Bixler
TreeHouser
I cleaned this baby up.
Before & After Tree Care
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CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Nice job, both of you. 
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
What sort of tree was that?
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Last one looks valley oakish, Quercus lobata.
But there are blues that can look like that as well.
But there are blues that can look like that as well.
treelooker
Treehouser
Great work! We have a lot of lirios here, but no standalones to make such greeat shots. ??s:
Had it been reduced before?
What time of year was the work done?
Where in Germany is it? I'm going to Heidelberg this summer.
Was your pruning just to mitigate branch failure risk, or were there basal issues as well?
Were there written specs, or was it done purely by instinct?
The response should be something to see. If you can post pics from the same locations a year later, I'd paypal ya $20 for your trouble. I'd like to add them to a talk on Retrenchment Pruning at ISA Intl this August. You can stamp the pics with your attribution, or I'll just say I found them in The Treehouse!
there were some torsion marks on some leaders , not quite hazard beams but i think the officer got scared and wanted a 20% reduction but that basically would have doomed the tree.
We had a look around and decided on a light reduction of the top and to take a little more off the affected leaders.
Tino and i did the cutting and we basically did it by feeling.
its interesting your coming to Heidelberg mate , i can take you to see it if you like, this summer will be exactly a year after we did it.
treelooker
Treehouser
Torsion marks -> 20%; yikes that is cya overkill.
This lirio is 107' and the ends were dipping a bit too much.
Perfect! Late May or early June; that would be great!
This lirio is 107' and the ends were dipping a bit too much.
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MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Ha Leon, bouginvillea up a casuarina, classic!
You must have been a mass of little bleeding holes after that!.
I took seven truckloads of climbing cactus (Night blooming cerus) and elephant's ear (Scindapsis or Pothos) out of a tamarind once...talk about prickled...let me dig up the photos...
You must have been a mass of little bleeding holes after that!.
I took seven truckloads of climbing cactus (Night blooming cerus) and elephant's ear (Scindapsis or Pothos) out of a tamarind once...talk about prickled...let me dig up the photos...
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rumination
Migratory Hippie Arbolist
Yuck! I Whatever you got paid for that tree it probably wasn't enough Fiona. Pokey AND itchy!
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
The song,"Welcome to the jungle" would be playing in my head. Good on ya Fiona. Crazy mess.
treelooker
Treehouser
Was that THE tamarind, back in Bermuda?
No Guy, not THE tamarind
Another one that was not quite as old...200+maybe and had four main trunks from ground level.
See my Hayauchi stuck in a branch above me? It got left there for the night till I got up to it the next day.
This tree has been beaten about a bit over the years, but still gives a good crop of fruit.
Another one that was not quite as old...200+maybe and had four main trunks from ground level.See my Hayauchi stuck in a branch above me? It got left there for the night till I got up to it the next day.
This tree has been beaten about a bit over the years, but still gives a good crop of fruit.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
For the most part, polesaws = NO!
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I use mine 3 to 5 times a year. It stays nice and sharp!
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
That's nice, but I like that big rock even better! Cool rock! It rocks! 
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
He has 120 acres of those erratics (glacial placed rocks) all over the place.
802climber
TreeHouser
Lookin good! What ARE those things in the tree, some kind of vines?
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
It looks like some type of crazy mistletoe.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Mistletoe would be correct.
