Deliberately wounding trees

[sloth]

I'll be keeping. close eye on this thread. Very interesting.

Rob, was yours just through curiosity or part of your course? I also seem to recall an interest in constriction of stems to control growth I think; how is this progressing?

[David Humphries]

Whereabouts in Spain was this? Reminds me of Parque Natural Saja-Besaya, where I once spent a happy week admiring the beech (amongst other things).

 

the basque, mainly within the triangle between San Sebastian, Pamplona & Bilbao

 

a few shots of the trees & surrounding area in this old thread........

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/picture-forum/11489-study-tour-basque-region-trees.html

 

 

 

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[HCR]

the basque, mainly within the triangle between San Sebastian, Pamplona & Bilbao

 

a few shots of the trees & surrounding area in this old thread........

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/picture-forum/11489-study-tour-basque-region-trees.html

 

 

 

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Very interesting, thank you!

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

There was the expected bud burst at the callous around prunning wounds (like in the shots below, which are from different trees than the ones in the first post) but the idea behind the incisions is (as you point out) to keep wounding down to a minimum and also to provide alternative points of potential growth throughout the bark surfaces of a tree.

 

 

I'll give Ted a call to see if it was originally his idea or developed from anyones research.

 

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Do you consider this method will work on shaded stems i.e. would the wounding alone work as a trigger rather than increased light levels?

If you have access/permission to carry out these trials on several species of trees it would certainly make for a very interesting study.

 

I too will be following this with interest. Thanks for posting.

[David Humphries]

If you have access/permission to carry out these trials on several species of trees it would certainly make for a very interesting study.

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I'm not sure about the shaded aspect, but we carried out wounds on the north side of the beech branch.

Guess we'll have to wait & see.

 

I have the access & intend to control with a number of species.

was thinking about beech, oak, ash, hornbeam, acer, holly, yew, sorbus (wild service & rowan)

 

People will have to sit tight & need a bit of patience but I certainly intend to update the thread with any findings.

 

The images of the sprouted buds in the first post were taken 2 years after the initial wounding.

 

 

 

Have just messaged Ted to see if there are any papers on this already out there.

[RobArb]

Open door sean, as always

 

 

 

 

 

What were you wounding with Rob ?

 

Pictorals always key to communicating ones findings.

 

What species were you playing with, I can't remember ?

 

 

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I wounded beech, plane and sorbus (the ones in Salford that have been completely lion tailed), and I used a small silky cut, a hammer to damage the bark and a metal skewer (screwdriver like) to make a small hole. Was going to try on oak too but never got the chance. I'll try to find the pics tonight when I get in.

 

 

 

 

I'll be keeping. close eye on this thread. Very interesting.

Rob, was yours just through curiosity or part of your course? I also seem to recall an interest in constriction of stems to control growth I think; how is this progressing?

 

At first is was curiosity, Salford trees had been badly lion tailed in the past yet we had to reduce them, nothing to reduce them to so it got me thinking about restoration pruning, it was David who told me to get in touch with Ted, but this was early least year I think. I was going to do it as part of my BSc but need to pass this FdSc first:biggrin:

 

 

 

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[RobArb]

Here you go, knew I had created a thread on it

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=29018

 

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[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Have just messaged Ted to see if there are any papers on this already out there.

 

Thanks

[woody paul]

Did it a couple of years a go on a Mullbury which had lost half it top and no limbs to prune back too. I use silky saw to put small cut where I wanted the limb to shoot and it did. Isn't this trick used by apple farmers when training young trees.

[Le Sanglier]

Just an uneducated thought, surely if climbers were using spikes (as everyone used to in the past) this phenomena would have manifested itself by now?