Matthew Corran

Come on then let's see everyone's final efforts! Here's mine, I've had enough it's got to go now!

Just found out I failed on the theory side. GUTTED!

Doesn't surprise me though to be honest as I flapped a bit on the exam and, well read above, need to learn how to spue out Matheck and Shigo word for word in order to get through it.

 

Did well on the inspections and Fungi though, so there's a positive

 

Best get my head in the books for next time!

I hope I didn't put you on the wrong track by saying you didn't need all those books, our tutor was very good and any info not in the workbook he provided, and you just needed to learn it parrot fashion!

Wouldn't fancy bumping into you down a dark ally matt.

Ha ha it keeps scaring me every time I look in the mirror and I've forgotten it's there!

Nope tash only!

 

Honestly the girls love em!

Not sure about that, my wife reckons it's the best form of contraceptive ever!

I'm in! The wife is away for the weekend and will go nuts when she sees it, but all in a good cause!!

Just done mine last week with Chris Simpson, I thought he did a really good job and I learnt lots, don't know if I have passed yet tho! Hopefully get the results on Monday!

There is a long list of books you should take with you but I found the Arb associations fungi on trees the best book for all the fungi, I put little post it's with all the colonisation strategies, rot type and relevant info on for quick reference

A good tree id book, and most of the info was all in the workbook provided on the course, and that was all you needed.

We had a time limit of 1 hr for the 20 questions, 40 mins for 2 tree inspections, and I think it was 30 mins for the four fungal indents.

I'm sure I was taught that Conifers will lay down wood on the compression side of a leaning tree to push itself upright.

Broadleafs will lay down wood on the tension side of a tree to pull itself upright.

But when it comes to lateral limbs they will all lay down extra wood on the compression side against the implied force.

Looks like a tree pruning method called Shredding where all side branches are removed leaving the main trunk and top growth. Harvested for firewood and animal fodder.

I'm probably way off!

Did it. Not in shape right now. So 1.44

 

Good man! I wimped out and didn't run after as I have got a bit of a cold hanging over me! Looks like u had fun!

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Here's one I came across last week, there's a good bit if info on it on the kew website!

http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Sparassis-crispa-.htm

We have changed the brake bands on our 550 about 4 or 5 times in the last 12 months and even the new design band only lasted about a month!

Yes it was quite an impressive display, although the photo is poor quality! with last years fruiting body in the cavity behind.

Yes a very large London Plane.

A few fungi from the last few days

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The Grifola on sweet chestnut was a new one on me!

We recently bought the harkie smocks got them for £75 each ( we bought 4). first day wearing them I couldn't believe how much I sweated in them! I opened the zip and it was like a kettle going off in my face with all the steam that came out of my top! I was soaked through!

Anyone doing mudrunner, Eastnor castle next Sunday? Wasn't planning on it but a mate dropped out so got a free entry!

Great bits of kit, don't think you,d get many young uns to use them now adays, no radio/air con etc

U beat me to it, we got some pics just like those, will dig them out!

That looks like a beauty! We used to have one, no where near as nice as that tho! I will try to post a pick later!

Nylon head on the Thor is fine for knocking in tags, would the steel ball bearings in the hultafor be a nuisance when sounding a tree?

Don't come across hornets that often, it's more often bees or wasps, it's not too bad if your on the ground and can run away, it's quite amusing seeing people running across a field stripping off their clothes as they go, when wasps have gone up their trouser leg! but up a tree it's a different story! We are better prepared these days!

My old man is 61 and still the hardest worker on site, he shows all the younger guys how it's done! I got a small tree hung up the other day and he comes over to help me, I say don't worry I will cut it out, no he says I got this and he throws himself up in the air in a move that any wrestler would have been proud of and smashes it to the ground! I was chuckling all day!

Definitely gonna do more, perhaps the total warrior as suggested above!

Ok thanks it just didn't look right to me.