Reduce or fire wood? What would you do?

[timberbear]

Pollard and leave as important habitat, tell the estate owner it will support more wildlife whilst rotting away over the next decade than it did during it's living years!

[tommer9]

I think a very heavy reduction on that beech would be the death knell anyhow. down here about 30% on a beech is the max you can get away with on a mature tree. Beeches struggle on the whole in cornwall anyway though. However, what do you have to lose if the other option is to firewood it? A habitat mono would tick all the boxes- elimination of danger to targets, creation of habitat and lots of lovely firewood to boot. If you did do the reduction and the tree died then back to plan A anyway.

[Stephen Blair]

Nowt wrong with that mate, give it a tickle. Poor beech tree, pretty rare round my way

[MattyF]

One more pic , shall go back soon and discuss with the owner why he should not fell the gravity defying tree.....

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[button1803]

Pollard and leave as important habitat, tell the estate owner it will support more wildlife whilst rotting away over the next decade than it did during it's living years!

 

AGREEE 100%

[Danny Boy]

beasties 6ft habitat & firewood.

[MattyF]

Another pic from today, showing epicormic shoots better ,pretty rare on beech, well I have not seen many any way, will be doing next sat if any one fancies a climb or grounding for me , won't have to clear up , don't really fancy doing by my self ,will pay a small fee maybe travel if not miles, it's 5 mins from train station about 30 mins from kings cross .

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[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

If no issues with public access then I would leave alone. If the land man is concerned with young trees around the beech should have been dealt with a long time ago.

[Stephen Blair]

i have never seen epicormics on beech, cool. Are you going all Hammy on us Matty lol

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

okeeyy dokeyy, fell at 6-10ft and it will almost certainly shoot, if not habitat a go go

 

it has a limited life span, due to coelessence of wound from that old limb removal to the wound from stem failure, ts a terminal collapse scenario, go for it.