To Coronet or Not to Coronet, now that is a question

[treeseer]

To be honest, I have been a bit more casual about rip cuts when I am reaching with a pole saw and cannot get a good undercut. Observations are that these wounds do not affect stability as they close pretty well. At the same time, inner wood is exposed for habitat.

However I do not see much internodal sprouting from the exposed cambium. The goal is typically to give a light enough dose to avoid the tree panicking!

 

"Also, large 'collar' cuts to upright laterals can present good sites for bore-cutting for cavity nesters like lorikeets, nuthatches...

 

By all means there are environments and objectives that call for intentional wounding, done selectively.

[josharb87]

One of this mornings

 

[David Humphries]

Nice work my man !

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[josharb87]

I can't see it ever seriously breaking into hard nosed domestic work, strictly for LAs/public parks etc.

 

Funnily enough, the previous coronet cut oak i done, was for a private customer.

He'd played in the tree as a child, brought the house as an adult, relandscaped the garden, drowning the tree in soil, killing it, and was ecstatic that doing a fracture prune would topping would give the remains a purpose.

[Steve Bullman]

Felled a big Willow today, and felt very privileged to discover one of David Humphries early attempts at a coronet cut

 

[Kveldssanger]

I'd have that as a tiling scheme on my floor. Very avant-garde.

[David Humphries]

Dagnabbit !

 

Thought I'd I'd got rid of all the duff early ones

 

 

 

You dishonor all my endeavours and good intentions Bullman !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[skyhuck]

Felled a big Willow today, and felt very privileged to discover one of David Humphries early attempts at a coronet cut

 

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Thats priceless!!!!:lol:

[sean]

Felled a big Willow today, and felt very privileged to discover one of David Humphries early attempts at a coronet cut

 

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Probably took the money and said he would be back after lunch.

[Steve Bullman]

Funnily enough that's what we did