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Thanks David. Have seen their website, will contact them. Is it a fairly costly activity?

Hello, anyone know of a company around Sussex that do root radar on trees?

Ah yes, if the bark has not got a shine to it then yes he is probably more right than I.

ah so, I was right! that makes me very very happy. Well at least something I got right. ?

Good point. will have a more detailed look at the spore print. Lots of them to choose from I reckon. LOL!

looks a bit like the old Pholiota squarrosa. had some at the base of a beech the other week looked quite similar.

sorry I meant to say it has "won" some awards

Prunus serrula Tibetica - Birch Bark Cherry Tree Looks to me like the named tree above. This is a bit of an in tree at the moment and one some RHS awards. A landscape project we had done 2 years ago planted a lot of these trees in the area that was done. So I would say its these.

Interesting fungi. I expect the velvet bracket is fairly common in England but haven't seen it myself before.

hmm. Yeah some days one does wonder what was the point in all that. Some jobs are a lot more boring than others, that's for sure. I think the best days are based on how much you can achieve. But on days where you can't be bothered, then I would say the best thing to do is find a purpose for doing something and then do that. I believe purpose to do something is key otherwise its seriously boring. Life is what you make it, as they say.

very good Guy. Yes probably because in the old England we say turf generally while across the pond it is always referred to as "sod" as I am sure you are well aware. But in England "sod" as you may also know goes down another route (pronounced root in England) entirely. LOL!

David, thank you for clearing up the technical word for those fungi you posted. Saprobes! interesting.

some of these fungi are fascinating! That yellow brain fungus, crikey!

There has been a selection of mushrooms around this last week. Can't tell you what they all are. But it would be worth knowing as they are all in easily accessible areas.

A nice selection. I was wondering what Lepista nuda - the Wood Blewit was because we had some of that the other day where I work.

Yes, funny you mention that because I had thought a mature pine we had was Scots too, but turns out from learning some of the different pines, Corsican or Black Pine is obviously different when you know. Along with a Douglas fir which is as tall as the pine, the bark is very different but assuming one doesn't know the difference, they could all as well just "be the same". Not to state the bleeding obvious.

well I would say one would have to see the needles and cones to be fully sure but I find Pines the most difficult for differentiation. Can't really tell the colour in the photo, looks dark to me.

I would say that is a really good point. There should definitely be law and order on this point and probably there is stuff that exists out there to a degree. I am no legal expert. But I agree that there should be no way of removing such a tree without serious consequences for the offender. The woodland trust and other organisations are working to increase this and make things tighter but I think this needs a lot more work to get things like this to cease. I believe in other countries there are much more strict rules on what you can and cannot do with trees. Potentially we could take a lesson from these other countries who do this well. (whoever that might be)

not to be too pedantic but it looks more like a black pine (Pinus Nigra) than Scots Pine (Pinus Sylvestris). Only saying...

IDIOTS!!!!

is it a form of Honey Fungus? Looks like its been there a while?

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I think olives can handle up to about -12c then give up the ghost at that point. I planted a fairly big one back in 2006 nice girth to it and she has survived since then in a garden bed. Doing really well this year after the hot summer.

Saw this on the Pro Arb mag website. Has anyone used the Biochar injection system? Seems like another potentially great product. I think tree conservation is getting better and better all the time for care of veterans. Anyone else agree with that?

Morning. Haven't done a lot of Olive Tree Pruning. However have got the Tony Kirkham Essential Pruning Techniques book which describes how to prune pretty much everything and when to do it. He says Early Summer for best pruning time. Though he also says they are very hardy plants and can take a bit of a beating when it is not too cold. If you have any way of getting hold of his book its pages 235-237. Very useful book and has pretty much everything in it.