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    Mulch Circles

    AJStrees replied to AJStrees's topic in Ecology

    Will check it out on the BSI website. Thanks for that. Will probably stick to well rotted wood chip for the veterans in need of help with a bit of biochar mixed in.
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    Mulch Circles

    AJStrees replied to AJStrees's topic in Ecology

    Sounds like it. The stuff I get seems to be pretty good rotted stuff and the worms seem to like it a fair bit. I get a cube of the stuff for about 7.30 whereas wood chip is about 3 times as much as that. Unless of course I can chip enough myself, but not that often. But thanks for the input, I will probably read up on composting and green waste and see what I can make of it all. Cheers.
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    Mulch Circles

    AJStrees posted a topic in Ecology

    In mulching veteran trees to improve their performance and help them along, has any experienced whether there would be any issue with using green waste compost as opposed to well rotted wood chip? If I cannot get hold of enough wood chip then it is far cheaper to buy bulk loads of green waste compost. Does anyone know if this would be a problem to use, have been using it for a while on younger trees and they seem to be quite happy about the compost.
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    I am reckoning it is closest to Pinus pinaster, judging by the length of the pair of needles and shape and length of the cones. Plus Pinus nigra has darker foliage and it has a more upright habit. Not a pine specialist but looking through Phillips' book on trees in Britain, Europe (don't mention Brexit) and north america, pine section, gives you a lot of good data to go on.
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    Created by nature. Or is it?
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    Pleasant down here in Sussex. Had about 2 inches of snow overnight. About 2 degrees now.
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    cryptomeria has red-brown bark so I was wondering about the bark pictures. Sounds like you got it sorted. Good luck.
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    maybe its been coppiced at some point and now growing many stems. But no worries. Some more pictures is a good idea. LOL! Cheers. ?
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    looks like Prunus of some sort, any other pictures?
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    what size cones? Any less fuzzy pictures of the seed cones? Not a fir specialist, but its always a good time to learn more. Any pictures of the bark?
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    By golly I think your right Mr Humphries. LOL! Yes I think Fomes, took a few shots of different angles but didn't include. Laetiporus and Postia. Photo is of the largest catch of the day. Halfway up the bole of a very large beech.
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    Went out on a short foray around the woods near me. Found a few nice specimens.
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    Any luck with regards the Cedar?
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    I see what you mean. I was only asking really to know how much testing goes on out there. I have fairly recently started managing the trees on an Estate and it is taking quite some arm twisting to get funds for this, though it is a private estate. I would think local authority ought to want to get into saving trees, etc.. but of course there is indeed work to do on that and obviously money involved which means difficulty. LOL! But don't want to be the "opposing opinion" lurking about the forum. ?
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    Still no wiser on this one. Any idea what this is?
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    Any other ideas on this one?
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    Interesting. did you have any structural testing done on the tree before felling? Picus or anything to see how developed it was?
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    Okay will check out that fungi in further detail.
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    I was wondering about that, though this is what I would call kretzshmaria, on an old beech stump.
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    This on the base of a rotting section of ash. I am guessing from looking at pictures that it might be Postia subcaesia. But it may be something completely different. Any ideas?
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    Looking for the basic course in the South East somewhere near me. AA don't seem to do one near me. But maybe they will some time.
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    very interesting Mr Humphries. What group of fungi does this come under? Wondering where I might find it in the Michael Jordan encyclopedia. BTW I PMed you some time ago. Don't know if you ever got my message.
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    Impressive!
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    Standing strong in an old parkland nr Sevenoaks
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    Hope it goes well with a good result. Might need to feed the tree once you know what the situation is. Give it a bit of a nutritional boost depending on the recommendations from the experts.

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