 Re: longer cuts on poor compartmentalizers
It can be a tricky one this since many of us have spent very long periods lambsting those that leave 'permenant' long stubs as loppers, this practice of trying to stage the reduction/removal of a particular limb can often be used as evidence of our 'double standards', sure based on a lack of understanding the actual work and from those not owning the tree, with whom we have discussed this process at length....but it can still cause problems for you through deliberate misrepresentation of what you're trying to achieve.
Yes Stephen has done it in the past and yes we have encountered the very problems I refer to...do I think it was worth it...yes, and when reducing/removing very large limbs on older trees if the time frame permits then I would advise the same practice again. Our mini trial was with an Albizia saman, limb >600mm reduced four times over 18 months.
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We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.
- Kahlil Gibran
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