Soil DeCompaction
Tree-Reviter
Simply de-compacting soil within a tree root zone can work wonders for trees, de-compacted soil allows the tree to obtain moisture, freely drain and obtain essential oxygen.
Arbor Aeration, owns a small ‘Tree-Reviter’ soil de-compaction machine that drives a pneumatic steel tube into the soil to a depth of up to 500mm. The operator simply opens a valve, and a blast of compressed air goes through the steel tube and into the compacted soil, the resulting hole can either be left, or backfilled with a hydroscopic material of some kind such as horticultural sand or calcified seaweed. The de-compaction tool is powered by a small self propelled Honda powered compressor, the soil de-compactor comes with 10m of hose, and due to the compressors light weight and narrow width we can access the most restricted areas.
Arbor Aeration has seen some extremely positive results on urban trees, using this method. Some remarkable new growth has been noticed in particular.
Arbor Aeration offers this service nationwide.
English Oak Safety Work
English Oak safety work carried out by David Humphries
English Oak in serious decline, it's possible I may mulch to combat water & nutrient competition. More than likely already be a lost cause.
Path side is a gonner, roots and vascular system are shot.
Currently hosting Ganoderma and Bjerkandera adusta.
1st shot show the Tree hosting Laetiporus & Fistulina last September
Just reducing weight over target for time being.
Literally after taking off the Treemotion, in swoops this little beauty and inspects my work. It then proceeds to dart down infront of my feet & pluck a tasty morsal before retreating to it's feeding perch to dismember it's furry little treat.
All apparantly without a care in the world and not even a wee thankyou for refraining from felling his habitual hang out.
The Kestrels' appearance, immeadiately after working on the Tree, reaffirms for me; why the remit I have here in our little North London urban Open Space, is essential!
