 Re: Altering climate affecting your pruning?
Well, here I can say we haven't had any storms more fierce than those of 2004 and 1999/2000 region.
I changed the title of the thread to something a little more arb focused as many might skim it thinking that it's another one of those save the planet threads.
Pruning in anticipation of weather extremes is common. Local knowledge of species performance is the key ... what is likely to happen if the tree is left alone?
At the same time it opens a can of worms that all trees stability is improved if reduced, so we prune them all, whether or not they really did need it.
Then you stop and think, hang on, what about the ions of time before man was here with his ingenious chainsaw, the trees coped then and grew mighty and large?
Oh, however they were likely in groups or forests not isolated fringe specimens. Also if a forest or low target tree was damaged in a storm ... frankly so what, it would get some shoots and continue or become habitat or mulch.
I would say that consideration be given to each individual trees location and form. Over here I have spotted many eucs where I have said the tree branches would likely fail ... and many did.
Good question, local knowledge and assessing each tree on it's own merits is the key IMHO. |