Obelisking?

[rcarolina]

...but moving away from STDs for a moment () the term 'obelisking' is not in common use as far as you know.

 

Basically the term was used to describe what i think, was a plan to effectively delimb entirely a fairly poorly tree and just leave standing at approx 5-6M.

 

Personally, I would prefer to have it carved into good old Obelix.

[rcarolina]

Hey Monkey D - loved the pics and think the tree in question would stand up well to this. Is the coroneting just for decoration then and is this done just by eye with the saw?

 

Surely leaving a tree in an architecturally interesting state and monitored is better than simply removing it from its place. Fatastic work. Love this forum.

 

 

Cheers

 

Dave.

[David Humphries]

Aesthetics & niche habitat for invertebrates etc

 

That's the short version

 

 

For thoughts around coronets, have a look here......

 

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/440-coronet-not-coronet-now-question.html

 

 

 

 

 

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[rcarolina]

Wow - long thread! Will read this when I'm not snoozing at the keyboard. Cheers for that.

[Frankie Lawrence]

...but moving away from STDs for a moment () the term 'obelisking' is not in common use as far as you know.

 

Basically the term was used to describe what i think, was a plan to effectively delimb entirely a fairly poorly tree and just leave standing at approx 5-6M.

 

Personally, I would prefer to have it carved into good old Obelix.

 

is this at scotney dave? if so what tree is it?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Heard it on Panorama.

 

hes lying folks, from wot david told me franks been kicked out of the park late afternoons on several occasions of late for "loitering" and we all know what that means. reckon he learnt it the hard way rather than via "panorama!" unless thats what the kids call it these days!

[rcarolina]

Frankie - yes at Scotney, it's an ailing Beech at the back of our yard - we're parking there now and we don't want crushed cars! Are you one of Mick's lads?

[Frankie Lawrence]

Frankie - yes at Scotney, it's an ailing Beech at the back of our yard - we're parking there now and we don't want crushed cars! Are you one of Mick's lads?

 

The beech we hit hard a year or two back? I am indeed one of micks lads:biggrin:

[rcarolina]

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