Tree reductions

[bazoo132]

Hi guys n gals,

 

Looking for some advice I've been asked to reduce these 5 lime trees by 1/3. I've not got a huge amount of experience in reductions as most of my work is targeted at removals and hedges. I'm going to get myself on the cs40 course to get some formal pruning training. So any advice would be welcomed.

[Steve Bullman]

Well I assume you can climb to a reasonable standard?  The only way to get experience in reductions is by doing it.  They look reasonably straight forward when it comes to shaping.  Its simply a case of getting a nice high anchor point, choosing a groundy with a half decent eye for shape, and cracking on.  Or better still, bring in a freelancer to carry out the works, get the job done and learn from him at the same time

[stihlmadasever]

You cant really go wrong with limes,they will always epi up nomatter where you cut em.

As steve said get up and prune where you think you should with one eye on the groundie to maintain a decent shape.

[Philip Anderson]

Looks like you’ve got a fair bit of dieback\deadwood in the upper crown especially on tree in first photo so prune back to good sound growth points.

Again a good set of eyes on the ground shape wise .

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

6 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

  Its simply a case of getting a nice high anchor point

A "sky-hook"?  ...sorry, I know that's the reality in many instances but perhaps a MEWP might be a good option under the circumstances.

 

Sorry, got to dash now

 

Hope yer well Steve,

Paul

 

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

1 hour ago, stihlmadasever said:

You cant really go wrong with limes,they will always epi up nomatter where you cut em.

 

Hmmm, agreed but that's not necessarily a good thing and you should still aim for target pruning in accord BS3998 to try to limit this.

[Mick Dempsey]

4 minutes ago, AA Teccie (Paul) said:

Hmmm, agreed but that's not necessarily a good thing and you should still aim for target pruning in accord BS3998 to try to limit this.

Ffs Paul, it’s a lime, target prune all you like it’ll throw out growth no matter how many times you read out BS documents to it.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

24 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Ffs Paul, it’s a lime, target prune all you like it’ll throw out growth no matter how many times you read out BS documents to it.

Hey Mick, just checking you're awake

[stihlmadasever]

Aaaha here we go....

[Anno]

remember Shigo? - a 'prunes a wound'

 

(Unless the client pays over the odds...)