Dave wrote:
<I've never understood the purpose of the fractometer. If you take an
increment core sample from functional soundwood outside of a RZ it will
merely demonstrates the properties of sound wood, which has now been
unnecessarily wounded>
Glad you said that - makes me feel a bit better. in practical terms you
want to know the size of the cavity in relation to sound wood. And as you
say - what's the point of testing sound wood?
<<<In addition you are also saying (or repeating Rayners bottom line) that
it
will depend on the conditions in that particular tree in that particular
location - which is of course the only advice but not particularly helpful
to us Arbs trying to get a grip on any particular situation we stumble
across.>>
Sorry Dom, I don't quite understand the point you're raising here?>
Sorry bit clumsy - if you drill a tree it will react to the hole depending
on its own set of variables - so your experiment showed Trichoderma and on
Rayners theory another tree/species/location may show something else
depending on the fungal/tree interaction of that specific case. What we
Arbs look for is generalisations and Rayner basically says that there aren't
any it depends on the specifics of the tree (location/species/climate etc)
as each specimen reacts to its own set of variables in a unique way. And
that's what I both love and hate about Rayner - it's pretty obvious but
doesn't help fit things into neat boxes. I hope this is clearer.
<PS As I haven't had the opportunity yet, congratulations on fatherhood. I
look forward to seeing how much more responsible and grown up you are when
we meet up again ;-)>
As a few people have asked me know - the girls are fine, the parents have to
keep reminding themselves they're in charge, responsible and grown up - it's
like a constant double take. Surprisingly I feel so much better and more
focused on less sleep - I did not expect that to happen. Maybe I'll crash
soo..zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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