sloth

Discovered my old copy of Beastie Boys Hello Nasty earlier. Hadn't heard it for years, made an otherwise boring drive to work epic!

Cheers Beardie spot on. Currently thinking the 'mint' could be another herb, majoram perhaps. ..

That takes the P, whoever paid good money for a report like that ought to complain until it's sorted.

Wow scary old timer Germans! :eek:

That would be my guess too

That's ludicrous! What use is a tree survey to identify hazardous trees without a means to identify them and work recommendations to lower the risk? Report not fit for purpose, surely? I think I'd be telling the person who paid for the survey to complain. Not going to comment on prices of others, but if a customer or contractor couldn't use a map I'd provided I'd be sending a larger/clearer map free of charge. It doesn't take a lot! Some tags I see obviously have put on by someone with no history of working! I always avoid/clear a patch of ivy so the tag is visible for a year at least. Don't fix to cut branches that will occlude and pop of the tag after a couple of years. Don't attach to a part of the tree that you recommend for removal. Dont drive the nail home, leave some growing room. It's just common sense!

Was it even Halloween today? Didn't get one door knocker! My effort and a 3 year olds

Could be that they dont want the expense/extra time tagging them, or that the client won't pay for it. I share your frustration!

Nothing is certain apparently... ...though I think when is a fair assumption in this case!

Noticed the merip on this leaning sorbus a week ago, after the gales it leans a little more now! It's a 40mph main road through Colchester, if it fails the tips will be halfway across the far lane. The green circle is a branch hit by a vehicle since the partial failure. Last pic is a hispidus induced fracture hanging on. I was considering letting highways/the council know, now I definitely will! Job for tomorrow...

Smell o vision would be good! Cheers Swordsta

Cheers for the replies guys the 'mint' I thought was mint too, but it only has a faint odour which isn't even minty! I'm surprised no one knows the last one, it's such a strong and familiar scent, even from just touching the leaves...

My wife has acquired these plants with some second hand pots. There are 5 different plants here, the last two are the same, and smell very good. It reminds me of something possibly edible, and is very familiar. Any ideas appreciated thanks

The scales can wash off as the cap expands. It was the first pic that suggests it to me, the stems look shaggy...

This same tree suffered in the recent winds. Suprised the council didn't have it gone after the last failure. The other trees on the road had been worked since

Hi James, good to see you here

Thanks David, and yes, pulmonarius!

Cheers for the replies fellas, I shall let the wife know!

I'd say salt spray is likely too, as the damage is all roadside. One other consideration is the bus stop, how long do buses wait there? Is there any chance the exhaust fumes could be belching out into the tree on a regular basis?

Also, what do you make of these pics? I'm in two minds and wondering if there's a third option I'm missing! Shape + slice colour don't = a clear answer of R.u or P.f to me...

David, what makes you say dryinus rather than pleurotus?

Ganoderma, possibly applanatum, on the ash. Can cause a nice hollow, a healthy ash can live with this a long time, especially a pollard. Hard to see the second, were the stems snd caps covered in scales? If so Pholiotta squarrosa.

Something like this, to fit a 28mm curtain pole. No need to worry about holes for the screws though.

That's the sort of thing yes, but I really need them in wood...

Interesting one here, big old oak by a fairly busy country road (40mph limit but up to 60 not unusual). I did wonder if this was originally two trees, but think it is actually one twin stemmed. Triple decay and as can be seen in the last pic - Meripilus on the left, Perenniporia/Rigidiporus in the middle below the union and Ganoderma Resinaceum on the right. 1st - The merip is fruiting from exposed heartwood, which still sounds solid. The line in the bark above it I think is probably where two original buttress roots met, long since decayed and where the merip is now fruiting. 2nd - I am leaning towards Perenniporia, but could be swayed! Plenty of reiterating roots in this area. 3rd - The resinaceum was guttating, not noted that before. There was also about 1m of dead loose bark above it, with solid sapwood beneath. The bark is showing signs of some serious tension at the twin stem union, on the side of the tree you can't see. It looks like the stem with merip (the side furthest from the road) is the subsiding side. There are no cavities or fruiting bodies on the other side of the tree. Initial thoughts on management are that further decay detection/investigation would be too expensive on a large tree stock with limited funds for inspection and works. It is a prominent tree in Constable country and losing it would be a great shame. It has a very healthy, spreading crown. It is nearly 20m tall and almost as wide. I'm thinking approx 4m reduction all over canopy. A little much maybe? But I'm thinking something must be done to seriously lessen failure, monitor the trees response and consider further reduction in future.