Is this proper trimming?
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Maybe not as bad as it looks.
This is where a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing and one of the reasons the latest trend in reduction pruning has me concerned. From the pictures somebody knew enough to reduce to a node, but threw out entirely any standard of reducing to something that can become terminal. Many cuts are flush and will not compartmentalize well.
Those who are practicing reduction pruning properly will not leave a tree looking mutilated as those do.
Those who are practicing reduction pruning properly will not leave a tree looking mutilated as those do.
I am hesitant to even give that much credit. I wouldn't put that in the same room as reduction cutting. It is topping pure and simple. Yes...they left a few more branches than a "proper" topping job, but that does not make it "less bad". Those trees will have all of the problems of topped trees and none of the characteristics of reduced trees.
OP, what are the circumstances surrounding these trees? Did you do the work? Did a competitor of yours do the work? Are you the property owner?
You can include ANSI standards to that list as well.
Macman125
libertarian/anarcho-capitalist firewood hack
Looks like an attempt at lateral.
I'llbearealclimberoneday
ArboristSite Member
That's pretty good for California tree work. Around here it doesn't fly
JeffGu
Antagonist/Heckler
nice. I thought about ignoring it wondering if somebody isn't just trolling, but it is 101, so why not give it a shot.
JeffGu
Antagonist/Heckler
Yeah, I decided it was a rhetorical question... that's a proper tree trimming job in the same way beheading someone is a proper haircut.
ksvanbrunt
ArboristSite Member
A few nice proper coat racks i'd say. They should flush out! hahaha. Poor trees have no chance nowadays
I don't think the OP wanted an answer,,or he just wanted to see what we would say.
Jeff
Jeff
It looks to me like a crew got sent out to do the prune, had some ridiculous prescription from the salesman and did the best they could given what was there.
Guess how I came to that conclusion.
Guess how I came to that conclusion.
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
He probably did it and wanted to know what we thought.
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Care to explain?
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