Paul Cleaver
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Hi Tony - Agreed - but I have found several times, where gardens have been old orchards, honey fungus highly concentrated. yes - and look for for areas whre the bark has lifted
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any mycelium under the bark at the base of the trees?
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was there an old orchard in the garden in the past - HF loves them
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he has got back and said - hard to tell from the pic exactly -but they are at least medieval and possibly roman
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grey ware = pots so not sure now - will show photo to an arky guy I know
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are they surface field finds or where you have been digging
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some of it looks like roman grey ware
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there you go AA have them in stock Claus Mattheck: The Body language of Trees Encyclopedia
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I bought the new re vamped edition in the spring for about £70.00 - surely they will continue this edition for a long time as its essential arb literature. I bought it from the AA
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Need help as the had me puzzled
Paul Cleaver replied to Rich Rule's topic in Tree Identification pictures
shame its coppiced -
Candyfloss flowered tree...
Paul Cleaver replied to meteorquake's topic in Tree Identification pictures
deffo cotinus - if you veiw the shrub at dusk you will see why its called the smoke bush -
seen some big ones at Kew
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is it a fell any dummy can do- if so he might realise this and go for the cheapest
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leaving the stumps in may attract honey fungus - laurel would be my choice as its quick growing and less susceptible to honey fungus than other hedge species , this is providing the school does not have really young pupils - laurel is poisonous of course
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only seen it once many yrs ago
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Unknown Trees... Dry Stone Wall... Can I grow a Beech hedge?
Paul Cleaver replied to slippy's topic in General chat
planting a hedge will push out the wall further in the future so I would repair the wall instead. root depth of trees is mostly dependant on soil type -
if the client is aware of the future management needed for the tree - fine - its better than no tree at all and is valuable ecologically for sure
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I used to use that method alot on branches that are dodgy to hold with your hands - often used to avoid over reaching (leads to less control) where you want to hold the branch when cut , hope that makes sense
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he will be flattened sooner or later if he does a few more hung up trees like that
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You have something to show the planning officer - see what their tree man says - don't be surprised if he wants an aborists report. If your not insured for consultancy get someone off the forum - there is bound to be someone near you.
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yes its looks like it to me I would take a closer look and establish how extensive the decay is - if not too bad, you may consider reducing it
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I cant tell from the pic what that is - there does seem to be some fibre buckling above the area which is not good
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you should have been a grey lag
