Tree you least like pruning

[Old Monkey]

We have borer problems with our ashes, the tops die out and all the dormant buds go into action. People want me to cut all the dead off on top and leave the fragile green sprouts at the bottom. I'd rather remove and replace all of them.

[DrewB]

phoenix bloody palms

[atree]

Ditto that.

[slasherscot]

cherrys are a pest the branches nver seems to hit the ground always hang up, chestnuts least favourite

[Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.]

Hi guys!

 

I hate reducing any tree that as a very dense canopy like, purple plum, fasteguite hornbeam and cherrys can be ****** up too! Having to do 1000's of cuts can be a pain in the ass and not having a decent anchor means that one as to be in doggy positions for certain cuts.

 

Ash doesn't bother me unless theres no growth points to cut to.

 

And the tree I most like to reduce is oak, normally they are piece of piss.

 

Tiago

[Tully]

Never had to do one but monkey puzzle must be up there.

[bill]

i hate pruning any tree that has been pruned really badly in the past ie pollarded. the old saying "u cant polish a turd" comes into force.

[Quickthorn]

I had to do a cockspur thorn once. Painful, to say the least:scared1:

[Barney]

Worst trees for me have got to be Lombardy Pops, conifers, really dense Yew's and any tree covered in ivy.

 

I find the branches on Limes fail easier than Ash.

[Log-ologist]

wet ash aint funny but surely a monkey puzzle wins this one hands down!

 

 

Monkey Puzzle (Araucaria araucana )

I have done crown cleaning and take downs of this horror of horrors.

This beats all hands down and I have climbed Robinia, Hawthorn, Blackthorn and trees filled with climbing roses.