know if its due to trace cyanide?

With the amount of vino drunk between arbtalkers we could generate a trend back to old skool corks! all those in favour of boycotting anything without the real Mackoy say Iye!

:thumbup1:Good job fella, especialy for first effort, tricky them.

let the fungi feast and get a new log!

OH SWB knows how to press my buttons! Yes we bitch about spike marks! corking GOOD spikes BAD!

I dont coil, no pillow case and put enough rope in to balance the spin cycle (no one sided wieght issues), no problems

do any of you guys ever make several insertion cuts vertical to the grain, say 4-6 and then cut the back a little till it tears? I am curious how this form of assited failure would assit in semi clean finishes, I.e not so long a rip underside as well as the obvious ripping rather than cutting to achieve the look

Well i guess money is part of everyones motivation, but mine to a lesser degree for sure, I am not stupid though, things have to be viable! My motivation is purely my childlike and insane quest to do what i love, running around in the woods like a five year old and continuing to learn at an exponential rate, like a sponge! Anything that would enable me to study trees and their relationships with fungi is news to me and something I will want to truly learn more about. It is good to have some of you tempering my enthusiasm for this subject but I just havent seen any evidence as yet to justify any lack of faith in the technology. there has been one unfortunate incedent causing some clouding of judgments, but those that allow something like that to cloud thier judgment are only cheating themselves IMO. what would be interesting would be to add a poll, TI camera technology- usefull interesting pointless or indifferent Personaly I have two maybe three trees I would love to test the cameras on two for clients and one in woodland with pholiota aurivella 20 mtrs up on a limb. The othe two large vet oaks with dead cambium areas and fungal colonisation via Gresinaceum and grifola. Are none of those contributing to this thread curious enough to have one or two of your jobs assesd via the method? is it not worth the survey cost on one or two trees just to get a first hand example for your own interests?

Yes I can understand why they keep it on the low! But to be honest, its like all things, a truly succseful person confidant of his/her abilities wouldnt shy from helping others attain results. People who are truly gifted and passionate about thier subjects generaly want to share with others. were all different I guess, human nature.

When you get to know me better youll know I am not the sort of guy to "step into" anyones shoes, I make my own path and have my own mind and ideas and opinions. I hold David in the highest esteem, his knowledge far exceeds my own, but it was in fact a compliment that you or anyone would think me capable of even trying to "steal" his presence on the AT forum. I accept your apology, and to be honest we all spout a bit of bollo.... on here from time to time, myself included! I dont hold grudges and hadnt even remembered who made the comment, ive gotten to know that 99% of us on here are darn good guys. I would like to think we are all friends and part of a family sharing what knowledge and experiance we have, not for ego or showboating but to progress our working knowledge and expand ideas and experiances. This place is invaluable and I wish I had discovered it a lot sooner. No worries dude:thumbup:

you guys have some sweet kit!

thats interesting! is that an absolute certain fact? and I have also heard many good things about the NFU.

I am anti "mono-culture" so I dont like the idea of sterile plots, though seems in your situation it is just a plus use of a negative outcome. Those turnarounds me likey very much! @ £400 a kilo It has to be a profitable business, though I suspect carefull consideration and planned use of the trees and space avaliable could increase product possabilities and income. Say using the trees, oak and hazel as pollards to produce logwood volumes to produce other gourmet mushroom variaties. The golden oyster selling @ good values.

I really love the idea of these "mycorrhizal" infected trees, we should be doing this as a compulsary planting technology these days, though doubt the associations wood last long in our urban environments!

not many at 20k no but you see what I am getting at value wise. pre colonised trees sounds like a plan, are you working on a project? These things have been tried for many years, but i am not aware if any have proved a raging succses as yet?