Heres one for monkeyd.

[David oakman]

Sorry it is not a fracture cut but this bough fell 2 years ago on a veteran turkey oak i cut it back only to this point as the pipistrelle bats like small cracks like this but look at the new growth. This must be a good way, good for habitat and good for the tree? But as Dr lonsdale said it is better to take these large boughs back slowly.

[David Humphries]

Thanks for posting David.

 

Is it a Ceris?

 

Obviously I'm a fan of stubs/fractures vs target prunes, in these particular situations.

But I would like to witness more of it to be honest, I really think the majority of practioners can be a bit blinkered out of college and possibly lack the balls to challenge the perceived wisdom of authors who may rest on their laurels.

 

The most forward thinking proposal in years was the attempt to acknowledge what is really going on out there, with the nod in the 2008 BS 3998 Draft..............

 

“Annex F (normative) Crown management by cutting – specialized practices”

 

 

http://lists.tree-care.info/sympa/d_read/uktc/BS3998/BS3998_DPC_1_8_08.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

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