fracture prunning after care

[damian]

im going to be carrying out fracture prunning for the first time on some 350 year old sweet chestnuts and have been given the opputinty to manage these trees for the next five years i was just wondering if anyone had any tips on the after care and management of these what shall i say cuts anyhelp would be great i think this may b the first attempt at this here

[Joe Loggs]

What's the purpose of the fracture cuts? To create epi?

[RobArb]

Aerial habitat

 

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[damian]

the idea behind it is that these trees have massive bits of dead in them and r not safe for the public but the tree owner wants to keep the natural charachter of the trees 8 in all

so yeah to create habitat and also to help with hopefully positive effects for the trees

ive researched it a bit found the articles on the web just wondering what others think

[Joe Loggs]

Been doing alot of fracture pruning myself on veterans and we manage them little bit at a time. Not worked on any sweet chestnuts so not realy sure how they respond. Use a sledge hammer to make some nice habitat indents

[Danavan]

If its to create a 'safer' tree away from harms way then imo fracture beyond the target area & let it be for as long as possible to allow colonization of the wounds you have made.

 

If that is not possible & structural retrenchment is the case then enter a management plan over a period of time suited to the trees location, condition of the wounds ect.