daltontrees
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by the time you've read this you could have silkyed the crown off, chucked it down, put a pull rope on high up, had a cuppa and a fag, eyed it up and felled/pulled over the rest. Take a sharp saw, silver maple is like nails. SOOOOOPerb firewood.
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More from Ardkinglas, no point in hiding the location from you all, it's an 'unseen' location anyway. Award yourself full marks if you get it from this pic, the follow-up pic would be a big clue and will reeduce the marks bigtime.
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Here's the official labelws from Ardkinglas. Full marks all round.
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Tree physics limits height and leaf size, study shows
daltontrees replied to Matt GT's topic in General chat
Hey, don't apologise. It's an interesting subject. Two ways to look at it are (a) trees just are , okay? and (b) why, how, where and when do they grow so big? Both valid views of trees. But the article has got me thinking ... i'll refrain from hypothesising wildly myself for now. -
I reckon one of these is seriously worth considering. We would always have a 200T and a back-up 200T on a job anyway, so what's the hardship of having the leccie one AND a back-up petrol one for when the batteries die? We always have petrol and oil anyway for the bigger saws. So we would have all of the benefits of the electric saw and none of the drawbacks. It's a naughty thought, but could be handy for Conservation Area work where the client has overlooked the need for Council notification. Not that we would take such an instruction....
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Cercidiphyllum is right, the labeller didn't add a species. The Di (two) phyllum (leaves) was a great help for me learning it too to distinguish it form Cercis which has similar but alternating leaves. The second one is indeed a Quercus. Any guesses at species? I have only been to Arley for my AA Tech exams which mercifully I don't have to repeat. Didn't see much of the place except the courtyard, greenhouses, car park and a woodland. Some day it would be nice to go there just for fun but it's a long way away. I had success germinating seeds last year though hard coats, by sandpapering them a bit then soaking for a day then planting. 100% success rate. Haven't tried A. griseum.
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OK then, two more. Make allowances for the second one being very young.
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Well done! Here's the labels from Arkinglas and Aruaine. Want any more? I have found a forgotten stash of pictures (including labels) from these two gardens.
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Would be good if you could let us all know when and where it is published.
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Getting closer, here's a pic that should help you distinguish it from A. triflorum
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Here's the other picture, I am posting it as there seems to be a variety of leaf forms.
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I took this pic in a botanical garden a few years ago along with a picture of the label, so I'm sure what it is and it aint any of those suggestions. I have another of teh same species from another botanical garden in the same area, I'll post it if you're still stuck.
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Another one for you identoholics.
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Nice video! Sometimes speedline is the ONLY way, the video shows well the suggestion I would have made which is a pulley on a lowering line, set up just below the top anchor of the speedline. Not only does it allow the descent of the piece to be controlled but it can take part of the shockload of the piece when it is severed and also allows the groundie to get the sling back up to the climber in jig time.
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Done. Quite interesting being taken through the choices. A well designed survey. See also the recent debate on Arbtalk about risk assessment, do a search for QTRA and you'll find it.
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The High Hedges law does NOT apply to Scotland. It came from the Antisocial Behaviour Act 2003 and came into effect in England by virtue of the High Hedges Regulations, see s93 of the Act clarifying that the Act and the Regulations cannot apply to Scotland. Scottish Parliament is in the process of debating a High Hedges Bill which if it becomes an Act will bring a substantially same set of laws to Scotland. I am just putting this up to avoid anyone else getting confused.
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Need help to ID old fruiting bodies, please.
daltontrees replied to WeeDee's topic in Tree health care
Also might be worth considering Pleurotus dryinus... -
Aaahhh..?!!? SO the situation is the same as if there was a traceable owner who had said "you can't touch my tree, ever", is it not? The TPO seems to be a side issue, a statutory prevention (if and when it is validated) to sit alongside the ownership prevention.
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Isn't there legislation down there (some name like Local Government Miscellaneous Provisions Act) that lets a Council go in and work on nuisance trees?
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I don't know but if it has gone soft and rotten the lignin and/or cellulose that gives firewood its energy output may have been eaten by fungi so it might not be great burning. The creosotes might have degraded but they might also still be there even in soft wood.
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And now it's giving me a headache too! First issue, who can consent as landowner to the tree works? Second issue, is the TPO valid? Third issue, is the TPO consent valid? Dunno, but I would love to hear the right answer.
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I'm afraid I have no diagnosis to add, but I await the outcome with bated breath... It occurs to me, though, that if it is only affecting the oak which are fairly spread out and is skipping other species, it must have come on site in the planting soil/rootball/containers, no? If so and if it is, it might not be sending out identifiable rhizomorphs yet. If it is and is confirmed as Armillaria, maybe the oaks will have to be taken out, roots and all, asap to avoid spreading the infection. Tisk, I am speculating prematurely.
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That's the book. By Mattheck etc I meant it is in the realms of biomechanics, thinking about load distribution, position of centre of gravity, wind forces, loss of strength and the second stage of VTA (see Body Language of Trees and so forth). Hopefully no-one thought i was literally suggesting getting in the man himself...
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Here's a suggestion. Get a rubber mallet, one of the big ones used by landscapers to lay slabs. Find a healthy oak tree somewhere, give it a few gentle thumps and try and remember what that sounds like and how the hammer bounces back. Then go to your aunt's and try it on her oak. If it doesn't sound or feel right it isn't right. Is there any chance that big bulge could be reaction to buckling from Ganoderma?
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Hey thanks for pitching in Willowboy, that's an interesting diagnostic. I so wish I had taken a leaf sample home and flattened it out for photography in good light. And it always puts me on guard to identify based on one sample, particularly a low-down in the canopy sample where leaf morphology can sometimes be atypical.
