Pruning small oak off eaves?
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
Small thinning cuts (to the origin of the removed branch from the 'parent' branch for a few feet of clearance from the house.
Branch collar cut via 3-point pruning cut method.
Hand saw.
Check for oak wilt season.
Lysol spray for sterilizing, if desired.
Branch collar cut via 3-point pruning cut method.
Hand saw.
Check for oak wilt season.
Lysol spray for sterilizing, if desired.
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The plot thickens.
Will the unhealed heavy cuts heal over? I assume they were cut too close and too large. I seem to recall reading that the healing tissue can be trimmed back slightly to encourage it to keep growing and completely compartmentalize?
Will the unhealed heavy cuts heal over? I assume they were cut too close and too large. I seem to recall reading that the healing tissue can be trimmed back slightly to encourage it to keep growing and completely compartmentalize?
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
The tree doesn't really mind the house... it can ru it for years and not worry.
The pruning is for the house / human.
If the human wants it visually balanced for the human's sake, then sure small cuts. Less than 20-25% crown removal. Less is more, sometimes.
A horseshoe-shaped callus is from improper cutting. You've got good doughnuts that are from potentially larger than ideal cuts.
Girdling roots and buried flare.
The pruning is for the house / human.
If the human wants it visually balanced for the human's sake, then sure small cuts. Less than 20-25% crown removal. Less is more, sometimes.
A horseshoe-shaped callus is from improper cutting. You've got good doughnuts that are from potentially larger than ideal cuts.
Girdling roots and buried flare.
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
It's just better to live the callus alone. It does its think perfectly as it seems, so don't mess with it.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Meanwhile, human's insurance company may want the house side done shaved to see clear blue sky 5 feet from the house. CDF and local fire will require 10 off the roof, 15 foot off chimney if there is one.
Some home insurace wants bare dirt 15 feet off the house and the tree would require a basal prune.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Just cut it back from the house, don’t understand all the hand wringing.
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I did. Looks like 💩 . Should have started small…why I don’t prune. Got a piece of bark stuck in my eyelid at a real bad time too and couldn’t get it out, had to go to eye Dr. this am.
Kaveman
Treehouser
I'm late, but I just want to point out that this endeavor turned into a shit show.
David, I've put myself at your disposal countless times...
I'm not a certified arborist but I wouldn't have had to go to the doctor after that little thang...
David, I've put myself at your disposal countless times...
I'm not a certified arborist but I wouldn't have had to go to the doctor after that little thang...
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I was just trimming a little tree for my FIL (now RIP :-( ) There just might be work for you in west Texas…lots of dead trees there I can’t do, need climber.
Doc had to teach me the trick of using a swab to roll eyelid inside out. It was slivered in. Unfun.
Finished the tree and got the news he was terminal, rush to hospital to try to pick up all the pieces of broken hearts.
