topped royal poinciana target cuts

Joshua Rugg

ok so today we deadwooded 3 royal poinciana trees and did some spread reduction. the tree had some lower branches about 4-6 inches diameter that were topped so i ended up taking them back to the trunk but i am now thinking that might not have been such a good thing since these trees are soo bad at compartmentalizing as it is.

my question is,
if the branch was topped and there was nothing to reduce to, would you have done the same thing or let the topped branch continue to sprout new suckers and just keep pruning them off?

discuss

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Stihl
MS192T 14"
MS200T 16"
MS261 16"
MS440 25"

Husqvarna 359 20"
394XP 32"

Poulan P3314 14" ( new hire/groundy saw)

Eric Frei

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Rob Chace

damn-it... i iwas looking forward to seeing some pictures.

Joshua Rugg

awww shirt. ok well ill have to wait since we dont go back there until next week. ill take some then.

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Stihl
MS192T 14"
MS200T 16"
MS261 16"
MS440 25"

Husqvarna 359 20"
394XP 32"

Poulan P3314 14" ( new hire/groundy saw)