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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    sweeet! can i have a copy? pretty please:thumbup1:
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    it was via researched work, scientificly based:thumbup1:
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad

    <p>your avatar and last post suggests you have some interesting views/thoughts on trees! you should join in more often</p>

  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Nice post and couldnt agree more, though not many would agree to tree or natures "inteligent design":thumbup1:
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    it fell over and gre back up (pheonix), looks like a possible old hosepipe kinking at basal area, maybe heart decay by laetiporus sulphureus (a common decay scenario on Prunus avium)
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    im oldest of 4 me sister hazel then carol then james 3-4 years between us all, James is 11 years younger than me. and its so true what they say about character of the position of the kids in line, first and last etc!
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    counted six in a spiral/slipstream thursday in wales. Apparently many fly over here from france to feed on mixxy rabbits
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    reminds me of the time i got a pyracantha thorn right up inside me hooter! bloddy thing didnt stop bleeding, rather a thorn than a saw though!
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    The long term plan is a no dig wood based mulch system but this year im doing all the beds for the brassicas with lime, and prepping the ground for the spuds etc, will be easier next year for sure, cardboard mulch with chip over top, no dig whatsoever:thumbup1:
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    Thought as I begin my learning on soil I would open up a thread to share in the learning, and open the subject to discussions. A most neglected aspect of tree health/husbandry. We could and should all be making more moves to improving tree health via the soil, adding to our services and taking proper care of the trees we are all responsible for. Good growing conditions enable trees to resist pathogens, adapt to mechanical stress, and through good soil health increases in drought resistance, so there really is no excuse for us all to treat this area like its a black hole! First up a great intro by Dr Ingham on soil biology, shall add stuff as and when as I continue my own research into this subject. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtl09VZiSU]SOIL not DIRT - Dr Elaine Ingham talks Soil Microbiology - YouTube[/ame]
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    been out and bought some cloches today so I can get on with some planting out, got fed up of the weather! Been out digging it over today and im cream crackered, so much yet to dig! The nettle roots and perennial grasses are slowing things a lot. When ive finished it and got the cloches on I will post some pics up also came across this document regarding preserving veg http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicveg/downloads/Storage_organic_produce_report.pdf
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I am trying to be a better poster! Ive had my moments both received and dished out! youre right of course, and it was getting bad.
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    lol, half the time im just having fun. sycamores belong in open fields/parklands, not back gardens.
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    them old school ex climbers could teach you pups a thing or two.
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    turns out rope knight is also a term used in S and M circles!
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Thats almost a foot , and your very wordy with adding "loose fill" is that a caveat for the reality of adding nigh on a foot of soil to the root plate and collar? Im surprised to hear you of all folk supporting such depths of fill.
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    if i may Because the tree is A) old so vigour is reducing anyway B) is hollow, so no lateral storage/reserves in xylem/rays
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats a great idea:thumbup:
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    very much so, though im also aware kretz can, and phtopthoras
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    too pricey for me less delivery is included, like it and would have one
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Meruliopsis corium by the way!
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    miserable git you are, always on a downer!
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thank you, always nice to get 100% species connections, thats a first for me
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    look at the root re iterations, mower damage and mellea!
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    This beech is subject to a TPO (Tree Preservation Order) Not really sure the TPO is valid as the main union is splitting, it has a great deal of bark colonization via Armillaria some beech scale and two small Ganoderma feifferi brackets hiding under the buttresess. A very stressed beech in obvious terminal decline. The spec was 4 metre reduction, though in certain places a little more was taken. A very leggy tree with a split union meant taking advantage of the tall young beech beside it was the best and safest option for the main anchor, while working with two lines plus a side strop.

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