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Ha, thanks Guy, good info, sorry I didn't check for a while and your post got shuffled down the line on What's New! I'm stopping by there tomorrow, checking up on some ties I've put in a few small oriental planes, trying to get new branches to grow into the wind...prevailing wind is 'sculpting'...

Yup, that's pretty well what I told them, really, they stopped the irrigation already, they are going to put in another french drain outside the dripline to take care of the really wet spot in the lawn and there isn't any deadwood of any significant size except the one in the picture, and its...

Yup, ditto on the fertilizer...the HO's were doing it themselves. I think the Mr. works for one of the large agricultural fertilizer places...very rural here. We've had a wet winter, and trees are flushing out well everywhere this spring. Actually Tasmania is temperate with a climate like...

Its in Tasmania, there are lots of European species here dating from the colonial era, this area especially. Quercus robur. There is a bigger one on another property where I do work that is heritage listed, its close to 200 yrs, that is real old for an introduced species over here.

Yes...I even hinted they might be better off with a giant mulch circle under the tree, leave the lawn and all the irrigating to itself, improve the soil environment for the tree. I took the pic of the decaying branch in case anyone said 'EEEK! that's super fungaloidical nastiness, called XYZ. I...

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I was called to look at this 180+/- yr english oak... House built 2 yrs ago No construction equipment inside the drip line (they say) Change of grade in side and front of tree (3' max at furthest point away, probably 18" or so at a few points inside the drip line) Flare intact and clear (...