codominant

I have an interesting question regarding when you have a dead, diseased or compromised trunk from a multi trunk/co-dominant tree. I was trained as an arborist in Germany and it was common practice in this situation to leave a good sized stump (approx 1/3) of the removed trunk standing to prevent...

Hey all, Looking for some help in my thought process with this tree and deciding mitigation. 65ft Bur Oak, codom split at about 7 ft, centralized column of decay 35%, healthy growth on side closest to lane, declining on opposite side. 50% root coverage from when lane was built 20 yrs...

I have a question I wanted to get everyone's opinion on. This may belong in the commercial tree care forum but I wanted to start it here. The situation: There is a split ash with codominant stems. Each stem is no more than 14" in diameter and the split occurs only a few feet off the ground. The...