Monterey cypress reduction %

[oldwoodcutter]

Thanks for the advice everyone.. talked options through with customer today and were all happy.. just got to wait and see if quotes accepted:001_smile:

 

 

Hang on a minute mate,if thats the one in ashwicken i priced that on tuesday.

[Jesse]

evening all, ive been and looked at a large monterey cypress today.. I was wondering if anyone could let me know how they cope with reductions ?.. The trees around 70ft good and healthy but is overpowering the garden,

 

any advice on a rather harsh but safe percentage? Or is it best to remove a little each year?

 

remove.

[Jesse]

remove.

 

SORRY did not read all info, but IMO a tree of that size/age if not affected by Seiridium cordinale would be best left alone, or advice the client to take it down, dont mess about with it as you are only wasting your clients money and will give your self a bad reputation.

[Boy English]

Hang on a minute mate,if thats the one in ashwicken i priced that on tuesday.

 

I have no idea what your talking about

[treeseer]

... IMO a tree of that size/age if not affected by Seiridium cordinale would be best left alone, or advice the client to take it down, dont mess about with it as you are only wasting your clients money and will give your self a bad reputation.

 

Why? How?

[Jesse]

Why? How?

 

In the UK a large % of Monterey Cypress trees are planted along boundries of small urban gardens and have over time been topped and hacked about, Seiridium cordinale is common and can be seen on a lot of trees, most common ident evident in the top of a trees crown when viewed from a distance, (tip crown dieback) if the tree is healthy the pruning wounds will be the ideal entry points, also this sp of tree does not respond well to pruning and from my own experience when these trees have been reduced it quite often follows that the trees are then removed a couple of years on from doing the work. so in not advising your client of what could happen your client could be paying twice for tree work.

[Stephen Blair]

I have only ever reduced 2 before. Both came down with in less than 1 year after i carried out the work.

 

The first 1 was about 50 feet and was rootballed the other was twin stemmed and half landed on a main rd on a wet day.

 

I dont reduce or thin them anymore, i dont know if there was a link, but i am not taking the chance:001_rolleyes:

[Jesse]

I have only ever reduced 2 before. Both came down with in less than 1 year after i carried out the work.

 

The first 1 was about 50 feet and was rootballed the other was twin stemmed and half landed on a main rd on a wet day.

 

I dont reduce or thin them anymore, i dont know if there was a link, but i am not taking the chance:001_rolleyes:

 

spot on, leave alone or take em down:thumbup1:

[treeseer]

... i dont know if there was a link, ...

 

I don't either, with such a small sample. Maybe a case-by-case situation. It depends...