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

[igottacabstar]

It not guess work, I simply read your posts:wave:

 

Sorry Skyhuck, I must have been half asleep when I wrote the post that listed all of my clients:icon14:

[skyhuck]

Sorry Skyhuck, I must have been half asleep when I wrote the post that listed all of my clients:icon14:

 

No problem:icon14::wave:

[MattyF]

Sorry Skyhuck, I must have been half asleep when I wrote the post that listed all of my clients:icon14:

 

and they are who??? a minute ago you would not do it and now your clients know all about it and your doing such works??? do you make this up as you go along??

[igottacabstar]

a minute ago you would not do it and now your clients know all about it and your doing such works

 

don't recall saying this! I said that I think coronet cuts look shite and that most of my clients would p*ss themselves laughing at the very suggestion.

[MattyF]

sorry cabstar i mis read your posts! :bongsmi:i offer you a humble apology and retract my previous statement:icon14:

[Xerxses]

First attempt with coronet cuts. I didnt execute the takedown... If I had Ive would have left longer branches..

I managed to stop the full takedown and implement the idea of retaining the stump as a feautere/monolith,

Citycouncil Landscapearchitect liked the idea and gave me green light. The tree is a Acer platanoides with internal decay. I gave all the old cuts a big whack with my hammer and thus created holes for birds etc. Week and a half later the Nuthatch is building a nest within the tree and several other birds is looking to move in!

AND last week the County Administrative Board that are dealing with biodiversity and legal issues were shown my monolith and they absolutely loved the idea and the appearance of it! Maples around the area is about the same age and leaving this old tree in the area will help species of lichens etc to survive and move to younger trees that are beeing planted in the area. Sorry about the pics...mobilephone.... to the right of the tree there is a small pocketpark that is beeing used alot by the people living in the area, theres also a bakery etc, Next week a sign is coming up to inform the public about the tree.

[David Humphries]

Looks good for your first attempt Xerxses.

It's bold to leave in such an urban environment.

Did you get comments from the local people?

[Xerxses]

Looks good for your first attempt Xerxses.

 

Thank you!

 

It's bold to leave in such an urban environment.

 

The tree is about 10 feet high, not a massive tree... and I'm passing the tree several timea a week so it is beeing well monitored!

Did you get comments from the local people?

 

Nothing bad so far!:hmmmm2:

[David Humphries]

Nothing bad so far!:hmmmm2:

 

If you intend to add to your monolith population, you may want to make a record of location and condition,

 

and then revisit annualy to re-check

[Xerxses]

If you intend to add to your monolith population, you may want to make a record of location and condition,

 

and then revisit annualy to re-check

 

Thats my intention!

Thanks for all your help.

/Xerxses