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Anyone cloud pruned?

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I've cloud pruned but only on species that are really shrubs with illusions of being trees, I would really like to chat with a Japanese Arborist over some Jap ales the joys and frustrations of such specific and restrictive pruning like that in the gardens at Kyoto, maybe in the future.....
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Anyone cloud pruned?

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I've cloud pruned but only on species that are really shrubs with illusions of being trees, I would really like to chat with a Japanese Arborist over some Jap ales the joys and frustrations of such specific and restrictive pruning like that in the gardens at Kyoto, maybe in the future.....
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Are you referring to topiary like this one in the attachment?
 

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Cloud pruning, Looks also like a lot of work, yet quite pretty when done right and it does add to the beauty to certains plants and the location of that plant.

So do you sign a contract to keep the tree or shrub neat and trimmed? or Just hope that the customer will like your work and call you back?

Wonderful picture, thanks for sharing. They are pretty and in the right location might add to the overall dollar of the property.

I have a view of the mountains here in north georgia, which might increase the value of the land, a better view if I take down a few trees, but then I like the trees better.


So, Pruning, windowing, clouding, all part of care, commercial customer/ business and such requests that keeps some in business.

Teapots or potter crocks on the webpage are what this person chooses for the banner. Does that make him better or worst than others. Information on his site is a bit behind the times. Look at the area, the clients.

by the way - he wrote me back - 2 pages worth with his views and he did thank me for providing him with information about painting wounds and compartmentalization –I provided a few links to a few educational sites. So, leading a horse to water might work sometimes. When i have the time i will read his entire note, a little hard to follow, i might send him more information and maybe an invite to seek out the local chapter of isa.

learning is a gradual thing. one step at a time.

thanks for being kind to me and leading me to water

i am drinking my full and learning more ever day

I love the challenage

jz

signing off for the day
 
Wow. What are we doing here?

This guy’s got 50 years in our industry! Probably started out with just a stake rack, a couple of hemp ropes (how many of you out there have experienced a hemp sliver from a rope saddle?) and a climbing saw heavier than your “groundies”! He’s seen the first use of aerial lifts. His first chipper was probably built from a Ford 8N engine and a modified corn chopper head (which, by the way, is where they came from). Hell, I betcha he was smiling his [censored] off the day he used a winch truck to load out. The order of business back then was “Hammer ‘em down and hump ‘em out”. He’s had his workforce screwed up by 4 different wars, some when they left, some after they came back. I can’t imagine the number of busted up people – both physically and mentally – he has seen. Take a good look at Mr. Schenburn – I’d put money that the curve to his stance is from a bad back. All because it was “part of the business”.

My Tree-Fathers raised me to be a “Eucman” and I have evolved to a “Eucman With Strong Oakman Tendencies” so I don’t agree with his practices but anyone who is not only still at it after 50 hard years but can also still walk deserves at least our collective respect.
 
Whatever, Eucmaninshorts,


I wouldn't exactly have respect for a dentist who has been in the business for 50 years and still used archaic tools, but had "seen it all"


The year is 2007. Promulgation is a word, but it doesn't mean what he thinks it means, or what he wants people to think it means.

There is no harm in pointing out that this guy is behind the times, and "tree experts" like him still hold major sway over the general public when you get 60 miles away from a major metropolitan area.


I can respect the fact that he has done tree work for 50 years (or so he claims), but I don't respect his grasp of tree physiology or proper tree care.


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WOW, i go camping for a week and come back and see that we are STILL beating on this guy. Its true what they say then....we do have swelled heads and a holier than thou mentality.

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I went away for a week and came back to see an elm topped two doors down from my home. Out of season, a city tree without permission, I hear no ppe, you know. Well I'm so mad and frustrated, I have to look at that tree every time I pull out of the driveway, and there is nothing I can do so I send my frustration into cyber space to hopefully some receptive eyes and ears will work together to make a difference.
 
I LOVE THE GRAPHIC

maybe we can derail the thread

but then topping trees is just a crime.

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here are a few about me
that i have been tracking since i spotted them in march of this year - they were spiked and cut to the extreme, as of yet, and i just checked on them yesterday, there is no new growth, they are white oaks about 60 years old. we are again in a drought stage that will just add to the distress.

This is a common practice here, nga. and there are many in different stages in the area that I can now point out.

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when i spoke with the owners about their choice to do this, they said they have done this in the past and see no issue with it. Again, Customer asking, SO what do you do? See the little tree in the far background - that one shows evidence that that also was done at one time or another.

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there is nothing I can do so I send my frustration into cyber space

[/ QUOTE ]If that happened in Raleigh I could get Arbor Cop out to write a hefty ticket. Your town has no ordinance?
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jzg there is a LOT you can do when the customer requests something dumb. Like sell them something smart, for instance.
 
Lumpkin county has a land use guide about the planting,cultivating and harvesting of trees. But nothing about arbor care or practices that are allowed that I can find. I guess it means a trip to the government office to see is there is any restrictions.

thanks

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Lumpkin county has a land use guide about the planting,cultivating and harvesting of trees. But nothing about arbor care or practices that are allowed that I can find. I guess it means a trip to the government office to see is there is any restrictions.

[/ QUOTE ]While you are going, ifyou take some info like the ISA's Mature tree care etc. they may be inclined to buy or at least reprint them for distribution. My county is uptodate, and also has a list of CA's, (and BCMA's) I made sure of that.

They need informed people to share info; jump right in!
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