David Humphries
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I keep a couple of nylon hammers in my survey kit and dashboard, and agree that it is a very useful tool. However, I am currently assessing what to supercede our Arborsonic and/or our Dmp with, hence the Picus demo. Financing and logistics, are a conundrum for a later date. .
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Really want to save this old fella, but not prepared to throw big bucks at it yet (too many irons in the fire, atm) It's probably the last of the original plantings left in a Victorian orchard. If I do mulch out to the drip line, should I strip the grass and risk damaging feeder roots, or lay a permeable membrane and cover with woodchip etc? Please excuse my ignorance, as i have yet to mulch a large tree in such a densely grassed area before. Many thanks
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Here you go Butch. Knock yourself out. When I say a demo, i mean we had a play with it. http://www.sorbus-intl.co.uk/pdf/Sorbus-Picus%20T_C-UK-01-2008.pdf .
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We carried out a demo today, on an Fraxinus with Inonotus hispidus. Test height @ 4m, which was below the occluded wound on the rhs of the first picture. The disfunctional portion of the trunk is clearly shown between points 9 and 10 on the diagram, which are the two sensors in the middle of the second picture. Tomograph; courtesy of Ian Isaacs from Sorbus International limited.
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Nice shots Pete. Is the old girl scoping your arse or your gob? Where were you guys at? I was in West Runton for the last few days. .
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As you quite rightly point out Mr B, it is indeed an Araucaria araucana. .
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You poor fella, Auricaria auricaria is the spawn of the devil and is not good enough for the honest chainsaw. Cover the windows and Napalm the sucka Generally believe the Victorians had great foresight, but with this, they truly show their sadistic tendancies. .
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Great work fellas. Do you guys work together often? .
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Great shots Iain. Good to see people investing in the future. No offence implied, but looks like the "newbie" in the second last shot is fresh outta kintergarten. Was the job on anyway, or did you facilitate the spec for purpose? .
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Thanks for the nod Surrey, I just got back from being away for a few days, and had totaly forgoten Mr Doherty was on tonight. Think this is a cracking series Prefer Powters of Newmarket for the Sausage department .
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You need to up your work load Bob, and cut down heaps more of them there pesky Trees .
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Cool Shots V jealous .
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Cheers, Ben Ernie cuts a very follorn figure indeed these days, reduced to guarding the yard. Was much happier in his original environment. I have got work to be gettin on with ............honest .
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Alas; poor Ernie had to fly from his perch, as the great Burgers of Hampstead felt he may scare off the indigenous bird life. Appologies Bob, I appear to have highjacked your thread. .
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Just kidding, saw this at Burnham Beeches, and became inspired
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Ben, It came to me in a trance like dream one misty night, fuelled by inspired conversation and the intoxicating effects of fine old wine.
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Setting the MEWP up to gain 360 access for carving was a right bugger on that slope .
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
David Humphries replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Our old friend Ganoderma applanatum (?) on dead Salix alba monolith. -
"Fire in the hole" BELOW .
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....and Laetiporus sulphureus coming out of the cross section on the letter t. .
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Cool Pics, Tiago .
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Gave this a bash a couple of years ago. Affectionately called it Ernie.
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So if General Sherman was topped out (all be it naturally) by lightning, would you fell it because the late great Dr S said it wouldn't conform to his "groundbreaking biological idea" of CODIT. .
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I need to disagree with this part of your statement Jamie, although you qualify your bracketed opinion with a maybe, I believe this to be far too generalistic. Although, my life in trees is but a blink of an eye in the grand scale of things, I have however like many others, witnessed via carrying out and assessing, very old Trees that have had a variety of reductions ( be it Pollard & or Topping) retrench & recover from and adapt remarkably well, and in this process quite obviously extend their SULE, and mitigate any potential failure that those very works had been carried out for. Ofcourse, this is very much situation and species dependent. Btw, very good use of your time and obvious talents, Glen
