Thread: Competing Trees
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Old 3rd February 2008, 01:58 PM   #6 (permalink)
treeseer
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Default Re: Competing Trees

Excellent comments so far. When 2 trees compete, I prune to favor the longer-lived asset, which is probably NOT the siberian elm. I'd go clear to the top and remove or reduce anything on the elm that prevents the ash/maple from growing vertical.

Agree that full risk/phc assessment is job 1, and I hope you are being paid for that and not sucked into the "free estimate" trap.
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