Lawson reduction advice needed

[julieryan]

my 30 year old Lawsons were reduced by 2.5m in May and I have been asked to further reduce them by .75m again this year. Do you think this is appropriate, what problems might this cause?

[Marc]

Why reduce them?

[MattyF]

They will form multiple leaders as soon as you take any height off ...thats already been done so it means they will get wider thicker and probably have weak unions where the new regrowth starts to form ,not a problem now but all could be if left for another 15 years as they could snap out ,apart from a wider bulkier tree i cant think of much else ...

[Amelanchier]

I would suggest that the impact of the reduction would depend specifically on how high they were to begin with... For example; reducing a 15m C. lawsoniana by 2.5m is a minor tickle at about 15%. Taking a further 75cm is another 5%.

 

However, if they were only 5m in height to begin with...

 

I would also suggest that one of the problem it might cause is a waste of time. Why 75cm??

 

Why have you been asked to reduce your own trees??? LPA served a high hedge enforcement notice on you????