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'S'allright Burnham...healthy debate makes us think! I appreciate what you have to say...always!

I can agree with Burnham's statement about 'naturally pruned' limbs (wind/ice broken) being dealt with better by the tree than by saw cuts to some extent. I have come across quite a few snags that are not torn into the trunk, that when I cut them back to the collar found no discolouration or...

Yup, that says it right there...and that's why I'm in business! Although, thinking further (always dangerous)...in a threatened environment of limited size, where introduced trees are outcompeting natives and endemics, overshading, outgrowing and where blowdowns crush and maim surviving...

In each case it can be different. I do/did a lot of thinning of trees in Bermuda because of the hurricanes. ALL of these trees are introduced trees, not native or endemic and thus prone to damage from high winds. Casuarinas in particular do not respond to wind sheer and continue to grow straight...