Couldn't agree moreAnother reason not to spike prunes, it exposes you for what ya really are.
If you spike a prune, your a hack, simple as that........
Well then your a hack who tells the truth, better than a troll?, hmmmm, good question. Why are you here then? This is Arboristsite, not buzz or hackworld.No not a troll, just telling the truth.
Because I work all day on trees, and have done for years, I can understand the logic behind it but I don't think a few spike marks is going to kill a tree.
On utility arb blokes run up trees in spikes every few years to no detriment.
Sure I'm going to get stick, all the guys with letters after their name will look down their nose and call me names, I really don't care.
You don't have to jam 'em in at every opportunity, you still branch walk and all the fancy stuff, they're just handy sometimes for awkward bits.
Rest assured I am not by any means alone.
Ohhhh the horror!!!!!!
Well...........at least your a honest hack, guess we need guys like you to show others what not to do. Since it is pretty obvious that you want a reaction, why don't you tell us what other hackish things ya do so we can get it out of the way. BTW, there is detriment,and you know this or you wouldn't have posted, like ya said, you just don't care.Because I work all day on trees, and have done for years, I can understand the logic behind it but I don't think a few spike marks is going to kill a tree.
On utility arb blokes run up trees in spikes every few years to no detriment.
Sure I'm going to get stick, all the guys with letters after their name will look down their nose and call me names, I really don't care.
You don't have to jam 'em in at every opportunity, you still branch walk and all the fancy stuff, they're just handy sometimes for awkward bits.
Rest assured I am not by any means alone.
Ohhhh the horror!!!!!!
If you cut the top half off of all the leads I hear it sprouts back real nice.Well...........at least your a honest hack, guess we need guys like you to show others what not to do. Since it is pretty obvious that you want a reaction, why don't you tell us what other hackish things ya do so we can get it out of the way. BTW, there is detriment,and you know this or you wouldn't have posted, like ya said, you just don't care.
Sure there's so detriment, Most everything you do up there to a healthy tree is of detriment, be it a reduction thinning or whatever.Well...........at least your a honest hack, guess we need guys like you to show others what not to do. Since it is pretty obvious that you want a reaction, why don't you tell us what other hackish things ya do so we can get it out of the way. BTW, there is detriment,and you know this or you wouldn't have posted, like ya said, you just don't care.
Species dependent of course. That's another beef of mine, a lot of the "best practice"If you cut the top half off of all the leads I hear it sprouts back real nice.
sent using logic and reason from a device of witchcraft.
Maybe in England the utility arbs prune on spikes, not done here anymore, written in the trimming contracts.
New word for you to learn today. CODIT Look it up. It was created by a fellow named Alex Shigo. You may want to read one of his books (if you know how to read).
Species dependent of course. That's another beef of mine, a lot of the "best practice"
Blurb fails to take into account the way differ trees react to pruning.
Saying you should prune a Poplar in the same way as a Beech is like applying the same veterinary procedure to Hippo and a Hyena.
Well that sums it up.
What do you clean your cutting tools with?
At no point did I say I flush cut and leave rips.
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