I managed to get a pic from winter 2013 which makes things a bit clearer and another from 2018 showing front side.
There seems to be big enough branches for cabling in some places, but I'm not sure what the best course of action would be in any case beyond dealing with that collar. Looks like...
No, not stump sprouts as far as I could tell when I was there in person, though it seems like there was heavy pruning some time back since there are no large lateral branches. I know aging trees is difficult, but I also know that once Lindens hit maturity (~120yrs), and many other trees for...
Yes, I had similar thoughts - even though I know the collar has to come off, doing it too quickly without other braces/etc in place would be a recipe for disaster.
I'm just hoping to find the right people for the job, and Tom has helped a bit with that, since the French ISA directory is pretty...
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. I thought they had acted on my advice two years ago, but at least the guy they got to prune it had the sense to not screw with things beyond his pay grade.
These responses are sort of why I posted up here on the forum. My best mate has about 15 years experience in...
Hi all,
Thought I would make a quick post to get some input for a veteran linden that's hollowed out at in-laws property in the south of France(provence). I don't live in France, so getting the job done is another question for another day. (I'm a landscape architect, but worked a few years as...