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I've contacted ebay to say its dangerous. Interesting to see if they remove it. Suspect not.
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managing a wood for the wood?
woodyguy replied to mattyboy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Hard to say without knowing the wood and the density. One acre isn't much. Thinnings from one acre isn't going to earn you much so again depends on how far away it is, how long it takes you, the access and what else you could be earning with the time. Sounds pretty borderline to me. -
Sounds a rip off. I work in green oak and it shrinks by 0.15% length and about 5% radius. That's going from freshcut to 10% (so less shrinkage for logs). So a 30cm log that's 3metres long has a volume of 0.85 cuM when cut and 0.78cuM when at 10% ie an 8.5% loss of volume.
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So where does Juglans Nigra (black walnut) fit in?
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One thing which roots almost anything is florist's oasis. This is a block of green granular material. you cut it into 1inch square but 6 inch deep pieces. You stick the cutting in rooting hormone, then push into the oasis and keep in a shallow tray of water. If you are working indoor under lights etc then this isn't expensive and massively increases your survival chance. Once the roots grow out the sides, you put up the whole thing. Just a thought and what I did when I wanted a few hundred box plants.
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Have pm'd you!
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If you cut your rounds pretty much all the same length, then a vertical splitter doesn't have to be that slow. If I set the stop on mine about one inch above the log, and if it splits easily, will only need to descend about 3 inches before letting it rise and moving the log around. Works best with larger diameter rounds as you can then keep the whole round on the table.
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Encourage him to involve the council. Provided you get a reputable opinion you have nothing to be afraid of. Just to explain "root graft"- many trees link up with their neighbours of the same species below the ground through their roots. So poisoning a stump of one can poison the next door tree as well. Not a good idea.
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Makes my mouth water. Best in an omelette.
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Not sodium chloride which is table salt and will poison the soil for many years. They used to use Sodium Chlorate which was effective. You can buy Roundup pro on ebay and that gives the best price. 500ml per 10litres is a 2% solution and that will kill brambles nicely (I know I've just treated an acre or so)
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Poor growth at the tops of young trees
woodyguy replied to Lin11's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
The Birch, Sorbus and Robinia all prefer drier soils. So water logging may well be stunting their growth. -
Imported kiln dried logs - does anyone actualy buy them?
woodyguy replied to ash_smith123's topic in Firewood forum
If the trees in my wood take 70 years to mature and I cut down 1/70 each year for firewood, then that is renewable and co2 neutral. Deforesting third world countries is not renewable and therefore isn't carbon neutral. Once burnt the CO2 is released and not captured by newly growing forest. Transporting that unsustainable wood halfway around the world by filthy container ship burning dirty fuel oil and then 100's of miles by lorry only compounds the original problem. Buy locally! -
I bet he was saw afterwards.
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Imported kiln dried logs - does anyone actualy buy them?
woodyguy replied to ash_smith123's topic in Firewood forum
And if we were being environmentally friendly then we'd buy your logs in preference because they are renewable (generally) and have travelled a very small distance. So paying £160 for local logs even if kiln dried were cheaper at £125 would be the kind to the planet thing to do. Deforestation of third world countries is a serious worldwide issue. -
Imported kiln dried logs - does anyone actualy buy them?
woodyguy replied to ash_smith123's topic in Firewood forum
Although Daniel has a small point on some areas, to then suggest that using filthy fuel oil in unregulated container ships to bring in timber cut in a non-renewable way in third world countries to fuel his pretty stove, blows it all out of the water. Yes many of our habits are not very planet friendly but kiln dried tropical woods via container ships then long road transport, basically lines up all the lemons and would be hard to invent as a ridiculous environmentalist joke. -
Get the pub to involve his local councillor and get a few of the local drinkers to do likewise. If councillors get more than two letters on any item then they act very quickly. They can boot the TO better than anybody.
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Where's the 100ft tree?
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found a link to it Brushcutter/Strimmer 3 Tooth Mulching Blade | eBay
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No it's a mulcher but because it has three blades not two they dont' turn down as much and it weighs at least 100g more. Same idea and pretty good but the stihl steel is superior.
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Put it the other way. If people had been climbing with the simplicity of SRT for many years and someone came along saying "hey lads I've got a great idea, you can climb on a doubled rope pulling yourself up the other strand." Do you think it would catch on?
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The tri blade has mildly turned down edges and is fine. The stihl is like a mower blade ie very robust with a 90 degree turn down. It is lighter than the triblade but more robust (as less area). It holds its edge well and having done an acre with each, I much preferred the STihl blade.
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I don't know if you all realise but Asulox is available for a short period until end of Oct 2013. As someone with a bracken problem, I've stocked up!
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I use a 560 which is superb. The two bladed Stihl mulcher is much better than the orgegon tri blade by the way (compared them both recently). Cracking machine, very powerful but heavy. Mulches the brambles down to really short lengths and gets most of the roots out as well if you're in woodland soil.
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The beal 10.5 is basically Antipode which is sold for caving ie static. This is very good value and can often be picked up for little more than £1 per metre.
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In California many have their tops blown out and regrow. Not sure that that translates to being fine in an urban environment. Having stood beneath General Sherman you realise the magnificence of these trees. Not really suited to a Sussex housing estate though!
