John H’s General L/A Picture Thread

[stoxs]

yea rich

 

not sure what is right unless you see an XX% reduction, also winter/summer would make it look very different.

 

might be a new thread? trees before and after and a poll to how much reduction it has had!!

 

all i want to do is learn i guess the easyest way is if it is a 25% reduction you can remove 1 in 4 branches 50% would be 1 in 2

[josharb87]

my reductions go by length-reduce the length of the branch by XX% to nearest suitable growth point, then if that growth point needs reducing/thinning, to keep a good shape so be it!

 

so for me, doing a 25% reduction, a 4M branch would go to 3M - thats whats easier for clients to understand too

 

johns 30% looks like what id do for 30%

[Pete Mctree]

I always base my reductions on percentage removal of canopy, not height or size.

[Simon Rotheram]

yea rich

 

all i want to do is learn i guess the easyest way is if it is a 25% reduction you can remove 1 in 4 branches 50% would be 1 in 2

 

That may work for crown thinnning (not that I'd spec a 50% thin) if you were undertaking a 25% reduction you would remove 25% of the limb to a suitable growth point.

[bob]

was it really worth saving did not look to me worthy of the work involved to leave a tree that is in decline and can i say not the prettiest specimen i have seen considering the location

and also to echo others comments you must have long arms for that strop

[Stephen Blair]

you have the longest chainsaw strop in the world!

 

it means the lads can fill it up easier for him lol:001_smile:

[stoxs]

Big Boss, i am getting confused betwem crown thinning and reductions!!

 

below i have tried to follow where john cut to get an impression of how much a 30% reduction would take off

 

everyone agree to this being a 30% reduction ish?

[Mesterh]

I would say that it as around the 30% mark.

 

The way I look at 30% is that the tree wont look pretty and hardly have any flowing branches or form. The last resort to toppping it to death or felling.

 

IMO you can never get a nice looking tree by removing 30%, I should know I've done plenty

 

I'd say under the circumstances its about as good a job as anyone could do.

[stoxs]

I was never saying it was a bad job, i was trying to establish if this was 30% as i thought it looked like a lot more. I have since realised i was confusing 30% reduction with 30% thin of crown and there is a difference.

 

Appologies to John if i sounded i was criticising his work , i really wasn`t!

I am no expert and want to learn:001_smile:

[Rich Rule]

I always base my reductions on percentage removal of canopy, not height or size.

 

Ditto

 

After a 30 % red there would be approx that amount of romoved foliage on the deck. I appreciate this is a hard one to calculate but gets easier each time you do one. On the tree pictured I would estimate removing about 2 metres of exterior growth all round. BUT I wasn't there and it was john's job and he did what was necessary. Nothing bust job done on to the next one...