Copper Beech

[njm]

Hi ,

Not my field so advice required  , 10 months ago my new neighbour approached me about trimming my 25 / 30 year old copper beech on there boundary line  i had no issue as it was agreed that it would be done while the tree was dormant in winter ,  said trimming was ok with no issues but 2 weeks ago in the middle of the hot spell they have now taken a second bash at the tree as apparently there garden requires more light for there enjoyment !   as can be seen there are now rather a lot of dead leaves on the trimmed side of the tree , if they continue will this cause permanent damage to my tree and should  the canopy be reduced this winter to try and keep the issue from escalating ?   Thanks in advance 

Edited July 29, 2018 by njm

[Mick Dempsey]

Reading this thread again, the cynic in me says that you only like the tree because it annoys the neighbours.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

4 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Reading this thread again, the cynic in me says that you only like the tree because it annoys the neighbours.

Is that a bad thing? 

[Gary Prentice]

7 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Just floating that out there without seeking to disagree with any other comments - (nothings happened to piss me off yet today so I'm being uncharacteristically 'middle of the road!!')

It’s still early!

[Mick Dempsey]

27 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Is that a bad thing? 

No, but trying to sell it as, ‘it’s bad to cut down a healthy tree’ is disingenuous.

 

like I said, I’ve heard it a thousand times.

 

Remember, this is the cynic in me, no real dig at the OP.

Edited July 31, 2018 by Mick Dempsey

[Mark Bolam]

On 29/07/2018 at 19:45, njm said:

Hi ,

Not my field so advice required  , 10 months ago my new neighbour approached me about trimming my 25 / 30 year old copper beech on there boundary line  i had no issue as it was agreed that it would be done while the tree was dormant in winter ,  said trimming was ok with no issues but 2 weeks ago in the middle of the hot spell they have now taken a second bash at the tree as apparently there garden requires more light for there enjoyment !   as can be seen there are now rather a lot of dead leaves on the trimmed side of the tree , if they continue will this cause permanent damage to my tree and should  the canopy be reduced this winter to try and keep the issue from escalating ?   Thanks in advance 

This isn’t particularly helpful in a arboricultural sense, but if you look carefully after 4 cans of Strongbow the tree looks like a monster with fangs, horns and eyes.

Probably best to fell it before it eats some children.

[Steve Bullman]

1 minute ago, Mark Bolam said:

This isn’t particularly helpful in a arboricultural sense, but if you look carefully after 4 cans of Strongbow the tree looks like a monster with fangs, horns and eyes.

Probably best to fell it before it eats some children.

Such a shame your missus won't let you stop for beers Thursday night Mark

[Mark Bolam]

I’m working on it mate....

[Gary Prentice]

36 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Such a shame your missus won't let you stop for beers Thursday night Mark

'Beer' and 'stop' shouldn't occur in the same sentence.

[Gary Prentice]

42 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

This isn’t particularly helpful in a arboricultural sense, but if you look carefully after 4 cans of Strongbow the tree looks like a monster with fangs, horns and eyes.

Probably best to fell it before it eats some children.

Nah, can't see it!

[Mark Bolam]

Have another can.