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I have started to leave big long stubs from time to time in old trees. Rather than cut a big branch right back to the trunk collar leaving a big wound that is unlikely to completely callus over, I cut it either to a node if I can detect one or a reasonable sized branch if there is one. (And...

I'm a bit conflicted, obviously dead limbs are part of the whole tree system...and yet lots of trees I have deadwooded have thrived afterwards. The ones I wonder most about are the conifers, removed truckloads of deadwood from the interiors, left some where I think they might be important for...