Deodar thinning, are we getting it wrong?

[Ty Korrigan]

Here is another of my colleagues cedars.

 

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I now realise just how half assed previous cedars we've pruned are in comparison.

I guess I'm at fault for underselling the time for the jobs.

[Mick Dempsey]

That’s a good example of what I consider counter productive work.

Setting that cedar up for losing limbs.

[Ty Korrigan]

12 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

That’s a good example of what I consider counter productive work.

Setting that cedar up for losing limbs.

 

I believe less likely to lose limbs than simply clearing out the interior without reducing the tips.

Remains to be seen...

Edited Wednesday at 20:14 by Ty Korrigan

[Ty Korrigan]

On 22/12/2024 at 18:19, MattyF said:

My problem with crown thinning is it mimics nothing in nature but a dying tree, I’d rather reduce a crown by 5-10% than thin it.

 

Well, it's very much a mode amongst French Elagueurs so as long as people are all willing to pay, we will deliver.

Still a better option to topping or removal.

Besides, some thinning must be required in order to navigate your way through a dense matrix of dead material.

[Dan Maynard]

I've picked up a job to 20% thin a reasonable size beech, at a small hospital so they've had a survey done. 20% thin specified, 20% thin will be done.

 

Really can't see the point, I reduced it away from the building a couple of years ago (per survey) and don't think it needs touching. Just following orders now....

[MattyF]

11 hours ago, Ty Korrigan said:

Well, it's very much a mode amongst French Elagueurs so as long as people are all willing to pay, we will deliver.

Still a better option to topping or removal.

Besides, some thinning must be required in order to navigate your way through a dense matrix of dead material.

Gotta be honest I don’t thin my climbing routes for all the reasons why I don’t agree with thinning. 
French and any one else can crack on but that’s not what I’m telling my clients to do to trees unless they specifically want it, after watching the trees my self and father have worked on ,that’s 40+ years of being able to see results of thinning and different types of pruning and seeing how they react has drawn me to that conclusion.

That is a very nice reduction, just over thinned in my view. 

 

[Mark Bolam]

Thinning benefits the customer (and our wallets).

Not the tree.