Cherry tree in decline

[Richard 1234]

If its 3mtrs or less from the road is it not HighWays responsibility ?

 

 

Not sure I think it is highway owned my client cuts the grass on the the verge to keep it looking tidy.

The problem is the last one that fell went into his garden and he was told it was his problem! So he is thinking of just taking it down and replacing it.

I think we need to be checking with the council first myself. I was just wondering what some pros thought 👍👍

Thanks for the input

[Marc Lewis]

If its next to a road its sensible to be safe and have it out and replant as you suggest. That wound does not look like its going to get any better, just worse i would guess. Might not be a bad idea to recommend to have the other cherry trees reduced.

 

Is that correct that the best time to prune cherry trees is april to august? Not that i dont believe you agg, just nice if somebody else can confirm also.:thumbup:

[Richard 1234]

If its next to a road its sensible to be safe and have it out and replant as you suggest. That wound does not look like its going to get any better, just worse i would guess. Might not be a bad idea to recommend to have the other cherry trees reduced.

 

Is that correct that the best time to prune cherry trees is april to august? Not that i dont believe you agg, just nice if somebody else can confirm also.:thumbup:

 

 

No idea on pruning times?

Our thoughts are to take it out but if it's council owned we would likely be in bother if we just did it.

Needs looking into more carefully. Could it have a tpo on it? I don't know if it's important enough?

[climbing4life]

Hello there,

My experience of cherry's is they don't seem to like being cut back at any level at any time, best time is may-June ish.

Check with council highways or planning to be on the safe side and get an email response or something in writing if you want to replace or remove what you might consider a 'dangerous tree', you can then move forwards. They will have a maintenance contract within or externally to deal with things like this.

[Richard 1234]

Thanks for that