Please rate and criticize my reduction!

[Mr Oz]

im no expert on reductions but it looks natural and tidy

[josharb87]

Looks great!

[worden84]

Looks good. Not enough people in the industry taking the time and effort to carry out good tree work.

[waz77]

Good recovery

[ARP]

Cheers for all the positive comments!

[Ty Korrigan]

Looking for a good phrase to use but it was already taken.

"Good recovery"

This echoes work that frequently comes our way. p

Picking up where others left off is never easy.

Well done there.

Ty

[Ty Korrigan]

Yes, your right, we are all frauds...

Ty

[frets1]

looks good to me, nice job

[detritus21]

nice job but when it grows back it will look the same as your first picture so what is the point most tree surgery is bull **** does nothing to help the treee best left alone if not unsafe or anuisance:thumbup1:

 

Looking at it the tree had been brutally topped in the past which will lead to excessive growth even on a beech. A sensitive reduction as has been undertaken shouldn't promote the same panic growth so will not grow back in the same manner. No tree work is best for the tree but as trees and humans live in a landscape together we as humans influence the surroundings to suit our needs hence doing the work we do.

 

I think the work looks very good I know how hard it can be to get a good outcome when undoing someone else's poor workmanship. Top job.

[beechwood]

nice job but when it grows back it will look the same as your first picture so what is the point most tree surgery is bull **** does nothing to help the treee best left alone if not unsafe or anuisance:thumbup1:

 

 

 

The OP has done a good job restoring the tree to its natural form. It's unlikely to grow back the same as its previous regrowth appears to have come from historic heavy topping, which does one of two things, puts tree into decline or simulates vigorous regrowth the latter in this case.

Because the OP has retained a natural form and not removed too much leafarea the tree, as long as pruning cuts are correct the tree shouldn't respond as would happen with topping or pollarding.

By the look of it the pruning will have made a lot of difference to both the tree and garden.

Reaction growth from topping is generally from latent buds and therefore has leak attachment points, the reduction will lessen the risk of this failing, this is good for the tree and anyone who happens to be below it at the time.The density of the canopy will be reduced and therefore the garden will get more light.