Gary Prentice

I remembered which one of the series it was after posting. I remember buying these as they were originally published:001_smile:

I don't think this is one that's being reprinted, and not a bad price Principles Of Tree Hazard Assessment And Management Lonsdale David 978090097857 0900978570 | eBay

Think they're normally on common beech stocks Stubby.

It might be interesting to find some comparison studies after dark:biggrin: I'm surprised at a number of people I know or who I've met in the past who are uncomfortable or admit they avoid woods and forests of a night. A deep-seated inherent primeval instinct? I don't know, personally I'm more at ease in a wood than some urban areas at night:001_huh:

Yorkshire fire service used to have one with some special chain years ago. It cut slower but cut through metalwork nails etc to gain entry

Not rugged but my iPhone case is a tech21 impactology case. Slim and shockproof. Drop It daily and the phones fine after two years.

Damn you David, I can identify both the species of tree and the fungi for a change and then you've already cast your pearls of wisdom:biggrin:

An ex- boss kicked out at a new Audi Quattro (. It was many years ago) that had ignored a stop/go lollipop. And driven through at spreed. A size twelve steel toed boot can make a fair dent in a car door:biggrin: Funny enough the male driver didn't stop and the police didn't arrive later. Not that I condone the practice.

Do you work for us? I manage the business but you've just described the owner. He's the one who turns up on a construction site to make the numbers up with no hi-viz, a helmet sans visor and probably trainers as he's left his boots in his car/locker/kitchen

Think I'd rather have shingles than to spend the rest of life with a pollen allergy. And I know shingles ain't pleasant

Have you read glyn Percival's article in the last journal? I read it yesterday and wonder if there's a link between the soil moisture and the decay in that many trees!

Looks like enough of the owners family know and have seen enough that you don't need to be involved, other than to do what you've already done. Good position to be in and a good job too.

This then becomes an interesting ethical, moral and maybe even legal conundrum (I think that's the word I mean). The client is the neighbour whose actions may have led to the failures. Collecting evidence for the tree owner isn't in the best interests of the client. Completing the works involves trespass and conversion/theft by removing the tree from the owners property. A tangled web.

It reads that the owners are away and the neighbour (who's paying) is looking to remove all the evidence before they return.

Does it count if it's still in the pot?

At the risk of sounding pedantic, how does this differ from Chalara? With that disease being introduced into an ecosystem that hasn't evolved with it. The mortality rate of Chalara seem to be in the region of 95-98%, so some individual trees will survive it and in time, would reproduce to create a tolerant population. (As I understand occurs in Chalara's natural geographical environment.) Are you saying that with Xylella fastidiosa, for some reason there will be no natural resistance all all? 100% mortality after colonization. In the eighties DED appeared to be a disaster, changing the landscape forever. The landscape changed but did it really matter? Nature is always changing and adapting. Is globalization simply accelerating the process to the extent that we're becoming overly concerned about it? I heartily agree with your comments about monocultures, whether in hectares of commercial woodland or urban street planting - the more diversity there is the lower the risk of a single pathogen seriously affecting the landscape.

We sometimes assume, mistakenly, a level of knowledge or degree of common sense in others. With hindsight, I should have written a specification for when and how much to irrigate, or taken that on myself. I assumed that 'water it when it needs it' was adequate instruction.

Why not monkey puzzles? I moved a semi-mature one ( 300dbh) for a new garage to be built. We put irrigation pipe work in and initially it looked promising. After twelve months it declined but it turned out the builders were watering it by putting a hose pipe in all day, three or four days a week. I wondered how successful it might have been otherwise.

Luv it Showed my better half, "it's very good, but I'm not keen on it!" Pulling a similar face.

I can't find the articles as yet, but have found a few bits that Frank Rinn sent me himself, smashing chap. I'll send them on tonight. I'll find the ISA stuff tonight when I have a bit more time and send them too.

You'd only do a week, buy all the shiny stuff and go back climbing.

I'll dig it out. I'll speak to OMBC to see what they've got that may be suitable for your testing, in case we have nothing at the time.

Someone approached us today so it turned out good. But because of the damage to the adjacent garage by direct contact of the roots we turned up to find the trunk surrounded by supporting scaffolding. The plan seems to be to deconstruct the wall, excavate the footing so we can grind the stump from underneath it. The scaffold meant we had to leave the stem at 4-5 m, which we'll take down in a few weeks. Can I contact you in due course when we get a date to finish? With a bit of luck we can arrange something then. The jobs IIRC is at what used to be the Lord Nelson on Kearsley Hall Road? Gary

Cheaper than the AA Conferences too, I met Paul briefly at Warwick last year. Gary