Uh Oh someone let the gardener prune the trees

[Hollands]

Have just got back from pricing a chipping job at a nice property. The gardener has apparantly told the owners he is a qualified arborist and given some really nice 'veteran' maples a hiding. I pointed out that he had not done a very good job and the owners are really worried about thier trees. I said there was not much I could do except tidy up his cuts and try to bring some of the stubs back to growth points etc. I will post some pics when I head over on friday. I was wondering if anyone could give me a bit of advice as to what to do with the maples. They have been hacked back in the usual fashion of gardeners, but as they have been pruned out of season I am wondering whether or not to tidy them up now or wait until they are in full leaf next season. Any comments much appreciated. Ta.

 

Adam

[Paul Jenks]

If they've been that defoliated then a little more will probably make little difference.

[Hollands]

thats what I thought mate, I'm a bit worried about them 'bleeding'

[arb culture]

In the recent NTSG draft they suggested that unqualified gardeners should be able to provide preliminary arboricultural advice.

 

If that document is used as a benchmark, we'll see a lot more of this kind of poor arboriculture.

[Paul Jenks]

Won't get many trees bleeding this time of year.

[bareroots]

unlucky for the trees and owner, hopefully the trees should be alright. they recover to a similar degree to sycamores.

[Hollands]

It's winter over here paul. I'll get some pics up when I go round again. I'm just going to tidy up the cuts and hope for the best. The main tree has been completeley pollarded, quite sad as it would have been a nice tree, would be 100 years old (quite old for NZ).

[Ben Ballard]

best time to prune acer is summer so dont worry about them bleeding,

[Hollands]

best time to prune acer is summer so dont worry about them bleeding,

 

 

Thanks for that mate I'm in New zealand so its actually winter over here. My only concern is that the trees have already been damaged and by pruning them I am just adding to that damage. Hopefully I can at least make them look a bit tidier