David Humphries
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Privately owned Highway side verge, couple of miles away from my manor. Looks purdy don't it. .
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Tree Owner, Landscapers, Contractors, Local TO?
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Dum vivimus vivamus So many variables govern how much freedom we have to adopt this motto. Great philosophy though. .
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Hazard???? landlord wont do anything!!
David Humphries replied to treewizard's topic in Picture Forum
Oh dear, Oh dear. Ganoderma, nasty. Based on the photos, (which is not proven evidence by any means ) we are talking removal here. I don't know anyone that would put their rep to retaining this one. Don't think further decay detection will tell you much more than is already evident. IMO, mitigation pruning works are not the long term answer. Out of interest, what are the particular targets. Judging by the chimney, I'm guessing residential area, right? . -
Very well done Nick, good on ya. Keep on with the learning, it never stops. .
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biggest fear when you was a young climber?
David Humphries replied to vduben's topic in Climbers talk
An old climbing buddy of mine was de-ivying some oaks, when his (large DMM I think it was) Karabiner, got itself rubbed open by the ivy, his prussick then popped out sending him crashing 40ft down on to a huge pile of hedra. After both having recovered from the shock of it, we then proceeded to pee ourselves senseless, with only his pride left bruised. Needless to say, that prompted us to invest heavily in a complete Krab restock immediately . -
Ganoderma applanatum Dead or Alive?
David Humphries replied to stevelucocq's topic in Tree health care
You da girl Becca . -
This is the Ginkgo at Kew. Has had serious compaction issues over the years.
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From planting height to the top of the Cafe roof is at least 30 feet. I know this as I errect the hanging baskets twice a year My height barely reaches the start of the canopy. And I'm no giant .
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Ginkgo was introduced here in to the uk, from China in the eighteenth century .
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Heres one planted in the twenties on my turf. It's approximately 90 foot. This particular picture does not do the autumn colour justice.
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I reckon about April-May either 1926 or 27 .
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Thanks for the reply Drew. Does sound fun, did you need to crank them back with a winch or just by hand/rope? .
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Never come across that one before Drew, but it is very encouraging to hear. How long were/are the branches to be tied back? .
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have to say it J,...........................................imagine what you could get upto with the girlfriend and a couple of good splices :wink: .
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Oooh,, suits you sir ! Just kidding, got any pics, sounds good. .
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Not strictly for kids, but if you fancy a busmans, get to Windsor Great Park, see the fantastic veteran Oaks. .
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How do you know? .
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Give up, sounds like Martian Red Weed to me. Reckon pictures would be the way to go.
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I went up in the MEWP, cleaned the gutters of a three storey building then positioned the basket over the ridge of the building and abseiled out of the basket to check and clean the othe side which was 5 storey at the back Jeez Louise, you sure got some ongoin' adrenalin issues there Deano. .
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Something more akin to this, maybe ?
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Sounds like a puff ball of some sort. Do you have any pictures? Was it like this
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Why not Deer Antler, Mike?
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Damn Cowboys. With a free council tip a mile away, that takes brush and chips, and a green waste site (@ £35 t) just up the road, WHY do these .......(fill in the blanks), habitually persist in crapping on my doorstep? One time, unbeknown to them, the idiots had left a flyer in amonst the chip. Got a trap on their door from Mr plod.
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ArbScoot, En route to dead wood the folks Ash tree. Only real draw back; is the 3.5 tonne MEWP doesn't pull very well.
