Gary Prentice

We availed ourselves of your offer today, I don't know who our lad saw when he landed but thank you. Helped us out a lot:thumbup1:

Needle blight is a bit of a generic term in itself, but searching Cedar needle Blight does bring up the cause as Sirococcus. I think someone else on here has also said it's in Ireland. It seems quite widespread, I'm seeing two or three new examples per week.

Oh for a perfect world:biggrin:

Seeing lots like that, so I think its unlikely to be due to the local environment. I think it's due to a leaf rust/fungus. Initially the leaf is yellow/orange, then brown before abscised and falls off.

might be a bit more meaningful if the group was renamed 'All lives matter' Just saying like

Good point, but is it even possible to these helmets could be degraded in such a short period and if they can, wouldn't the manufacturers be aware of it? I don't profess to understand the manufacturing process, but imagine colour is only to do with dyes, not the structural integrity of 'plastic'. Either way, personally I'd be going back to the supplier and asking questions to resolve some doubts.

Knowledge of the spread may be useful for determining the use of the species in planting schemes etc. Looks like another species on the 'do not plant' list. It's funny, but all my own literature identifies this as a nursery problem yet this is getting a real grip on some mature trees. More concerning is that the other Sirococcus species also colonies a large range of coniferous trees. That would cause some real problems.

No problem. I was more surprised at the speed of the FC's response.

You may be a bit limited in your options. The usual methodology is to remove the old Tarmac working off of it to avoid compaction then maybe root pruning, if the situation allows ( minimum number of sub 25mm roots if that won't affect either health or stability). Cell web or similar would be the usual option, a 3D stone retaining system that can surfaced over, but as a retro fit the problem is usually the raised levels complicates everything else. It's difficult/impossible to answer with limited info though. Can you post some pic's? Going back to the cycle path. The reason for its installation wasn't a need, but to reach a target of X number of km to secure external funding, the architect hadn't considered its placement in the RPAs at all and there was no consultation with the Arb department about how to implement the project without damaging the trees. Its frustrating for the tree people, the knowledge is there but the system fails time after time because of lack of Arb input. We're in the middle of a rush job felling trees for an access path for a school. I pointed out to the project manager that no tree loss necessary, it would be cheaper to use cell web and keep the trees. But the headmistress sees them as a liability, the LA think schools are responsible tree managers and timber volume is low enough not to need a felling licence. End result is yet more tree loss. Frustrating

I passed a brand new cycle path last week, nicely tarmaced and kerbed beneath some nice semi-mature maples. Yes the TO was aware of it, after the fact, when he turned up to view the pile of roots that the mini-digger had removed. "WTF were you thinking?" was, I'm told, pretty much his exact words.

Every tree health seminar I've been to over the last few years has menioned this and it's progress down the Canal de Midi. It's more a case of 'when' rather than 'if' it arrives.

Would have saved a fine:sneaky2:

Wonder what the Tree Officer thought about the act of setting into tree roots with any saw?

We've a job in Macclesfield this wednesday and are looking for somewhere to drop a load of chip and a load of timber - trees are a weeping willow and a birch. Can anyone suggest anywhere, it's a bit out of normal area so would prefer not to cart everything back. Gary

Does the tree have co-dominent stems higher up?

Got this back from the FC today, in response to some samples they requested and I provided about ten days back: We have now completed our test on the Atlas cedar and it tested positive for Sirococcus tsugae. There are no effective control measures for the disease. While good hygiene may reduce the spread of the disease, conidia of the fungus are dispersed by rain splash and strong winds are likely to disperse them over longer distances. This is a disease that was only detected here in Britain two years ago and we are still monitoring how it progresses. The fungus can cause up to 70% defoliation and if the cankers affect the main stem (and it is girdled), the tree might die. We had only a few reports of young trees dying. It seems to widely distributed locally for such a short time since it was detected in the UK.

I would have thought that, by definition, a trailer is something that carries something (goods). Therefore a chipper isn't a trailer but mobile machinery. A tracked chipper in a trailer would be a load and wouldn't be.

I don't have any real issues with ten, but my wife hates it. I'll show her the shells (for her computer) and see what she wants. I'm IT ignorant but she is definitely flintstone in her ways. Reloading/downloading the program again, re-installing the drivers for the licensing in the cmd window has finally worked. I'm now running in the wonderful world of CAD

You don't say:biggrin:

I'm getting on with W10 okay. IIRC I needed to upgrade to run some new software. It ran trouble free for several months then just started shutting itself down a few weeks ago. I run a system restore, reloaded a few apps and everything come good. I got into the DOS cmd window, as an administrator, but just keep getting a invalid file path message. Poking around I came across a page that shows all the file associations I.e, what app to run each file type. Exe files aren't shown at all, although I was able to run one to start to load another app. I deleted the file from the download file and left it downloading yet again last night. It's 1.3 GB so takes a while.

Thanks, I'll give it a go. We're having so many issues I'm scared of touching the thing anymore.

I downloaded the trial version of Keytree last week, installed it off the exe file and ran it no probs. After deciding to lease it for three months I got sent the full version. The PC noes tells me it can't run the exe file ( seems this isn't uncommon with Windows 10). I emailed keysoft and got this reply; · Ensure you are logged on as an Administrative user. · Click Start > Run > enter “cmd” and click OK · Type “cd\” and press enter · Type “cd\Program Files\Common Files\Keysoft Solutions\Licensing” and press enter · Enter the command “haspdinst –kp –fr –purge” (this checks the drivers have been cleared fully) · Enter the command “haspdinst –i” (this re-installs the drivers) Where's the start button on Windows 10? Does all the above have to be typed in the 'search' box at the bottom left corner of the screen. I'm pretty useless at this sort of stuff:blushing:

Someone's spending too much time alone in the woods:biggrin:

The absence of large roots crossing that divide is surprising.

I never post any, it's someone else.......