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I would include all education, tree related and other. Also any work, no matter what/when, plus references. Any hobbies, interests etc and brief description about yourself. I wouldn't stress to much about that, all cv's say hard working and honest! Try to give a sense of your personality and character through the things you do and have done, sell yourself as a person, not just human with relevant tickets. Good luck!

Brief review here for any one interested http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=43163

Two votes for reduce

I know... think maybe you misinterpreted it. I meant I always wondered, assumed it would be genetic, turns out it is

Pretty impressive! Good find:thumbup:

Interesting. Always wondered but never thought to look, thought it would be genetic...

I can sea this thread being full to the bream with fish jokes. Maybe we should seal it closed, before someones eelings get hurt...

Classic derail! but let's not keep baiting each other and get back on the line...

Hi all, I am unable to perform the above service for a client of mine. It is only a small garden being developed at a property in Colchester. Is anyone on here able to offer this service, if so can you give me a ball park figure? It would be good to know someone, even if not for this particular job, to use in the future. Thanks...

Cheers. Very familiar with the sexual fb, never to my knowledge come across the asexual anamorph. It looks almost like a malformed normal fb. Do any other principle wood decay fungi have an anamorph form? What are the benefits/why would the fungi do this, does it produce spores even? Thanks again...

Do you have any pics of confistulina? I can't seem to Google any, unless they look the same as F hepatica. Please could someone also explain the difference, and why it may fruit one way rather than the other. Many inquisitive thanks...

The Collins guide is a good one, about a tender on amazon I think. Or an older one from a charity shop could be good enough, the names of trees don't change that often!

Split, it will burn by next winter ok

Dry it should be fine

Thank you, I suspected you'd have an answer!

I dont know if this is the right thread to be asking this in, but... I have this Having followed the instructions, which consist of a pre-innoculated mushroom compost (dung and straw?) being left a few days then covered with moist peat, I fail to have shrooms after a month. Which should be plenty long enough. Instead I have healthy harvest of what appear to be the fungal equivalent of fruit flies?! What could they be, and how might I get rid of them and get the shrooms I am after? I have wondered whether maybe woodlice or millipedes etc may predate on their larvae? Sorry for the odd question, feel free to ignore it! Thanks either way...

I may be wrong, but I don't think a council can refuse consent unless the client uses an arb approved company. If permissions, where necessary eg tpo, are granted then anyone can do the work. So long as it is to 3998 standards as requested on all consent letters.

Only looking on a tiny phone screen myself but I see (i think) - no evidence of lighting strike - a white fuzz and cubical rot, possibly Laetiporous mycelial felts - black stuff I can't see very well. Could be fire damage or Armillaria plaques? - doesn't look well compartmentalized, hence decay column close to surface, poor t:r ratio and failure. I imagine one of the mycophilic trio will confirm/deny/offer better suggestions. Did it come down in the strong winds we've had in the south east?

Ash...

I know where you're coming from. Last week I bumped into a school friend in tesco. Aged 17 I laughed at him, now he has a managerial position, 30,000 +, 5 days a week, 9-5. Who's laughing now I'm sure I've had more fun and kept fitter though, bar the worn joints bad back etc. But hey, could do your back in stacking shelves or slip on a spillage! Sure you'll do what's right for you

Think carefully about going into roofing, the grass is NOT always greener. A friend left roofing to start tree work and climbing at the same age as you, because the money was better! Turns out its about the same, and his days aren't any longer or shorter, depending on which company he is working for. Think about it, you love trees, and tree work! Do you really want to be stuck on a roof all day, or up a tree? They are both hard work. Maybe look at a different company, or assistant consultant, or start up yourself. I think its a career change you'd regret. Of course you can feel free to ignore me, its your life, but it would be a great shame for the arb world to lose someone with your passion and experience/knowledge.

Vascular connection, eg routes between leaves and roots for transporting water etc. Meaning leave whatever twigs and leaves that you can on the tree, rather than stripping them all off as a matter of course. This means the tree doesn't have to expend so much energy forming new connections via epicormic and adventitious growth, leaving what stored energy it has to concentrate on compartmentalizing against decay and forming new leaves; ready to replenish its reserves, for the inevitable re-pollard! I'm sure it will be fine

If/when this is felled, it would be good to see photos of the decay at the base

Agreed the fire looks to have been intense! There is no real way of knowing what damage has been done until the tree has had time to react to this event, and show through its 'body language' how it is responding to any damage. It doesn't look to be a particularly big or awkward tree to remove, whether there is a new fence or shed underneath it or not. Therefore the costs involved in its removal won't be significantly different either way, so why not try to retain it if you like it? It looks a nice tree, and as said before any dysfunctional/dead wood is great for biodiversity. It seems an unnecessary shame your insurance company has said it won't be covered. It may be worth asking them if they will cover it following an arboricultural/tree hazard and risk assessment stating whether or not it is actually safe, perhaps highlighting any management options or future concerns. Feel free to contact me for further info if you decide to go down this route. All the best, Kevin

Nope, but I'd like to. Bit pricey for me at the moment, hope you enjoy it though