Few pics of a willow reduction I did today

[john p]

Good skills, but as above, a lot of hassle for bugger all result

[jdavis]

Good skills, but as above, a lot of hassle for bugger all result

 

 

If the customer and neighbours are pleased with the work and the tree's left in good health surely that's a good result?

[Peasgood]

The owner of the tree in the background got more bang for their buck!!!

 

Good call.

I was playing spot the difference and completely missed that one.

[mistahbenn]

Completely pointless but you got paid so great!

[JaySmith]

Nice job, bet it was a tricky climb looking at the amount that came off. People say this kind of reduction is pointless/waste of time but is it? Yes in terms of what was taken off as its not going to stop the tree failing/reduce pressure on unions but to some home owners having a nice looking tree is more important and there happy to pay for that.

 

A couple of years ago I took around 2ft off all round this birch. The tree had sentimental value and the lady wanted a nice shape to look at as she drove up the road. Did she get value for money? Depends which way you look at it, in terms of material coming off then maybe no but in terms of getting nice looking tree then maybe yes

[skyhuck]

Nice job, bet it was a tricky climb looking at the amount that came off. People say this kind of reduction is pointless/waste of time but is it? Yes in terms of what was taken off as its not going to stop the tree failing/reduce pressure on unions but to some home owners having a nice looking tree is more important and there happy to pay for that.

 

A couple of years ago I took around 2ft off all round this birch. The tree had sentimental value and the lady wanted a nice shape to look at as she drove up the road. Did she get value for money? Depends which way you look at it, in terms of material coming off then maybe no but in terms of getting nice looking tree then maybe yes

 

You appear to be missing the point.

 

Its about how long such reductions last and wether in actual fact they promote growth.

 

No one is disputing how good they look when cut, what about one, two, three years down the line???

[Mark Bolam]

To be fair, very lightly reduced trees do seem to respond better.

The willows I reduce are hairier than a dogs arse after a year!

 

Very skilful work, just not my cup of tea (or within my skill-set!).

 

If the customer is happy then it's all good.

 

 

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[JaySmith]

You appear to be missing the point.

 

Its about how long such reductions last and wether in actual fact they promote growth.

 

No one is disputing how good they look when cut, what about one, two, three years down the line???

 

Not really. Yes a light reduction will promote growth but so will pollarding and hard reductions. In the case of willow when it is reduced heavily the regrowth is massive and can lead to future problems. When reduced lightly like the op did will the regrowth be slower and more controlled? It would be interesting to get two identical trees and pollard one tree and lightly reduce the other, compare the results and see what is best from a financial point of view and a tree health point of view. Three years down the line it will probably need re reducing but then so would it if it was pollarded as there would be a massive of regrowth