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  1. AJStrees
    Fantastic to see coppice products becoming more and more used again, regeneration of woodlands is vital to improving our environment. Great job there.
  2. AJStrees
    Nice tractor there by the way. Guess she does a good job up and down the slopes, etc.... Alpine?
  3. AJStrees
    ok ta. Will have a gander on here and see what I can find.
  4. AJStrees
    Do either of you remember where you saw that from Joe? Would be good to read up on it.
  5. AJStrees
    Sounds interesting. Will check it out, thanks.
  6. AJStrees
    You are probably 100% right in that observation Mr Dempsey. It certainly does look like it's twisting. Plus there is a lot of weight up top to add to all of that. Just a bit of snow has caused havoc with our other big cedars with the weight load on their branches. Regular pruning is probably the key to all of this.
  7. AJStrees
    Noticed this the other day while doing an informal survey of tree state around the Estate I work on. This Cedar got a hell of a kicking in the 87 hurricane and lost a large section of the upper bole. It has recovered since then and grown some pretty hefty lateral limbs but unfortunately the weight at the ends is now causing the biggest limb to start a shear crack through it. Had some big old down pours the other day and wonder if a bit of the old SBD might be going on as a result. Serious amounts of water came down overnight, the lake rose by about 4 inches in one night. Should have pruned the weight off it sooner.
  8. AJStrees
    Or the start of Phellinus igniarius
  9. AJStrees
    What was the result or outcome? What is the Cedar? deodar, lebanon or atlas? Had a lot of heavy rain recently. One of the Blue Atlas Cedars on our Estate has a split limb waiting to fall. Unfortunately we didn't get the weight pruned off it early enough. Its already a regrowth from after the 87 hurricane. Very heavy lateral branch regrowth so didn't have too much of a chance in the first place. But seems to have happened after the heavy rain. Probably similar concept to SBD with the tree taking up too much water in one go for such a big limb.
  10. AJStrees
    Can't really tell from that photo. Got any others? Underside? Cross Section or anything that would show more.
  11. AJStrees
    In the books it says its habitat in clusters on decaying, deciduous trees. Lots of stuff online about it. Have you taken a sample and had a look at the fungi? The underside and stems will give you a better idea for full ID of the species.
  12. AJStrees
    better than harmful fertilizers I would imagine
  13. AJStrees
    looks to me like two different types of fungi, the big mass look like old mushroom type fungi of some sort and the bracket on the other side is something else. As David said, good find, but photos of the tubes and other parts may give better understanding of what the fungi are.
  14. AJStrees
    great find. Not seen that before.
  15. AJStrees
    I am no specialist, but from anything I have read it says it is a parasitic heartwood rotting fungus. So as regards it being a fungus the tree can cope with. I would rather err on the cautious. Lots of stuff online about it. Best to read up on it and see what they say. Unless someone else on here can shed more light.
  16. AJStrees
    Fistulina hepatica, beefsteak fungus. Causes brown rot which is good if you want to use the wood for cabinet making.
  17. AJStrees
    Always good to see some cows about
  18. AJStrees
    1 Sparassis crisps (cauliflower fungus) 2 Clavulina app 3 undecided 4 undecided Will keep looking to see about 3 & 4
  19. AJStrees
    Lovely looking cows though
  20. AJStrees
    Brilliant shots
  21. AJStrees
    Incredible
  22. AJStrees
    I agree with Arbitree. I would say Honey fungus. Baring in mind Robinia is very much a fan of suckering and roots connect between trees over a vast distance. Honey fungus will stop a tree dead and it takes no prisoners.
  23. AJStrees
    very nice looking place. Whoever gets to do the lawns and hedges around there must have a great time. Wouldn't want to comment on the fungi side. Looks a little like G. as to the amount of decay in the tree, picus would be best probably. It would of course be much better to be able to save the tree and give it a boost with biochar and anything else to see if it can be saved. Potentially root compaction is also a problem looking at where the tree is.
  24. AJStrees
    Good clear up job there.
  25. AJStrees
    Nice work. Couldn't have even attempted that I don't think.

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