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Here are some better pics….

To reduce surface area for infection and to the collar where healing cells are??

Too big to prune out and too risky to let it spread?

Just before Xmas is the last time to prune and definitely when dormant. yeah, the pics are apple only unfortunately it’s a real tricky one.

Not acres as they bleed

Hi, I have the following acer tree. pictures below. a large limb snapped off in the summer and I cut it back to the collar. Not the correct time I know but felt it better than leaving a rough snapped branch break. i went to check it out this November and noticed breaking bark lower down from the cut and coral spot around the discoloured, breaking bark. its a major limb so don’t really want to remove it below the infection but also want to stop the tree dying completely. Does anybody have an experience or advice on what to do? Will it survive if left? Can I treat it without removing basically half the tree below the infection? Any advice would be appreciated. I am hoping it won’t be fatal as it’s a wonderful tree. IMG_3282.HEIC IMG_3280.HEIC IMG_3280.HEIC IMG_3282.HEIC

Sound advice… I did think being a willow it would recover. i am a gardener but know a little about how well willows in general respond to hard pruning and that they are susceptible to brittle snaps. what worries me is that I piled a load of leaves nearby tarped and hoping this wasn’t what caused it. Although it was away from the trunk and only for a week or two till my next visit… as I know they suck water up like the proverbial. And they sent me the picture asking what happened. i am a gardener and not a tree surgeon. i suspect it’s the frosts that have caused it. But any thoughts are useful. It’s not too dangerous as away from the road but they like the tree… was it my fault with the leaves as it was a huge huge huge pile but was only there for a bout four days one side of the tree… interesting tho. The tree seems healthy imo

Hi i have this goat willow. A limb coming from the main trunk has snapped, I know they are prone to this as are brittle trees. my question is will this survive or will it kill the whole tree. Happened yesterday. pic attached. Any advice would be appreciated regards paul

I will check where it gets stuck and what direction ect… but sometimes it pulls over. Then locks up again. So certain it’s an obstruction somewhere… when it has enough force before it gets stuck it passes through. But when it hits whatever it is I have to use force on the flywheel to free it again. will get back to you after I have checked as this might help others too

It turns clockwise but gets jammed anti-clockwise (the way it jams when pull cord is pulled). I have not got the pull cord wrapped round wrong way or something silly?? I don’t think it’s hydro lock as it still gets jammed with plug pulled? Think hydro jam would not get jammed with plug pulled??

Hi I have a Stihl av 038. When it pulls over it fires…. But it’s rare to be able to pull it over, because the pull cord locks up. I have tried everything… flywheel ok, pull cord and assembly ok, piston and rings look intact from exhaust and carb port. If I undo pull cord assembly and turn the flywheel with spanner it frees up again… untill it jams/locks up again. Everything else is working. Good compression ect. Even with spark plug removed… still locks up every rotation or other one. What could it be? Tearing my hair out here. LolI’m

Win win.

The guy i used to get it from did jobs out my way. He took the better stuff back and i took what he didnt want or couldnt get on. Saved him loads. He charged for removal. I bunged him a few quid. He saved another journey back.

Unless you are doing artic loads at a time fast. I am talking van loads.