How to prune trees with bad structure?

[Poda Girona]

Hi,

I am an arborist from Spain. Arboriculture is not at a very high level in some parts of Spain. I regularly see trees with a very bad structure in the cities.

 

I would like to know your opinions about the trees on the foto's below. And most importantly, how would you prune a tree with such a structure?!

 

greetings,

Koert

 

 

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Hello Koert, and welcome to 'ARBTALK'..I'm sure you'll receive some very good advice here and a range of opinions.

 

My opinion would be that past management, i.e. pollarding / topping, has dictated the future management options, i.e. re-pollarding.

 

Obviously you could do nothing and monitor the tree conditions and development of cavities / decay at the previous pruning / cutting points (likely to be more significant in the Lime than the Plane in my experience) OR you could create new 'pollard heads' at a higher level up the regrowth stems if there is a desire to control / restrict the heights of the trees and commit to regular management, i.e. again re-pollarding.

 

In conclusion, do the trees have a poor structure...or just a different one.

 

I'll look forward to seeing this thread development.

 

"Buenos dias mi amigo"

 

Paul

[slack ma girdle]

Two choices:

Fell

Pollard

You can only work with what you have got, and you haven't got alot to start with.

Happy lopping

[Poda Girona]

Had a error with the pfoto's, but here they are again!

 

 

[Paul Cleaver]

Hello Koert, and welcome to 'ARBTALK'..I'm sure you'll receive some very good advice here and a range of opinions.

 

My opinion would be that past management, i.e. pollarding / topping, has dictated the future management options, i.e. re-pollarding.

 

Obviously you could do nothing and monitor the tree conditions and development of cavities / decay at the previous pruning / cutting points (likely to be more significant in the Lime than the Plane in my experience) OR you could create new 'pollard heads' at a higher level up the regrowth stems if there is a desire to control / restrict the heights of the trees and commit to regular management, i.e. again re-pollarding.

 

In conclusion, do the trees have a poor structure...or just a different one.

 

some good points here - I will add the first pic, a re - pollard would be better as they are very close to the buildings, and they are in the pavement, which if left to grown on will increase the damage caused by roots to the pavement.

[Le Sanglier]

Just re pollard. It's why they were planted there in the first place.

[Poda Girona]

Thanks for your reactions.

I would not so easily choose for re-pollarding. My main fear would be that the repollarding leads to big pruning cuts near the pollard-head and eventually this will cause a lot of decay.

[Paul Cleaver]

Thanks for your reactions.

I would not so easily choose for re-pollarding. My main fear would be that the repollarding leads to big pruning cuts near the pollard-head and eventually this will cause a lot of decay.

 

its important to cut just outside the old pollard cuts - and your tree cutting team should be aware of this.

 

Its in British Standard 3998 -

Edited September 28, 2013 by Paul Cleaver
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[Le Sanglier]

its important to cut just outside the old pollard cuts - and your tree cutting team should be aware of this.

 

Its in British Standard 3998 -

 

Not certain that bs 3998 carries a lot of weight in Girona but good advice nevertheless:001_smile:

[TREE-SURGEON-ESSEX]

Not certain that bs 3998 carries a lot of weight in Girona but good advice nevertheless:001_smile:

 

haha