Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Something's in my Silk Tree 4Nov 26, 2009 11:39 pm yeah, just having a lend of you It does look like they have got in through a wound. What you will be best doing is contacting an arbourist if you are at all concerned. Not a tree surgeon, not a tree lopper but the ridgey didge arbourist. How the hell do you find one of them? http://isaac.org.au/ http://www.treeguild.com/ http://www.treeguild.com/Arborist%20bro ... online.pdf http://www.treesaregood.com/findtreeser ... rtarb.aspx http://www.treesaregood.com/ http://www.treesaregood.org/ Re: Something's in my Silk Tree 6Nov 27, 2009 2:25 pm You can but just cutting a branch off can affect the structural integrity of a tree. By that I mean how and where it is cut may lead to weak branches growing and that may be a risk. This is why trees often get such a bad name for themselves. Have you got a picture of the whole tree? I would still suggest getting an Arbouriculturist out. It may cost $80-100 but you will know what needs to be done, how it will be treated, or if it is required to cut the branch. They will also often put a 5 year plan together for the management of the tree and that will ensure it is at it's strongest for many years to come. Pretty good value for money. The boarers may not be removed by cutting that branch and if they can be treated you may have no need to remove the branch. Re: Something's in my Silk Tree 7Nov 28, 2009 12:05 am Too late. Hubby went out early this morning and cut the branch off. It was probably necessary, from one angle the branch was starting to look lacy but I couldn't get a photo that showed that. I think I'd better take a close look at the tree, it was staked for I think a couple of years and I was concerned that one of the ties was cutting into it but hubby reckoned it was fine because it was a soft fabric. I like the idea of having someone come up with a management plan for all our trees. Re: Something's in my Silk Tree 8Nov 28, 2009 11:12 am It might sound like a WOFTAM idea but it really is the opposite. An arborist will take one look at those trees and know exactly what sort of life it has had, what limbs and branches are going to drop off in time to come, what risk it posses to property and how to manage the trees so as little pruning as possible is done while maintaining good shape and strength. A very worth while thing and the trees will end up much happier. Re: Something's in my Silk Tree 9Nov 28, 2009 1:41 pm We have a couple of trees that have sent branches across paths and I've cut them back. I'm sure they could have been done better. A rather ugly too little too late job. Hubby's contribution tends to be "but they're growing so well, I don't want to touch them". So it is left to me to save the postie from being knocked off his bike and so on. We have quite a few trees, one small eucalypt and the rest deciduous. Is there a preferred time of year for them to be checked? Re: Something's in my Silk Tree 10Nov 28, 2009 2:00 pm Thing is with trees, the way you cut a branch or even where you cut a branch can cause very weak branches to grow or cause what is now seemingly unnoticeable damage to cause a situation with a home or person later on. This is where people get the whole, I'm not planting a tree near the house thing. Poorly pruned limbs and enlisting tree loppers to hack into trees is asking for trouble in time to come in most cases. Hi , I'm currently going through this now within the Whitehorse council which has a similar set of restrictions. We're having to make compromises with our floor plan due… 3 30576 I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15014 Hi Everyone I learned something this week that I thought would be worth sharing. In NSW a lot of developers of subdivisions put covenants on the land which normally… 0 6495 |