Wind damage to redwoods
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NickfromWI
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- Los Angeles, CA
How big are they. Unless their 8' tall, they'll be fine.
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- Home of the New Jersey Devils
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I really can't answer this one /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Just joking, maybe Jerry will see this and reply? Greg, Frans, you guys deal with Rewood a lot. What do you think?
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I really can't answer this one /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Just joking, maybe Jerry will see this and reply? Greg, Frans, you guys deal with Rewood a lot. What do you think?
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- Retired in Minneapolis
What is the diameter of the trunk at about 4' above ground? Height?
If you want to re-establish a main central leader you can train one of the lateral branches in the next whorl to become a new leader. This will depend on the size relationships of the trunk and limbs.
I've done this with other trees. What you can do is splint one of the branches vertical. If there's a sturdy piece of trunk left you can use the that as the splint. If not, use some other thing as a splint. Make the splint sturdy and secure it below the break and pull the other leader up to it. I've used a couple of wraps of duct tape to hold the limb/splint in place. By using duct tape you don't have to worry about going back up into the tree to remove the splint. In a couple of years the tape will deteriorate. By then the leader should be sturdy enough to take off on it's own. It would be best for the tree to cut off the broken part of the trunk at the point where the next whorl of branches starts.
Can you post a picture?
If you want to re-establish a main central leader you can train one of the lateral branches in the next whorl to become a new leader. This will depend on the size relationships of the trunk and limbs.
I've done this with other trees. What you can do is splint one of the branches vertical. If there's a sturdy piece of trunk left you can use the that as the splint. If not, use some other thing as a splint. Make the splint sturdy and secure it below the break and pull the other leader up to it. I've used a couple of wraps of duct tape to hold the limb/splint in place. By using duct tape you don't have to worry about going back up into the tree to remove the splint. In a couple of years the tape will deteriorate. By then the leader should be sturdy enough to take off on it's own. It would be best for the tree to cut off the broken part of the trunk at the point where the next whorl of branches starts.
Can you post a picture?
- Location
- New England or North West
Lots of big redwoods have some top damage if they aren't blown off they've been hit by lightning. This creates great habitat for many aboreal species redwoods rot very slowly so depending on the age of yours you probubly won't see the results of the blow overs in your life time
NickfromWI
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Tom, won't the tree select it's own leader if left on it's own. Or better yet, come back one or two years later and shorten a few of the branches that seem to be competing for the role of the leader?
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