Staged tree reductions - Your opinion

[Gary Prentice]

12 minutes ago, Funky munkey said:

how about a water soluble mhycorrhizal first and then a mulch and finally prune once you see some vigorous growth

Using woodchip, the sugars released by the breakdown of the chip itself will encourage the right type of fungi for tree itself, rather than throwing some 'works for everything'  spores that are often not even viable anyway. 

 

Sorry not of fan of mycorrizal inoculations, I don't believe we understand the relationships involved enough to be able to produce anything that isn't largely snake oil as yet.

[john p]

I‘m no expert, but i read or heard somewhere that a Oak will only recover from one large reduction.
 

We reduced a whopping oak lapsed pollard that had had a good 7 meter reduction 4 years previously, we must have taken another 5 off, it’s shown really good growth since and the plan is to reduce again in 5 years (it’s riddled with gano and polypore). I’ll try and dig out some pics.....

[john p]

Wow, a thread on arbtalk that’s actually not about brexit! Who knew....?

[Khriss]

2 minutes ago, john p said:

Wow, a thread on arbtalk that’s actually not about brexit! Who knew....?

Or shouting abt windthrow , I must start again with the 'handbags' rating ! k

[Gary Prentice]

16 minutes ago, john p said:

Wow, a thread on arbtalk that’s actually not about brexit! Who knew....?

sh.... keep it on the down low 

[Steve Bullman]

34 minutes ago, john p said:

Wow, a thread on arbtalk that’s actually not about brexit! Who knew....?

By all means feel free to start another, who knows, it might be contagious 

[Mark Bolam]

Just to be on the safe side, I’d fell it.

[Gary Prentice]

32 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Just to be on the safe side, I’d fell it.

  

 

 Stop felling stuff. There's no more work for anyone once they're gone Mark 

Edited February 27, 2019 by Gary Prentice

[john p]

Just to be on the safe side, I’d fell it.

Fool, everyone knows you ‘reduce’ it first then go back in 6 months for the fell once it’s dead.

[Dan Maynard]

Bit funny Mark sold his grinder really, given all these stumps he's leaving around the place....