Crown reduction

[Darrin Turnbull]

Here in Berlin a crown reduction no thicker than 5 cm diameter is classified as crown care. ( without permission)

what is allowed back in blighty.

[Khriss]

Should be the bloody same here  - sick of looking at heavy handed butchery in SE. Die back ??? Ohhh yea !! More work fr coming years.  Don't ask me what I'd do with that sort.... but it does involve a blunt silky  ?  K

[Mick Dempsey]

It’s all species specific, pointless lumping limes in with oak and beech.

 

Whats sauce for the goose isn’t sauce for the gander.

 

 

[Alex O]

I don’t miss reductions whatsoever even I found them a challenge after 20yrs. Everything here either gets crown raised or removed, much simpler

[Khriss]

@Alex O yes, if it ends up as the wrong tree for its place  ( which can happen for a number of reasons ) Fell it ?  cos repeated 'reduction' is an invitation to decay / branch failure.  Formative pruning ( enhancing 'natural ' form )  or clearance pruning  ( lamp column )  and safety pruning over high target areas is OK.   No need to trash a perfectly good crown all over , cos boss says so.  K