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  1. David Humphries
    Great target canker in the last two images Ian, I've never seen one that pronounced .
  2. David Humphries
    This very excellent forums' credibility is being directly threatened by a minority (but significant number) who used that particular thread and other similar ones' (just like is happening on this one as well, surprise, surprise) purely as a conduit for ongoing flaming, swearing and vile natured posts. This is directly against Arbtalks' rules. It would seem that the ignorant choose to disregard said rules, and are somewhat shocked that they fall foul of moderation. Through a long time experience served of moderating, I can tell you both that there are not enough of us 'tolerant' souls to manage these threads to keep them 'civil' and sadly the members do not help us enough with this. We would like to keep them open but the minority are spoiling it for the majority. I won't be responding on this thread anymore, I have some life stuff to get on with. .
  3. David Humphries
    Keys came out of my pocket. .
  4. David Humphries
    Looks like Polyporus squamosus aka Cerioporus squamosus, dryads saddle . .
  5. David Humphries
    Fair bit of erosion there, on the estate? Good to see you posting again David .
  6. David Humphries
    Cook pine trees lean towards the equator wether they are north or south of their natural range https://www.newscientist.com/article/2133476-the-strange-cook-pine-trees-that-always-lean-towards-the-equator/ .
  7. David Humphries
    Liking those last two images John .
  8. David Humphries
    Ooziwooziglobulosis perhaps? .
  9. David Humphries
    Looks to me like the Gummosis It's not really a disease, more a symptom. The oozing may be caused by root dysfunction directly associated with that part of the lower trunk. The ground surface material kinda looks like a recent addition? is it possible that the roots were damaged? The first leaf image shows a leaf miner trail, no real problem in itself The second leaf image shows caterpillar feeding, no real problem in itself. Cherries can live for years with trunk gummosis, it's really all about how healthy the roots are in situations like this. .
  10. David Humphries
    Quite a few Oysters out round here now. Have to say that I'm a little surprised that you got new fruiting bodies to fruit again from stem fragments of an old Fb you stuffed in to some drilled holes in fresh(ish) wood. The commercial growers who sell inoculated dowels will love you ! Lol .
  11. David Humphries
    Looks like G. australe to me Darrin .
  12. David Humphries
    The variable grey spotted amanita, (Amanita exelsa var. spissa) here on the roots of beech in Epping forest .
  13. David Humphries
    Indoor table it is then Nicholas .
  14. David Humphries
    Day delegate is; £150 member, £175 non member if booked early or £175 member £225 non member thereafter. Arboricultural Association - Arboricultural Association 50th Conference, 2016 .
  15. David Humphries
    Blimey, my memory is Rubbish, I was at conference at both Exeter and Egham .
  16. David Humphries
    Hopefully catch you there. it was at Exeter Uni in 2015, did you miss it? .
  17. David Humphries
    1 & 3 (which present as identical drills) show that there is largely intact functional wood (apart from the dip from 14 cm to 20 cm which may be a pocket of decay) Where as the second drill shows almost no resistance (so decayed wood volume) from about 5 cm inward. A vast difference in the functional outer sapwood areas between the two/three graphs. As long as the needle chisel is sharp, setting 3 should be OK for oak. .
  18. David Humphries
    were these taken at different points on the tree? graphs 1 & 3 are the same drill, yes? graph 2 looks to be a completely different volume of wood. The blue graph shows the penetration rate of the resistance of the needle through the wood & the green graph (usually shown behind the blue, though you can switch that around) shows the torgue of the needle. .
  19. David Humphries
    Big job, great shots Nick. Did it fail at the roots or lower stem? .
  20. David Humphries
    Personally I would bin any discussion of politics or religion from ARB talk. Members who post on these threads (even if they are from a tree working background) have absolutely no idea of the damage they do to the sites reputation and its appeal to those who just want the site to stick to its fundamental original purpose, which is to talk about trees. You lot have highjacked it for your own selfish agendas. Shame on you all. .
  21. David Humphries
    Thanks for the update John, glad to hear that members of our community were there to show their support and respect. .
  22. David Humphries
    Just looks like one of the more common Ganoderma species to me Darrin. Perhaps G. australe. Did you take a wedge too look at the flesh and tube layer? .
  23. David Humphries
    Host coupled with pronounced stalk would suggest lucidum over resinaceum. .
  24. David Humphries
    Good one ! just needs a pair of boots and then its real life walking Ent ! Lol .
  25. David Humphries
    Reckon so. Nice lucidum Kev .

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