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  1. Adam M
    They tend be treated with pretty grim chemicals which I wouldn't want leaching into a watercourse. Avoid.
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    Hi, Just testing the water really. I have a line of conifers to come out behind my office. There's going to be plenty of wood available if anyone wants to collect it. We can leave in handleable lengths (6foot or thereabouts). There's quite a few m3 to come out. Here's a photo of them standing. They were topped out at the top of the photo a few years back so all that's higher is getting chipped. Is anyone interested?
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    Field maple innit? Acer campestre.
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    empty nests always get rammed in a nearby hedge or tree.
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    Rigidoporus

    Adam M replied to sean's topic in Fungi Pictures

    I see your foot and raise you another foot, again on beech, at 6foot(ish) Probed with professional 90cm bbq utensil.
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    Dawn redwood Cedar of Leb. Hornbeam
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    Strouts & Winter suggest scrubbing the fluffy white bits with a mild detergent periodically. The tree could miraculously overcome this. How is the drainage around it? Drought (yeah not this winter maybe lol) can compound issues with beech bark disease. Perhaps you could lay down a 4" deep layer of mulch (preferably hardwood chip) underneath the entire crown. This will help moderate water loss from the soil through evaporation as well as give a slow-release of nutrients, control of weeds and more importantly assisting the development of myccorhiza (also assisting with water and nutrient availability and uptake). If you choose to mulch, leave a small buffer zone of a few inches around the root collar and any significant surface roots.
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    Can't remember what make this tree was but think it was a champion, also from Arkinglas;
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    A grand fir at Arkinglas Woodland Garden in Scotland. Think it was a champion??
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    Yes the BB one was Dave. I had the Vet tree book in my bag and was half tempted to get him to sign it but got prang that I might look too keen! It was a good day. The LTOA day had a poor lunch; there was no Indian or even Thai buffet. Not even a splattering of chicken jalfezi, no bombay potatos or anything. Ancient trees look dangerous, should probably have them all out, to be safe.
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    Did the L4 last year, pti year before. seminars: ancient tree mgt at Burnham Beeches LTOA veteran trees Got QTRA next month, Mattheck seminar whenever that is. And I read the Lonsdale book on the bog quite often.
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    Should have sectioned it to be safe.
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    Have you confirmed the fungi? Have you confirmed the extent of decay? There's quite a few things you could do to save it. Without seeing it though it's difficult to say which is most appropriate.
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    Is that Morecombelake? I did a survey on the st gabriel's stream in 2001. it's a lovely area!!
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    Popped to Hinton Ampner the other day. Gonna return with my camera at the weekend and take some pics of some proper bangin' oaks similar to the one Ben just posted. Didn't realise there were quite so many goodn's so close-by!
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    started krav again a few weeks ago. dont feel half the level I left at. looking forward to catching up.
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    have you got your sums right on felling volumes?
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    oi oi, the Research for Amenity Trees series has been released by the AA, although will require you to sit down as you add up the prices, if you get all of them.... Principles Of Tree Hazard Assessment And Management 2013 Edition: Research For Amenity Trees 7 Unsure if the books have been updated though as seems to be the same edition numbers as the last release.
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    Hi, Following on from Sloth's post about QTRA, does anybody use THREATS for surveying? From the paperwork available online (http://www.flac.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/THREATS-GN-June-2010.pdf) it suggests you can use it without having been trained in it (although there is a disclaimer of sorts, which doesn't make it clear whether it can be used defensibly without it). I emailed JFL about this, as I had seen there was training available in it, also asking for clarification of whether anyone is entitled to use it but never received a reply. I've had a play with it and it seems fairly straightforward. I'm not after some sort of bunfight about qtra vs threats, but how do people get on with it and how did you start using it? Ta!
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    QTRA users...

    Adam M replied to sloth's topic in General chat

    hi, I'm not currently a qtra user but am doing the training next month. my boss and another colleague are although now I'm there they no longer do surveys themselves so wouldn't say they are current users. I.understand that I won't be using it for every tree, but will be using where there are grey areas perhaps involving lower frequency use vs large diameter deadwood, if you get what I mean (can't quite put to words what I mean by this). I guess it will back me up when I'm speccing potentially controversial work. while I'm doing the training I'm not entirely convinced by it and after looking at the THREATS methodology and recording form, I would much rather be using that. one thing I hope to do once qtra trained is to compare the application of this and THREATS to see how zoning compares and which one is the most cautious. sorry can't help anymore than that.
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    I've been umming and ahhhing about getting an Xperia Z tablet as I'm so impressed with the phone version. It's supposedly very accurate with its GPS and it is semi-waterproof with fastenings over any plug holes. Trying to justify the spend though over other tablets that are half the price.
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    Dealing with the odd windblown here and there is good, interesting work. Maybe even the odd double/triple. I imagine dealing with tangles of 20+ would be a nightmare.
  24. Adam M
    My mate from work showed me that you can edit maps on Google Maps. My mind was blown. Does the GPS on tablets count against any data usage or is it separate from data plans?
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    ditto

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