rinconmike
New Member
A couple of years ago I had two trees that were damaged during a storm. I had a tree contractor cut down the trees, but we left them sitting around 15ft up in the air so I can build a tree house. I believe they are oak trees. I have since built the tree house.
One tree is getting a decent amount of new growth so it is still alive. The other has one or two new little branches so it too is alive, but not much growth. I am not looking for them to grow and would rather they do not, but want to prevent any rotting.
One of the trees I cut down a little and still need to cut around another foot off of it (so it is around 10ft instead of 15ft above ground). We want to cap it to make a table out of it.
My question is how do I protect the top of the tree where cut. On one of the trees, the top few inches the bark is loosening and it looks like it is starting to rot. I assume from a lot of water over the last two years. Here is a picture of it:
http://db.tt/06rLYSCT
Should I just cap it with some wood (like a table top) to prevent water running in between the tree and the bark or should I put a coating on it? Last fall I did purchase a spray coating from Home Depot, but i do not thing it did much.
thanks,
Mike
One tree is getting a decent amount of new growth so it is still alive. The other has one or two new little branches so it too is alive, but not much growth. I am not looking for them to grow and would rather they do not, but want to prevent any rotting.
One of the trees I cut down a little and still need to cut around another foot off of it (so it is around 10ft instead of 15ft above ground). We want to cap it to make a table out of it.
My question is how do I protect the top of the tree where cut. On one of the trees, the top few inches the bark is loosening and it looks like it is starting to rot. I assume from a lot of water over the last two years. Here is a picture of it:
http://db.tt/06rLYSCT
Should I just cap it with some wood (like a table top) to prevent water running in between the tree and the bark or should I put a coating on it? Last fall I did purchase a spray coating from Home Depot, but i do not thing it did much.
thanks,
Mike