hmmm ooops didnt realize that was likely to cause a problem, i guess its realy not a big deal since he kinda would like to take the whole tree down, but we figured for now we would take off the ones that were dead, especialy the ones hanging over where they park there cars. altho of course the largest limb we took off further down was alive, but just grew way out from the tree compared to the rest, and had a bad spot halfway out which appears it broke and rehealed when it was younger. i hope i didnt screw up too bad! im no arborist by anymeans. what is the appropriote time of year to prune an oak, or any tree for that matter, and does this only apply to big branches? i would assume dead wood can come off any time of year right? i never gave the time of year much thought as the power company trims pretty much year round, altho they usualy dont care as much about tree health, but at the same time they took alot of huge limbs off one side our oak and ash trees mid summer a few years ago and they seem to be fine, maybe just luck.
tree md i get what you are saying about the large branch i cut off the side, ya cant see it in the picture where the branch is on the ground, but about 10 ft out on the branch there was a spot where it had broke and kinda rehealed, but had a big kinda change of angle where the branch headed down towards the ground, and there was some rot in this spot altho further out the branch had leaves so it wasnt all dead, what would have been the better approach, should i have cut the branch out further right before the rot? or just left the branch alone? we didnt like the idea of such a large branch hanging out there with a flaw like that in it right over the front yard like that so that was why we took it down, altho maybe not the right choice. i dont mean to be argumentive here, just want to know what i should do different in the future. i suppose i shoulda took some pics and posted them asking these questions before we started cutting!
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