Yooung Eucalypus with co-dominance. Prune?

[mundalah]

Hi, we have a young Eucalyptus (less than 2 years old) with 2 trunks, both grow from the root, one is a lot smaller and weak and is bending a lot. Should I prune it and leave only the larger trunk?

[rapalaman]

Probably - but pictures would definitely help!

[Botty Cough]

1st ....

 

Cut it down to about 750mm above ground level...

 

2nd ....,..

 

Burn what you have cut down with a lot of diesel......

 

3rd .....

 

Get a digger in and remove the roots out and stump that's left.

 

4th ......

 

Burn it with a lot of diesel for hours 

 

5th.....

 

Burn pallets in the hole where you dug out the stump from with a lot of diesel....

 

 

These are the 5 rules to apply when pruning "eucalypus".....😁

 

[spudulike]

Pictures help but my personal experience....I planted one and diligently pruned it each year, the trunk must have been around 10" diameter and the "tree", no more than 12' when we moved home.

The tree grew to at least 40' in around 4 years, the new owners cut the tree down and I had the wood for the burner.

The long and short - prune hard each year and don't let it get out of control.

[Mark Bolam]

Just leave it alone.

Think about the next generation of arbs.

[Will C]

I’m not worried either way, it’s looks fine from my house! 

[Mark Bolam]

So small-minded Will.

The weak stem might fail one day in the distant future as you drive past it on holiday, and put a nasty dent in your Bentley.

[Mark Bolam]

Seriously, I would take the whole thing out now and replace it with a better specimen.

 

Preferably one that’s not a Eucalyptus.

Nice trees, but nothing but bother.

[Will C]

Better than climbing the horrible things, when wet they’re like climbing a sheet of glass covered in snot! 
You got a spelling mistake there my ride is just bent not Bentley 🙄

Edited March 2 by Will C

[Mark Bolam]

I said distant future mate.

Dream big!

 

Everyone knows we earn a fortune.

’£500 just to take that tree down, you must be loaded!’

[Mick Dempsey]

I like eucs, easy dismantles, chips nice, sure they’re short term, but so what?