Treeaddict
Treehouser
Investigated a large limb over neighbor’s deck. Went up for reconnaissance a few days ago. Everything is healthy and structurally sound. I started some deadwooding and will return to finish the deadwooding as well as a little weight reduction. I told him that if we take that whole limb off it’s approximately 40% of the canopy and would cause massive harm to the tree at which point we should just remove the whole thing. I’m thinking of tying in at a point near the end of the limb that I’ve circled in red in the second photo. I know the limb is in good shape because I was up there and halfway out in it. I could always tie in closer to the trunk but that’s a long horizontal plane to get out there. Lots of swing. Is it ever a good practice to tie in near the end of a limb? The tree in question is a Prunus Serotina -black cherry. A strong tree. Even the dead wood was still solid.
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