Yeah it lost a lot of its canopy a while ago and has been ignored since. My hunch is it was last worked on following the motherfucker of all lake effect snow storms in early October of 06. Epicormic growth up the wazoo.
I’m just doing the bigger dead wood, broken stuff, some lower sucker growth, a small limb that’s starting to envelop the electric service line , and just enough reduction so a person can walk around without getting a stick in the or eye.
I’m also going to try growing a few from cuttings, just for shits and giggles. They can be gorgeous I think, so long as first 3 rules are location, location, and location. I’ll probably never see another around here, and it’s really trying to flourish considering what it’s been through.
Another theoretical hunch, is I can thank all the old 2 and 3 story homes built so close together, for the reason it doesn’t practically explode every time the wind blows. It reminds me of tree of heaven… but softer.
