I think it will be fine Zach. Was this a professional arborist?We are so sad. We hired someone to do pruning of our trees and we feel like his murdered this tree. It is cut so high! Will it ever look right again? I feel like we should cut it down because it looks so bad.
What's wrong with broccoli? I think in a month or 2 you won't even notice the missing branches.I guess my concern was the cosmetics of the tree now. It looks like broccoli now instead of the full tree it was. If it will grow back and look proportional then we are totally fine with it
Yes to the mulch.That look fine to me. Beautiful Oak tree in great location. Great curb appeal.
Add that mulch ring that Buzz is talking of. use some landscape fabric under the mulch to let the rain go through but keep weeds from popping up.
Remember that the trunk will fill out very large over the years. It is an Oak after all.
Ehhh...a few flush cuts there. Bad angle on another one in those pics. Certainly have seen worse, but I wouldn't call the good cuts.I am not seeing the problem here. Cuts look good too.
General "rule of thumb" for tree health is that you want 1/2 to 2/3 of the total height to have green. Looks like you are in that range, that is why I think proportions look OK.I guess my concern was the cosmetics of the tree now. It looks like broccoli now instead of the full tree it was. If it will grow back and look proportional then we are totally fine with it
I cant think of a single tree or bush that isn't recommended to be pruned in late winter such as February.The first problem here is that nobody should be pruning an oak tree in that part of the Country in the summer!
The pruning isn't bad....aside from timing, I don't see anything 'wrong' they did. They could certainly have done more. What did you ask them to do? My background is traditional forestry....I think it looks more like a tree should!
What they didn't do right is they didn't reduce the codominate leaders. It is getting late for that...should have happened a long time, but I'd still work towards making one stronger over the other 2. Unfortunately, that would make the canopy a little misshapen for a couple of years, but it will be better off years down the road.
Cause it can increase the chance of oak wilt spreading.Do you know why an oak should not be pruned during the summer?
My primary background is business and making customers satisfied, not handing it off to someone else.
If you wont trim it the next guy will.
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