Guy Meilleur
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In a previous thread someone advocated cabling as a routine consideration and said they were "not a fan" of subordination pruning--reduction of a codominant lead. If anyone else has read Giman's 2002 book on pruning with its extensive treatment of reduction and subordination and still is more a "fan" of cabling I'd like to hear their reasoning.
For me it's a no-brainer in terms of long-term mtc., hazard reduction, and usually aesthetics as well. Shaping the tree to correct the defect and put the codom "in its place" permanently as a smaller branch just makes more sense to me.
For me it's a no-brainer in terms of long-term mtc., hazard reduction, and usually aesthetics as well. Shaping the tree to correct the defect and put the codom "in its place" permanently as a smaller branch just makes more sense to me.