slack ma girdle
-
Posts
4,047 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
2
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by slack ma girdle
-
All trees dies, and if the tree is 200+ years old, then it has had a good innings. Apple trees are not long lived. However some pruning might help to breath some new life into the tree. But if the tree has not been pruned for a long time, and you are too heavy with the pruning the resulting regrowth can be too much for the tree to sustain. Little and often over the next 3-4 years should help, and will not encourage too much vigourous re growth. If all else fails find someone in your local area to take some grafts next winter, so that when the tree dies,it will still live on. Also do you know what variety it is? there could be some interest if it is an unusual variety Happy pruning Slack ma girdle I can spot a tree from 100 yards!!
-
Practice on a small tree, so that height is not an issue. Ditch your main anchor, and use two short rope of about 25'. the main anchor becomes a hinderance when you are working above it. With practice and more importantly confedence you should be able to use anchors of about 1 1/2" in diameter. The key is to keeping equal weight spread across the anchors. This mostly works for me as a fifteen stone climber!! However once i get above 70' the anchor points drop to around 3", and the rods and saw head come out
