Well that's too bad for the tree then. Lots of pruning options--you could maintain it as a mushroom!--but the kind of structure you want forces the decision.
Can you buy trees with good roots?
Nice closure, but it has a ways to go, with or without the darn squirrels.
Why is the target height of the crown so high? Gonna harvest the log later on?
Really sad that removal is recommended over restoration, or some compromise with re-topping. We get these absolute dogmatic notions of right v wrong in trees, but it's all relative.
Yes it's great on fences and unimportant trees, but it is a twining vine and will strangle trees over time.
Good tip on the raking; step 1 in management. Step 2 is pulling out the roots.
This time of year in Ohio I'd hesitate. Early spring better. I'll be up in March. One task on the program is to carve out more bark inclusions at the research site.
I look at SGR's that are too big to remove as bark inclusion issues.
If it's on the mesh, the growth will not curl inward.
Yes there is bridging and grafting involved. I'm trying to practice grafting; would like to try that sometime.
If the trunk is not cracked and the soil is not heaved up, where is the hazard?
That could straighten itself. If you do whack it, all the adjacent trees will be higher risk.
NO need to clearcut the planet after a storm.
Yes I like the plastic stuff; easier to cut too.
But 'eventually' might be centuries in the historic garden I saw them in.
And I doubt metal mesh would screw up a chainsaw too bad.
Pet mesh looks too flexible; thicker gauge is available.
Yes, concealing cavities from view can save trees from fear.
Arborists gotta be psychologists too.