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I would not be so quick to reduce a red Oak, not in the U>K anyways, they are very prone to cambium die back and armillaria which is a prevalent weakness parasite here. in the states who knows? not saying dadio wrong in reducing it, not my place to say, im in the u.k where this tree is not native, a very different situation to home territory/native scenario as it is for dadio

 

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I would not be so quick to reduce a red Oak, not in the U>K anyways, they are very prone to cambium die back and armillaria which is a prevalent weakness parasite here. in the states who knows? not saying dadio wrong in reducing it, not my place to say, im in the u.k where this tree is not native, a very different situation to home territory/native scenario as it is for dadio

...so crown clean/deadwood and a light thin, and leave it at that? I've reduced one about 6 or 7 years ago in Tipperary. Quite a ways from here, but if I'm in that area again I'll pop by and get a photo. Would be very interested to see how it got on. Had no idea they responded so poorly to reductions. Hit it about 20% (according to my old boss), this being an Irish council 20%, which is more like 30-40% by 3998 standards.

 

Armillaria doesn't seem to be so prevalent here. Only come across a handful of "confirmed" cases. That said, Armillaria doesn't really get a chance here. Once a tree gets big enough and is close enough to a target the general attitude on this side of the Shannon is "chop it in half".:thumbdown: Our litigious nature demands a better safe than sorry policy most of the time. Thankfully the recession seems to be sorting that out a bit. The cost of removal being a bit prohibitive. People seem to be a bit more responsive when I price to get a pruning job, as oppossed to putting a normal price on a removal.

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Interesting discussion. The only large cut on that, which may have been close to 6" was on a limb that had been broken in an early snow in October, when the tree still had leaves. I made the cut just behind the rip. I did mention that on tape but decided against including it for time. I just focused on the main idea.

 

Another issue that wasn't mentioned is that the neighbor's (to the right) wanted to remove all the limbs back to the property line, which would have been a disaster. They wanted light and safety. I had to lobby hard to get it reduced as seen. So I could have gone a little smaller on the near and left sides.

 

I don't expect it to sprout wildly or catch its death of disease. Hopefully there is enough live tips to keep the tree from responding with a lot of latent bud growth. We'll see.. Pretty sure it'll be OK, with the reduced limbs growth retarded.

 

I'll keep an eye on it and report back..

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i personally think that was a good job, but iv never worked on a red oak, not many n lincolnshire haha, what i love the best is that bucket truck! you americans have it good, i know over there you don't need to wear chainsaw protection on your legs when climbing, but don't it hurt! i hate climbing without the paddings haha

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