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  1. Paul in the woods
    Assuming the poster is in the UK then it would be very unliekly to be Xylella. I would grow olives in the UK in free draining soil in full sun. Just checking the RHS advice ( https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=138 ) it says waterlogging can be a problem and cause root rotting. Are you sure they are dead, olives can regrow from seemingly dead wood.
  2. Paul in the woods
    Any pics? Where are they, what soil are they planted in (not too wet etc), any signs of disease, any damage etc?
  3. Paul in the woods
    See p4 in this tread: https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/119667-stihl-500i-mods/page/4/ (Or read the instruction booklet).
  4. Paul in the woods
    https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/puss-moth Does sounds a likely suspect.
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    That's why I asked, the pop hawk moth 'pillars often eat some willows. Looking at the colouring though I'd guess elephant hawk moth and the 'pillars feed on bedstraws and willow herb so worth knowing what was growing around the tree.
  6. Paul in the woods
    I know you get clothes moths but didn't think anything ate synthetic rope. Looks like some form of hawk moth, anoying but rather interesting. What tree did you take down?
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    Do you always pay the full price on a new car, chipper or whatever or haggle? It could be that the person wants to make sure they've got the best price and if you say you can't lower it they're happy that they've asked.
  8. Paul in the woods
    Pear rust, Gymnosporangium sabinae. If you google it you get pics that match yours. Here's the RHS advice, I've not seen it myself. Pear rust WWW.RHS.ORG.UK European pear rust is a fungal disease of pear trees, causing bright orange spots on the leaves. It also affects junipers...
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    I've had a look at some historical auction prices and I'd say only about £50, poss £100 depending on size and condition in an auction. I'm sure someone would pay more for it if it was in a shop.
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    Yep, she'll pick her own raspberries, blackberries, peas, tomatoes, apples etc; eat bird and animal droppings etc but I've not noticed her take any interest in fungi. Does yours? I had worried a little as I suspect there are liberty caps about the place. Last thing I want is a normally mad lab having a trip.
  11. Paul in the woods
    I still think it's a bolete of some sort. I note one of @David Humphries suggestions flushes pink on cutting. Do you have a photo of the underside and the outside of the stalk?
  12. Paul in the woods
    I've not heard of it being a problem to dogs either. Owning a walking dustbin myself (Labrador) who helps herself to various items from the garden I've never noticed her eat or have any interest in fungi.
  13. Paul in the woods
    Looks like meripilus giganteus.
  14. Paul in the woods
    I was going to say the same, a pic from underneath and ideally one cut through. They don't look the right colour or pattern on top for a rust gill.
  15. Paul in the woods
    The yellow 'shoots' look like the old flower/fruit stalks. Personally I'd not raise the soil level around an existing tree/shrub but I'd wait to hear from the more qualified people.
  16. Paul in the woods
    Well, as a potential customer, I've not heard anything. If I didn't read Arbtalk I'd have no idea about the Woodsure scheme. Being a remote property, i.e. not on mains gas, I often get stuff from the council offering grants for a new oil boiler (ones where someone pockets the grant and the boiler costs more to install than if I did it myself). But I've not had anything about Woodsure or efficient wood burners.
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    Worth a read as I learnt the id from one of David's posts a while back.
  18. Paul in the woods
    Anomorphic form of Fistulina hepatica?
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    Box tree caterpillar, Cydalima perspectalis. If you google for box tree caterpillar damage you'll find very similar looking damage. Box tree caterpillar WWW.RHS.ORG.UK <p>Box tree caterpillars feed within webbing and can completely defoliate box plants. It is a relatively new insect...
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    I would have thought they were fungus gnats.
  21. Paul in the woods
    It's not always easy to get a broken line repaired. An old lady up the road had her line severed and, because you have to report it through your phone company rather than direct to BT Open Reach, it took literally months to get fixed. Her company 'tested' the line and said it was working. I've no idea how as the cut ends of the cable were about 5m apart. I reported the line as dangerous and a BTOR person came out and just rolled up the ends and tied them to the post. I eventually managed to get hold of BTORs complains dept and got it fixed.
  22. Paul in the woods
    To answer your question about alder, the ones I own can be prone to snapping limbs and even tops when they are alive*. Dead stems rot quickly and don't seem to last more than a few years. I leave them as where I am they don't cause any problems and provide very good habitat for beetle larvae and the woodpeckers etc that feed on them. I wouldn't want a large, dead tree next to my house though. *It is windy here, which doesn't help.
  23. Paul in the woods
    The problem doesn't sound that unusual though, perhaps you wouldn't be the best sort of person to do such a report then? Which goes back to the original question who would? And it doesn't necessarily mean the cutting back/down of the tree, but if it was me I would want confidence in the consultant so if they advised the tree is unlikely to cause problems I could accept that.
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    Why? Whilst I wouldn't put it as bluntly as AHPP, it seemed a perfectly reasonable request. Sounds like they have a concern with a neighbours tree and rather than blab about it on the 'net they would like a suitably qualified tree inspector to discuss their concerns with. As a customer myself I wouldn't have much of a clue what to look for, and when I've sought advice from the council it's been wrong. Thankfully JSN put up a helpful reply but I would still suggest that's a bit much for an average person to understand. Perhaps the arb industry should be more helpful to customers? (For example, I'd not heard of the Arb Association until I started posting here.)
  25. Paul in the woods
    They look like ash bark beetles, very common in ash bark. If you remove some of the bark of a log you should see galleries under the bark but not going into the wood. I wouldn't worry about them.

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