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Post by hollowhorn on Mar 17, 2011 21:49:31 GMT -1
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Post by westender on Mar 17, 2011 23:20:31 GMT -1
Hmm. I dunno. Do they mean the bark is discoloured? - there's no foliage just now. I'm on Kelvin Way all the time with the dug; can't say I've noticed anything different about the trees. That might just be familiarity meaning I don't notice any changes. Those plane trees have been there a long time; I've long wondered how they survive as well as they do given the constant traffic fumes they've always been exposed to. I have noticed though, that the line of big mature beeches going down into the park from the Kelvingrove entrance have all been cut down in the last month.... "naw thurr a' diseased" was the truculent grunt of a response I got, from the fug-filled van full of callow Rekird readin IrnBru swillin lazy bastard know nothin youths, upon my polite bangin of the van door in order to enquire wtf was goin on..... "Ye kin see a' the trunks are a' hollow, they've got tae come doon". Were they hell! There must be a good 15 mature trees have been felled and only a very few stumps showed any evidence of disease. Yet another disgrace perpetrated on the poor benighted environs of Kelvingrove.
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Post by westender on Mar 17, 2011 23:37:03 GMT -1
... Certainly, as Dicky mentions, I'd be very surprised if the last 2 bad winters haven't had some sort of effect.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2011 14:42:48 GMT -1
Hmm. I dunno. Do they mean the bark is discoloured? - there's no foliage just now. I'm on Kelvin Way all the time with the dug; can't say I've noticed anything different about the trees. That might just be familiarity meaning I don't notice any changes. Those plane trees have been there a long time; I've long wondered how they survive as well as they do given the constant traffic fumes they've always been exposed to. I have noticed though, that the line of big mature beeches going down into the park from the Kelvingrove entrance have all been cut down in the last month.... "naw thurr a' diseased" was the truculent grunt of a response I got, from the fug-filled van full of callow Rekird readin IrnBru swillin lazy bastard know nothin youths, upon my polite bangin of the van door in order to enquire wtf was goin on..... "Ye kin see a' the trunks are a' hollow, they've got tae come doon". Were they hell! There must be a good 15 mature trees have been felled and only a very few stumps showed any evidence of disease. Yet another disgrace perpetrated on the poor benighted environs of Kelvingrove. I can't pronounce never mind write the disease that has affected the trees - but I know they have done the same thing at Victoria Park, Whiteinch. I too was angry but an amazing little guy in the former Parks Dept - long since retired and explained it all to me. Apparently, had they taken his advice years ago they wouldn't have had to cut so many trees - he said that it was reported in the Evening Times way back, but I am useless at searching out that kind of information. Basically, it is a 'hidden disease' - using lay term and that many were indeed infected but to prevent the all the trees being cut down they have to do it within a radius, etc... I hope you're getting my drift. I too was 'stumped' (no pun intended) but apparently many were riddled and I've heard on the grapevine that Kelvin Way is not going to fair well in the near future as many of them are diseased too... But when I look at the trees, I don't see anythign wrong with them - but hey ho, I'm no tree expert.
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Post by yonzabam on Mar 18, 2011 15:52:18 GMT -1
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Post by westender on Mar 19, 2011 9:53:41 GMT -1
Wow. I knew nothing of this. Don't know what I think about it. (I also don't think the Kelvin Way trees are whitebeams....in fact I know they're not.) Thanks, as ever, for your (as ever) helpful contribution yonza.
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Post by bormes on Mar 19, 2011 10:18:17 GMT -1
I trust they must be removed to save the other ones, that seems reasonable.
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Post by thegrimtreeper on Apr 27, 2011 17:25:02 GMT -1
What I would like to know is who sanctioned the removal of these trees? Do the people have no say in these matters? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Up the movement.
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Post by thegrimtreeper on Apr 28, 2011 7:32:37 GMT -1
After contacting the council and being utterly bemused by their lack of knowledge at the goings on in Kelvingrove, I investigated further on my own and found that some trees which were taken down were merely a means for the council ignoramus' to earn a few sheckels to no doubt spend on fortified wine and cheese flavoured corn snacks. All jokes aside, the work was created by the parks depts controller of works to benefit his merry men, not for the benefit of the enjoyers of Kelvingrove Park. I don't intend to let this matter go unreported.
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Post by yonzabam on Apr 28, 2011 9:27:33 GMT -1
After contacting the council and being utterly bemused by their lack of knowledge at the goings on in Kelvingrove, I investigated further on my own and found that some trees which were taken down were merely a means for the council ignoramus' to earn a few sheckels to no doubt spend on fortified wine and cheese flavoured corn snacks. All jokes aside, the work was created by the parks depts controller of works to benefit his merry men, not for the benefit of the enjoyers of Kelvingrove Park. I don't intend to let this matter go unreported. If you'd 'investigated further' by reading the posts on this thread, you'd have been enlightened as to the reason why the trees are being cut down. They have a fungal disease affecting the roots.
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Post by thegrimtreeper on Apr 28, 2011 11:55:44 GMT -1
Perhaps if I investigate further I'll uncover that you are indeed a lefty, perhaps this would explain the beetroot chip on your shoulder and excuse the quite uncouth tone of the posts you leave?
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Post by westender on Apr 28, 2011 13:39:21 GMT -1
Perhaps if I investigate further I'll uncover that you are indeed a lefty, perhaps this would explain the beetroot chip on your shoulder and excuse the quite uncouth tone of the posts you leave? Less of your cheek, newbie. There was nothing 'uncouth' about it.
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Post by thegrimtreeper on Apr 28, 2011 14:32:09 GMT -1
Sincere yins. Anyway... Mon the trees.
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Post by westender on Apr 28, 2011 16:04:08 GMT -1
Sincere yins. Anyway... Mon the trees. Accepted, and agreed. What a fantastic time of year. The trees right now are poised, they're gettin ready, they're on their marks....they look like they're taking a deep deep breath, before going BLOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
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Post by ozneil on Apr 28, 2011 20:21:18 GMT -1
gees quite poetic!!
Like Peony we do not have clearly defined seasons
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