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[David Humphries]

Hobbs blocks are just so sexy!

 

Will, I find becoming aroused over a big ole lump of metal a little bit odd, especially as I call ours Big Ed !

 

 

But i totaly get where ya coming from

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

Certainly. May even produce more new shoots than a standard pruning cut.

 

what about when it rots down, surely it lets in a lot more infection, so having growth doesnt seem that great an idea, i take it you MUST monitor these trees, but not always easy with a domestic tree, customers chop and change their contractors and move house

[David Humphries]

hi dave, i dont want to derail but just quick question that has been on my mind since my ash pollard. Is it recommended to do fracture pruning when you want the tree to survive and continue to grow?

 

Certainly. May even produce more new shoots than a standard pruning cut.

 

 

 

The exposed wound wood should and possibly will, throw out & develope a fair ammount of epicormic/advantitious shoots.

 

These will not be very well attached to the core of a branch or trunk, like they would be if it was an original branch layed down during it's early development.

So will be at greater risk of failure.

 

But the point being, these new shoots will go through photosynthesis, process & produce the sugars the tree will need to persist.

 

 

 

In other words....what Matt said

 

 

 

Oh yeah, get off me homage to the Hobbs Shrekie, and get ya questions on the right threads

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/3483-fracture-prune.html

 

 

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Edited March 6, 2010 by Monkey-D

[Stephen Blair]

gotcha Dave, never thought about it that way, so the main concern is what's best for the whole tree not the stability of the new growth.