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Old 9th October 2007, 12:18 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: Major failure. If only they acted earlier.

It's certainly a very short stout tree for the dia

I dont have any experience with them but does look heavy on foliage in the tips.

Yes, common isn't it, look after your tree whilst it's green not brown, prune it before it fails not after.

Also Trev, this is part of that "do gum tree shed limbs" issue and the ole "lop them" to make them safer falacy. This is a great example of how those concepts do so well to the lay person.

Also, from my 0.02, large matures are the likely candidates as weight does become an issue.
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