Hamas big reduction/pruning thread!

[Ben Ballard]

beautiful work,i think reductions are like works of art in the right hands:thumbup1:

[timtree81]

Yes lets see what justification there is for the comment and lets arbtalk

 

people ask me all the time ,when is it best to reduce ..when its not raining

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

reading the new BS 3998 and came across this good little piece of advice=

 

Due to its potentially negative effects, crown reduction should not

usually be carried out in addition to other crown pruning operations,

which would add to the amount of wounding and leaf loss.

NOTE 1 Although crown reduction should not be combined with

systematic crown thinning, it often entails some degree of thinning due

to the selective removal of branches at their points of origin.

 

 

 

 

Hama= so next time you get handed a spec that advises a thinning as well as a reduction, like ive ALWAYS maintained its BS and not in a good way! so refuse to do it.

Edited December 6, 2011 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[Rich Rule]

So when I used to get a job spec that says 30% reduction and 20% thin of what is left...

 

Your now telling me this is wrong and not good practice?

[RobArb]

your forgetting though about the people who work in LA on public trees where they are TOLD what to do unfortunately

 

Its not all black and white:001_rolleyes: but yes your right, if you have a choice then i 100% agree:biggrin:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

So when I used to get a job spec that says 30% reduction and 20% thin of what is left...

 

Your now telling me this is wrong and not good practice?

 

yep, thats EXACTLY what I am saying, no matter who specifies it!

 

thinning a tree that is being reduced is like wearing a belt and then adding braces:biggrin:

[Rich Rule]

You don't need to tell me mate. Whenever I saw a spec like that I just ignored it and reduced the canopy. Occasionally a bit of a thin if I was twigged in the eye, 3 strike rule and all that.

[Mark Bolam]

You don't need to tell me mate. Whenever I saw a spec like that I just ignored it and reduced the canopy. Occasionally a bit of a thin if I was twigged in the eye, 3 strike rule and all that.

 

Which I believe I invented?

 

Mattheck, Shigo, Bolam....

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Which I believe I invented?

 

Mattheck, Shigo, Bolam....

 

 

at least you know the names of them!

[MAX]

Ha!