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Originally Posted by Ekka  I only see tree to ground guying on transplants where they want stability to help the roots make new ground and prevent blowing over.
What I dont understand is that you want to guy above the defect to a point below. If the defect or branches over the house fail they fall anyway or get hung up.
If the tree moves the guy wires will perhaps pull of heave on the defective area exacerbating the weakness.
How is a ground anchor going to help?
Regarding heavy pruning ... if you dont will nature do it for you? |
Has Oak Wilt been considered? As the infected tree dies back the infected area, shutting down, say the limb, will cause it then to break off.
Since oak wilt causes drought-like symptoms, it may be easily confused with other stress-related factors. These factors include construction damage, drought stress, or insect colonization. In addition, oak wilt is often confused with the common springtime disease, anthracnose. In contrast to oak wilt, anthracnose causes spotting, curling and browning of the leaves in the lower canopy. In rare cases oak wilt may cause brown streaking of the inner sapwood. This streaking is a good diagnostic symptom for detecting infected trees. If any form of anthracnose is diagnosed, it will be better if the infected tree is removed and burned in order to reduce any further risk of infection to other trees.