Snap o’ the day: Butchered tree in autumn
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Bury my heart at wounded tree: Railroad Avenue in Crozet, photographed November 21.PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE
Despite an unfortunate proximity to power lines and a brutal haircut, this Crozet oak hangs onto its dignity with its fall foliage.
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Yep. The tree hackers took care of us pretty nicely out here. My Red Maple out front is shaped like an “L” I think I’m actually going to have it cut down. I don’t think it’s going to make it. They’ve “pruned” almost half of the tree. The experts even decided to cut some power lines on my street while they were taking such great care on out trees.
why take the time to leave a mess? Time can be used to top and shape the tree for a healthier outcome (particularly for a motorist that could have the tree through their body in a windstorm)-
Butchering is not at all the proper word. Corrective pruning is what is being done. The men who now do the power line trimming are trained arborists although in decades past this was not always the case. They take great care to help the trees to heal properly and to maintain their health. In fact in some cities the pruning is done with such care as to be Topiary at its finest. Beauty is always there with a tree… think of it as a rather large Bonsai. But a word to the new homeowners in our area… give good consideration of mature tree size when planting trees around your new homes and power lines to reduce unneeded future work.
…especially in the science of creating maximal topgrowth adjacent to the lines they’ve cleared; independent contractors have been ripping off municipalities by encouraging this rapid regrowth, which increases the chance of snow/ice damage to lines and requires more frequent heading.
The State crews had more pride and cost concern than these guys.
uuuuummmmmmmmmmm… who cares?
“Butchering is not at all the proper word. Corrective pruning is what is being done.”
It is most definitely not pruning.Pruning improves a tree. Turning a tree into a monstrosity uglier than Art-In-Place rubbish and necessitating the now dying trees to be removed, is a whole different thing.