Siberian elm EWR/deadwood.

[dylanclimbs]

Some of what I've been up to.

Pruning a decent sib. elm on lakefront property. This one is spared in my crusade against the weed tree. Previously topped so I made EWR on every sprout and reduced some limbs over the house. The lakeside limbs I pretty much just deadwooded, as the HO's like to sit under it and enjoy the shade.

 

[robinia]

Great pics and nice work! Thanks for sharing.

Is that Lake Okanagon?

It's fun to see what everyone is doing. I'd love to see the "Today's Job" thread resurected.

 

[TLHamel]

Nice job. Tricky climbing in previously topped Siberian elms.

 

[islandarb]

Dylan breathtaking views. Nice getting out on that branch tip. Seemed like a fairly warmish winter day. I climb a lot of topped trees and they can be very difficult moving around with no so good TIP and too many water shoots. Thanks for sharing that.

 

[dylanclimbs]

That's Lake Skaha, Rob. Penticton is sandwiched between Lake Okanagan to the north and Skaha to the south.

A sticky work pictures thread would be a good idea. But, it feels like I've written that in this thread already.

Thanks, TL. I was surprised by how well this tree reacted to the topping, and felt comfortable to tie pretty high on one of the sprouts.

 

[oceans]

Thanks so much for posting those photos. Beautiful! It sure looks like a blast to work in that tree, despite the previous "care". It also seems the tree may have plenty of potential with continued effort. Is there evidence of stress due to the old topping cuts? Climb on!

 

[dylanclimbs]

I am not sure what you mean by 'evidence of stress due to the old topping cuts.'

Aside from the obvious stress placed on a tree by making large dia. cuts and inducing a wall 4 reaction, what kind of stress are we talking about? A few of the sprouts throughout the canopy had 'banana peeled,' and some of the old cuts were less compartmentalized than others, but on the whole the tree seemed to have reacted well to its previous dose of backwater arboriculture.

Good compartmentalization exhibited in general, though there will undoubtedly be some cavities in the areas of the previous topping wounds as time goes on. Growth rate seems to have evened out since the initial flush and vigour of the new growth after topping. I am hoping my light dose of reduction will limit overextension and reduce the potential for failure of the shoots.

A beauty of a weed tree, and I hope to work on it again in the future.

 

[Adkpk]

Nice! Great looking job. This is how I would like spend my days. Pruning in a long sleeved shirt with no more than a hand saw. Thanks for posting the photo show.

I have a job coming up pruning a himalayan spruce right out on the bank of the Hudson river across from Manhattan. I will wait for a clear day for that one.

 

[oceans]

I was thinking of some of the things similar to what Jeff Cochran saw in a tree removal he recently posted about. Sometimes the stress can result in borer/pest issues, or severe cavities with xylem tissue breaking down into soil, etc...

Just wondering, since would diameter and resulting issues is just more info to store away in the memory banks.