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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Its a tree by tree situation, I might say 2-3ft long and then thin these stubs as they broaden cutting back to the knuckles of these stubs for a few cycles then allowing new ones to come through from the origional head hight to replace these as and when. its really all about keeping active channels (here we go watch em pick me up on that term) sap risers really help maintain function. I think sap risers even just small stubs with a few buds are very important in pollarding. They maintain a flow, a connection of the vessels to roots via the vascular system
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    younger pollards can be done to the knuckles, young or with High vigor, the older they get the more it becomes necessary to allow stubs (with newer/younger tissues and higher dormant bud counts to remain)
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    mind you, theres only 159 records for chicken of the woods on Taxus, so its not really telling you much, FRDBI is a good guide but needs more recorders to get involved to populate the list, Myself included!
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    32 records is not at all common!
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    small Tulip
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    one thing we end up forgetting failure regular is greasing the tipper points, easily overlooked.
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    in an ideal world:thumbup:
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats exactly what I was thinking, doesnt look so bad as a single open grown specimen. normally planted too close and forced up.
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    is that alfafa middle row with blue flowers? and if so what was your use for it? im growing it as sprouted seeds (salad) indoors at the moment and in Romania it was grown as fodder to fatten rabbits.
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats a lot of veg!
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Is this going to be the first thread to hit 1,000,000 views? Bravo Mr Collins its well on way! mind you, "Favourite T.V girls may catch it in time!
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Now thats what Im talking about! thats a cracking cabbage kiddo:thumbup1:
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    listen, this BS myth there is no way to feed the world without GM is perpetuated by the GM corps themselves, ifyou do the research yoll find that GM is far from the promise, and actualy more an agenda for population control and profits. This makes some interesting reading failure-to-yield.pdf
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    barefooting helps earth you too, means theres no need for a tin foil pyramid hat!
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I know I shouldnt say it but cool find!
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    lol, Thai was they!
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Pooh and piglet are my faves too! it's a brilliant slide:thumbup1:
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    What I thought, especially as it appears to have broken at the vents (weak point) No doubt the manufacturers would like to see the images and get some info. Glad you walked away from that one fella.
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    LOL, your legs look like twigs that winter jacket doesnt help! Too much pen pushing not enough lunging in the woods! too many Banana ales in the Monken holt! Im just being anal about it, revising at the moment, and with the BS3998 bit regarding this matter fresh in my mind was just an observation. It wouldnt have made it more difficult to do that in two or three in a more controlled manner, thats all.
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Yep surprising for me too, they do have a tendency to take the cambium off shallow roots though, especially when turning.
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    GM really worries me, if we dont start turning against it in a radical way its going to be far worse than any other man made issue.
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    in one of Europe's most sensitive sites, IMO this is a little "heavy" it appears to have made a nice hole in the ground and this can be clearly seen, so it was not even a flat landing. wideangle lens or not:001_rolleyes:
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Good move mate,
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Thats what I thought, brutal is the right word:thumbdown:
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I think I might have had a pulley in that fell and had a controlled drop rather than slap them lumps down over roots. Only because of the vet close by and the size of the chunks. feel free to tell me to mind my own!

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