Newsflash

TCI Founder's Blog
Read what Peter "Treeman" Jenkins has to say about a variety of tree climbing issues and adventures. Treeman's Blog
 

Login

 
Advertisement
 
TCI Message Board
Welcome, Guest
Please Login or Register.    Lost Password?
Re:How to cap a snapped conifer trunk against fungii? (1 viewing) (1) Guests
Go to bottom Post Reply Favoured: 0
TOPIC: Re:How to cap a snapped conifer trunk against fungii?
#131052
michaeljspraggon (User)
Expert Boarder
Posts: 119
graphgraph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Re:How to cap a snapped conifer trunk against fungii? 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
Hi Tom.

Does the same apply to deciduous trees? The first tall tree I ever climbed back in 1983 has decay on one side of the trunk at the _base_ from where someone had a bonfire too close to its trunk many years ago. The dead cambium and a good deal of the heart wood on that side has rotted and been eaten away by insects over the years. The decay has also spread a couple of feet further up the trunk inside the living cambium _layer_ above. the tree is still structurally sound but could the decay be halted for several years by applying a weather and insect-proof coating of some sort to the exposed wood while some of the cambium grows back? If so then what would you recommend?

Michael
 
 
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
      Topics Author Date
    emo
How to cap a snapped conifer trunk against fungii?
Trebuchet 12/30/2007 12:22pm
    thread link
thread linkthread link Re:How to cap a snapped conifer trunk against fung
Tom Dunlap 12/30/2007 02:13pm
    thread link
thread linkthread link Re:How to cap a snapped conifer trunk against fungii?
michaeljspraggon 12/31/2007 09:25am
    thread link
thread linkthread linkthread link Re:How to cap a snapped conifer trunk against fung
Tom Dunlap 12/31/2007 12:32pm
    thread link
thread linkthread linkthread linkthread link Re:How to cap a snapped conifer trunk against fung
Trebuchet 01/03/2008 09:19pm
Go to top Post Reply
Powered by FireBoardget the latest posts directly to your desktop
Tall oaks from little acorns grow.   --Anonymous