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The pics really don't do it justice, lots cavities and old wounds, and obviously hollow under those roots/butt. Home to all manner of beasties lucky kids with that outside their primary school!
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Seems like the right thread for this beast I glimpsed today... A not too shabby 7.5m girth at the narrowest point above the root flare, and a crown spread of about 23m!
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Aha, thank you...
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Ditto, what's PLP?
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It's ok, I'm sure his insurance would cover it...
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Sell it for fire wood on eBay...
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Nothing like a secret public admission of guilt!
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Hama your inbox is full again! Cheers for posting it, I look forward to it :thumbup: so, who's next? -
Did it have an odour, was it frothy? If not was it gelatinous, slimy, fairly dry? Could it have been a Fuligo spp (candida?) or similar? Check Google for images, or it may be in the fungi directory?
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I always thought it was woolly aphid on beech hedge that itch. Check the underside of the leaves...
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Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, jelly on me plate !
sloth replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Aha, I'd better watch my P's and C's in future great photos -
That's an incredibly precise area and cubic meterage! :eek: seriously though, hope someone can help
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Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, jelly on me plate !
sloth replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Fantastic pics I have found Jews ear (is that pc now?) to be rather tasteless. David, is that a young Phallus? If so would it be the odd one out, ie not a jelly fungi, or are there others (Fuligo?) as well? -
Interesting post... As a retired arborist highlighting this fact(?) What do you hope to achieve? The felling, grinding and chipping of many tpo trees to allow 'development progress'? If what you say is true, and I suspect it isn't that simple, then I'm fairly sure something would be done about it bloody sharpish, lest we lose potentially hundreds of high value amenity trees in favour of more light or another conservatory!
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Yep, I think it has just as valid a place in urban as it does in rural locations. What with Victorian lime avenues, and city planes etc. Also a good alternative (continuity and creation of biodiverse habitats etc) to smaller species of street trees, as you can have your easily pollarded, 'small' tree, atop a clear bole to allow passage of people and vehicles
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Pollarding (covered in section 7.10) is fine. Whether creating a new pollard, or re-pollarding you can do it, lapsed pollards however may be better treated with crown reduction. It's down to you to apply for what you think is most suitable...
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Went in to buy 2stroke, ended up placing an order for new saw, surely?
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Number 3 on this list http://lawrencerspencer.com/2011/05/23/15-best-bonsai-trees/
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that makes sense, however I can't find any reference to say you must round up to the nearest increment in annex D? I am trying to set up an Excel spreadsheet to do it for me, somehow incorporating the rounding to annex D figures, if need be. And yes, multistems can be a pita... Ta
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Ok, maybe I am looking at this wrongly through sleep deprived eyes, but: - BS5837 section 4.4.2.6 says measure stem diameters to the nearest 10mm - section 4.6.1 says diameters measured in accordance with annex C, and RPA determined from annex D - annex D has diameters in increments of 25mm, so that RPA radii (is that even a word?!) increase by 0.3m a time, for ease of laying out protection on site presumably. Should RPA's be taken from annex D, or is it just a guide? Or, should they simply be plotted on the TPP as 12 times stem diameter? Thoughts and opinions please.....
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:thumbdown: not cool at all!
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Hmm, I hate how women's minds work! You really can't win
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Would have been too easy with the base don't worry, take more than that to tar your rep!
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Many factors to consider, site soil conditions would be so variable as to be impossible to give general species depth tables. What is the purpose of the barrier? To prevent incremental root growth damage/lifting?
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Well done Graham, very quick off the mark! Tony, out of interest, what made you say nay to it? I guess if you don't need it Graham you'd be happy for mattmoss to take it? If so Matt pm your address and I'll send it on. Some more pics just for the sake of it... the 'root' a mature fruit body, unfortunately my phone autofocused on my jeans! the distinctive stem groove a typical dense tuft Perhaps Tony you could explain the body language in the following images if you have the time and inclination? The setting is a large predominantly oak woodland, part cleared for development maybe 30 years ago, this tree and others now in an informal mown lawn, beside main access road. Tree crown is full and healthy, no die-back...
