how much rot| decay| hollow is acceptable?

quercus · 18th January 2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Ekka

Have a look at the tree in this thread too. All roots etc gone on side opposite lean, and still there, plus we have had a month of wind and rain.

Roadside tree of interest

I can't judge this by looking at this picture alone... I'd have to see surroundings, structure of tree, lean angle and a lot more things. My first oppinion is that this tree needs to be removed, unless of course it's surroundings could permit it to fall over without doing harm.... Wether it has been stormy weather or not, is not the point. The removal of a single tree or structure in this tree's surroundings could cause it to fail.

quercus · 18th January 2008, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by newguy18

see thats an example of what I wanted to see.normally I'd remove something if it was rotten like that but I've been told its possible to preserve trees like that.In my opinion[don't anybody get me wrong I'm not trying to insult antone here]but anyone can cut down or remove a tree no real special training but it takes special skills and care as well as training to preserve trees and care and prune them.

special training works in the opposite direction too. So what I'm saying is, that your special training as an arborist could cause a change of mind from preserving to removal. Indeed anyone can cut a tree down, but it is the reason WHY that counts.
For example, you see a apparently healthy tree with some small bodies of fungus on it. It's a fairly heavy tree and it's situation is between buildings and next to a school... You as a regular guy will say: wow that's a nice tree!!! and you don't see any harm in it. You're all for nature and you decide that this tree should be well maintained at all costs. But as an arborist, you see a potential deadly hazard, and those cute looking fungus bodies are for example Ganoderma Australe... You know what I mean?

newguy18 · 19th January 2008, 07:31 AM

Yeah I under stand you.I'd hate to climb that tree in Ekka's pic though.trunk and heart rot don't worry me but root rot does.

19th January 2008, 07:31 AM	#28 (permalink)
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