Big Chesy, light touch.............

[David Humphries]

Tallllllll roadside Horse Chestnut.

Approx 100'

 

History -

Tree opened to additional prevailing wind force due to reduction of neighbouring Trees.

End weight reduction & lift on roadside by contract a couple of years ago.

Which unbalanced crown.

 

Tree is subject to the obligatory Cameraria, and I recently confirmed Psuedomonas.

 

A couple of branches have snapped out recently, at weak points, due to the aforementioned non-intentional haloing.

 

Have got the team to rebalance the upper crown mass by reduction on inner side, and light thin on roadside.

 

The crown looks non symetrical as of now, due to differing foliage densities.

This should balance out.

 

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[Marc]

Nice job dave, whats the drug testing device for? To check the climber isn't higgh before he goes high or pregnant?

[Lee Winger]

You should have took a brave tablet Dave and stripped her roadside, and ripped off the top crown, I'm all for rips , tears and coronets these days, easier said than done I guess though mate, with a big tree in such a prominent place...

 

I'm guessing this tree is at Highgate?

[Mike]

Nice job dave, whats the drug testing device for? To check the climber isn't higgh before he goes high or pregnant?

 

No. There would be 2 blue lines if it was pregnant.

[David Humphries]

You should have took a brave tablet Dave and stripped her roadside, and ripped off the top crown, I'm all for rips , tears and coronets these days, easier said than done I guess though mate, with a big tree in such a prominent place...

 

I'm guessing this tree is at Highgate?

 

 

 

The Tree is at Highgate Lee, about half way along Muswell Hill road.

 

As you know, we have carried out a fair bit of fracture prunning at the Woods already, but as this is Chestnut, and next to the road, I 'bottled it'

 

Also the contractors who reduced above the road a couple of years back used conventional methods, and a mix of the two doesn't scan with me.

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

i passed a stone dead big chessy today, i will try and get a pic tomorrow for you dave

[Graham]

Few pics of a failed chestnut we felled today.

 

Pseudomonas present but the greatest concentration was around the failed limb. Interested to know if anyone has thoughts on the dark, irregular lines in the fracture wound. Looks almost like mycelium but is a stain in the timber.

 

 

 

 

[josharb87]

why diddnt you thin the upper right hand side of the crown whilst you were there, for asthetics if nothing else?

[David Humphries]

It was lightly thinned josh, though the growth on the street side was far denser from the contractors reduced limb from two years ago.

 

So the two sides of the canopy were out of sink, foliage wise.

The aim was to rebalance the upper crown shape, nature will fill in the blanks in time.

 

Over thinning would possibly be disadvantageous to the ratio of energy production against the Psuedomonas/Camararia & reduction wounds.

 

Not saying this is the gospel.

 

 

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[josharb87]

cheers monkeyd!