barnred
ArboristSite Lurker
we were visited yesterday by an arborist from usc.He reccommended removal of the 2 largest pines and keeping the 2 smaller which he felt were perhaps young enough and otherwise healthy enough to recover from the construction damage they have sustained.He also felt that they were currently small enough that any problems arising from the damage would be easier to deal with ie them failing or them dying and needing removal at a leter date.
the 2 larger sadly he suggested should go.The split in the 2nd largest he felt made the tree weak and with the damage it has sustained ,a thinner than normal crown and its proximity to the house he believes it is unsafe.The largest he believed was the most stressed with prior pine beetle infestation,severe sap sucker damage and also suffered the most in the grading of the site.At its great age he also felt it was least likely to recover,thinner at the crown than this species should be and would probably die by this time next year.Interestingly he estimated these trees had lost 90% of their root system and that these would have been torn and twisted apart during the leveling of the site and subsequent construction.
It really is very sad to lose such big and probably once beautiful trees,with a little care from the developers perhaps we would have been able to live with them happily.
However there still remains our developments ARB to convince.I will update with the result.
thankyou all very much for educating me .best regards caroline
the 2 larger sadly he suggested should go.The split in the 2nd largest he felt made the tree weak and with the damage it has sustained ,a thinner than normal crown and its proximity to the house he believes it is unsafe.The largest he believed was the most stressed with prior pine beetle infestation,severe sap sucker damage and also suffered the most in the grading of the site.At its great age he also felt it was least likely to recover,thinner at the crown than this species should be and would probably die by this time next year.Interestingly he estimated these trees had lost 90% of their root system and that these would have been torn and twisted apart during the leveling of the site and subsequent construction.
It really is very sad to lose such big and probably once beautiful trees,with a little care from the developers perhaps we would have been able to live with them happily.
However there still remains our developments ARB to convince.I will update with the result.
thankyou all very much for educating me .best regards caroline