Natural Fracture pruning and Coronet cuts.

Knotahippie

Big rip cuts are good?

Found this article, thought some of the info. about traditional pruning was very interesting.

Tell me what you guys think.

http://www.arborecology.co.uk/resour...alfracture.PDF

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newguy18

I undrstand what they're saying about chainsaw cuts being unnatural,but i doub't i'd ever employ such methods to pruning trees.If a tree is in the middle of a fieled or woods,usually i leave them alone and recomend that nature carries its course,around targets i prune them back to the collars,bbr,or node.

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Knotahippie

True, be pretty tough to convince customer of that! Out here maybe, out there H##L no!

Rip cuts are for people who can't afford "real" tree work, funny who gets a better deal sometimes.

Interesting about suckers/watersprouts on trees? and some of the animal habitat stuff.

This is current research?!!

Eric Frei

For habitat in the right place of course.

You yanks call it snags, leaving a snag. Some members have posted pics of them replicating tear outs etc.

In forestry and wilderness areas we need to hurry nature along to make up for all our land clearing and create habitat, happens here too, it's just another method outside of "arb norms" in suburbia.

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treeseer

And that is where it needs to stay. Intentional wounding for bugs and crud is not tree care.

Knotahippie

Hmm,

I get a combo of jobs, some in the city, some in the country.

Alot of my customers really like pruning with thought added to the entire tree system.

But this is CA...

newguy18

I'll just stick with proper pruning cuts,since it only constitutes about 10 percent of my work,the other 90 percent is removals.

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Eric Frei

Exactly, it's habitat care.

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Knotahippie

Indeed, perspective is key.

Bernard Keays

I think there is merit in this. We just need to step back and have a think about it. Trees were meant to grow in forests. The forests were made up of different species of different age groups. Storm damage and natural events created opportunities. Some individuals were able to take advantage of these events. Some trees dominated the forest and grew to massive proportions. As their resources diminished, they had to find different strategies to survive and reproduce. Trees have recruited many different organisms. Like any good marriage there are trade offs but these partnerships could be a key to their longevity particularly our ancient trees. Who is to say that an owl or microbat living in a hollow limb isn’t contributing to the trees (or forests) well being.

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OutofMytree

I see merit in this type of work......wherever there is no danger for humans created. I do work for the Departemt of Enviroment and Conservation. When we prune or remove large tuarts at their research centre we are required to leave logs as potential habitat. We are also required to leave dead stubs for bird nesting sites. If, however the tree is in an area where human foot traffic will pass then we prune to standard. In my opinion, safety should be the number one criteria in determining the type of pruning done to a tree.

newguy18

bumping this thread for stirman.Btw john,no butt dropping.

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