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Hey guys, c'mon! I'm not asking you to do it for me! I was asking your advice, as working arborists, which I am not. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my post. Cables are not something covered by the course... which, I guess, is something that I can feed back... Cheers guys, Adam

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Thanks guys for your feedback. Attached is a zoomed in shot of one of the braces. As for targets, the trees have high/very high targets in a high/very high risk area - children, families, mop (invited) and 'trespassers' too. Oh and a dogs So, all the braces are the same as this one, all installed at the same time. Re-instate from the same anchors, or remove and replace higher as suggested? Many thanks, Adam

Ladies and gents, Help please! I have no experience of working with cable bracing whatsoever and would really appreciate some help and words of wisdom Hypothetical recommendations for a real-life situation (uni assignment). Avenue of 88 years old F. sylvatica some cabled, some not. Of those that are, some are intact and some have snapped. From a management recommendation stance, what do I recommend for the trees with snapped braces? I have no idea how long they've been snapped, but long enough for them to have gone very rusty. They are an old type that are drilled into the co-dom, but not all the way through. Am I correct in thinking that it would be poor to recommend removing the bolts as this will leave a massive great hole that will allow in P&D. It could be argued that the cabling wasn't needed at the time of prescription. If I decide to recommend re-instating the braces, what happens to the old ones? Many thanks for your time. Adam

I think I'm definitely in the camp of not felling unnecessarily but I can see the arguments for not planting Ash in the urban environment. I still believe we're heading for a range of tree stock that's made up of about 4 species. It can't continue. Something needs to be done to find more stock that is suitable for the urban environment: *pollution tolerant *good aesthetics - either in fruit, bark, leaf or a combination of all *strong *not liable to branch drop *minimal blossom/fruit drop *good P&D resistance *good tolerance of differing soil types I don't think it's much to ask, really...

It is a very difficult decision and whatever is used to replace the felled trees will, obviously, take a long time to get to the size the Ash was offering. It saddens me that some of the decisions to fell will be based purely on the risk of litigation. Thoughts on suitable replacement stock in the urban environment?

I agree that the comparisons to meat trade are different, but it was an interesting suggestion on how the media may have handled it. I'm just trying to get to the bottom of whether AD is anywhere as serious as DED, AOD or SOD, or whether it will be a controllable situation within, say, 10 years. Is it going to get to the stage that HC Bleeding Canker has, where it's hard to find a tree that isn't affected? From the point of view of the urban tree manager, thinking of all the liabilities, duties of care, etc, are they better to fell and replant, or build in a shorter inspection cycle and use reaction maintenance, hoping their Ashes last as long as possible? Regarding replanting, what would you consider to be a suitable replacement species? My concern is by replanting, the pallet will get narrower and narrower until we get to an almost The SIMS-like stage: "click here to insert one generic broadleaf tree"; "click here to insert one conical-shaped pine tree"

Thanks for your thoughts guys. Is a lack of genetic diversity an issue across the UK, irrespective of species? There are, in some cases, hundreds of variations within a species, yet we continue, particularly in urban environments, to plant from the same limited pallet. Therefore, when a pest or disease attacks, it smashes it way through multiple hosts because they're all related to each other. So, as Glynn Percival of Bartlett commented the other day, we need to treat the patient, not the pest/disease/infection. Do we need to mass-fell all of the Ash and plant a different species altogether? Do we fell and replant a different cultivar in the hopes that it will be resistant? Or do we attempt to control Chalara itself, leaving the established trees in place and treat the individual trees? Yes I agree that the media have assisted in highlighting the disease to the general public and there is no doubt that they have blown it up to sell papers, as only the media can. However, is it a result of the FC publishing notices, or did they pick it up first and run with it? Any further comments greatly received. Thanks in advance.

Good evening, Currently writing an assignment for Y3 of my Arboriculture degree. Interested to gather your thoughts – whatever they may be – on the following statement: “Ash Dieback (Chalara fraxinea) poses a threat to the Ash population in the UK. However; • it is not the next Dutch Elm Disease; • it conveniently arrived at a time when the Forestry Commission was facing budget cuts and they convinced the DEFRA that this disease posed enough of a threat to the nations UK Ash population to justify their funding; • the severity and risk has been dramatised by the press” ANY feedback, arguments or thoughts on the above will be greatly appreciated. This does NOT reflect my personal opinions. They are merely intended to be thought and discussion provoking.

Evening ladies and gents, I'm after some juicy images of digger tracks driven through RPA/Z's please for an assignment - can anybody help me out? I really didn't anticipate it would be that hard to find on Google... Many thanks, Adam