Hamas big reduction/pruning thread!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I wasnt to happy about getting up this one yesterday morning, it was blowing a flippin hoolie with gusts i reckon well into the 40MPH! still made me pull my finger out! and 2hrs30 minutes later was feeling pretty pleased with myself, apart from ripping my best work jumper! lol

 

 

 

 

 

[ballymac]

NIce work all way through this thread Hama.

Here's an effort at a reduction on sycamore from today- forgot to take a before photo. The view from the top was pretty special.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

NIce work all way through this thread Hama.

Here's an effort at a reduction on sycamore from today- forgot to take a before photo. The view from the top was pretty special.

 

 

Thanks bally:thumbup:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This was a total nightmare to reduce!

 

 

 

 

 

[armybloke]

This was a total nightmare to reduce!

 

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You kinda make it look easy in your pics though trooper I couldn't do it so hat off to you Sir

[andrew t]

Have you got any close ups of the cuts you make. I where possible try to prune to weeping branches for a natural effect I know you cant do this with every type of tree i like the way you change your method for each tree.On the eucalyptus the collar swells a lot and i normally prune in front of this copying shaded out branches bellow do you follow this method where it occurs. Ps big fan of your work tony:thumbup1:

[atree]

Nice reduction on the Euc Hama

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Have you got any close ups of the cuts you make. I where possible try to prune to weeping branches for a natural effect I know you cant do this with every type of tree i like the way you change your method for each tree.On the eucalyptus the collar swells a lot and i normally prune in front of this copying shaded out branches bellow do you follow this method where it occurs. Ps big fan of your work tony:thumbup1:

 

Pruning to weeping branches is fine in the lower half of the canopy but you need to consider each branch as an individual and within its natural place in the crown architecture. the highest cuts are different to the mid cuts and the lowest cuts.

 

if you get what i mean.

[RobRainford]

good job tony, not as big as mine from the other week

 

but you made that one look much better!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

good job tony, not as big as mine from the other week

 

but you made that one look much better!

 

Practice:thumbup1: