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[openspaceman]

thanks for the info all

 

catweazel, if braced would the oak not heal in time? just curious

 

The split never heals, the best that could happen would be the callus growth gradually merges to start a complete new ring after several years, this callus growth will be "better" wood than the original (denser, less vessels) but it would still contain the split wood, and any infections, inside it.

 

I know very little of bracing, I last practiced it, job specced by boss, in about 1976, it would never pay unless a specimen tree or a high value target and in this case the wood/shelterbelt needs thinning.

 

Over the years I have come across an occassional tree with dangling wires from a failed brace where the supported structure is still intact

[openspaceman]

It certainly does look like the whorl has stopped the split. It`s surprising how long things can hang on sometimes. Presumably if the tree was open grown it would have split out all the way a while ago. Interesting photo

 

There's an open grown oak that has failed this way and the two tops have then fallen away from the butt, it's in a field adjacent to a dual carriageway where there are roadworks, A23 Handcross Hill going south, and I have been unable to stop and have a look at it the few times I have been traveling to Brighton.

[the verminator]

The split never heals, the best that could happen would be the callus growth gradually merges to start a complete new ring after several years, this callus growth will be "better" wood than the original (denser, less vessels) but it would still contain the split wood, and any infections, inside it.

 

I know very little of bracing, I last practiced it, job specced by boss, in about 1976, it would never pay unless a specimen tree or a high value target and in this case the wood/shelterbelt needs thinning.

 

Over the years I have come across an occassional tree with dangling wires from a failed brace where the supported structure is still intact

 

thanks, i was thinking cobra as opposed to cable as its non invasive. i thought it may stop the split spreading in storms etc and may help the callus form as it would reduce movement of the split, atleast thats what i thought