Search results for query: *

Keep in mind your mass/energy ratio on such an old wounded tree. The least amount of further damage to it (including pruning) the better for a while. To a certain extent new growth is being fed by stored reserves, so retaining photosynthetic capacity is essential to 'replenish the bank' Slow...

Any thought to put some padding of some kind between the prop and the branch?

Thanks! Again, great job :)(y)

Top job! How have you grounded the bases of the props, and how have you fastened them to the branches?

Oh sublime joy!!! Props and a tree is saved :)

Rather than remove veteran trees in one hit, I prefer 'managed decline' . Yes it's going to suffer a bit, maybe retrench lower down in the canopy, and gradually need more bits cut off here and there over time, but big old veteran trees become the habitat for many critters and plants and fungi...

Do as little as possible to render it 'safe'. The tree will now use stored reserves to compensate for the loss of that huge branch, cutting too much off now will make the situation worse. If bulk needs to be removed to reduce risk to the road, only take just as much off as is needed. Like Sean...