Walnut advice/tips

[normandylumberjack]

Hello tree people,

 

I have been asked to do a reduction on a walnut tree, and as i have no experience of this trees likes and dislikes I was hoping that you could give any advice on them. time of year to cut etc.

 

I have recommended a program of 2-3 years, with 15-20% this year and similar in 1-2 years time. to allow epicormic recovery. I am a bit nervous as reductions are not my normal MO.

 

The reason for reduction is light blocking and proximity to a road, the owner has been told to prune back or the council will with a hedge flail!

[agg221]

They really really don't like it, even light reductions, so prepare the customer for it to die. I saw a huge walnut killed off by a reduction where the largest cut was no more than 3ins across.

 

Pruning time is mid-summer, cut the thinnest branches you can get away with and hope.

 

Sorry

 

Alec

[slack ma girdle]

Now is the best time if year to prune them. At other times they can bleed to death. I would be mire inclined to split the tree into 1/3 or 1/4's, and prune each section consectatively over the next 3-4 years.

 

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[Big J]

Best reduction I could suggest would be to just below ground level, followed by further improvement with a sawmill!

[Stubby]

Now is the best time if year to prune them. At other times they can bleed to death. I would be mire inclined to split the tree into 1/3 or 1/4's, and prune each section consectatively over the next 3-4 years.

 

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I always understood it to be mid/late summer for walnut as the sap rises early in the year ??