FourMileMarc
Mame
Hi
This is a European Beech I got from a nursery in 2007. It has been full throttle time for it to gain girth in a fairly large grow out box. I just cut off the upper 9 feet of tree and wired up the new extension which should be the at 1/3rd the height of the finished tree. I am going for a sprawling oak style or maybe an more upright version of the same.
However, something bothers me every time I walk by this tree. It seems to high and to far in to an uninteresting trunk section, almost a stovepipe. I was thinking I would have a little more height and main branch scaffolding in the final design however, now that I look at it I almost think it would be better chopping it down at the red lines in the pictures.
The first picture is the front and I have drawn the options 1, 1a and 2 in red lines where the cut would go. Cut #1 would be at a new extension with two perfect left and right buds as seen from the front. Cut #1a would leave the back branch as the new leader and could be wired vertical. Cut #2 would be at the current 2nd branch with a fairly steep angle of attachment. This latter cut would really be going for the full sprawling oak style for the tree. This is something which I am not all that adverse to.
The lower branches that have not been cut back are sacrafice branches.
I hope the pictures are clear enough, I could not find a sutable backround and my back is killing me today.
What would you guys do?
- I guess I spelled beech wrong but I am unable to edit the title, oh well.
This is a European Beech I got from a nursery in 2007. It has been full throttle time for it to gain girth in a fairly large grow out box. I just cut off the upper 9 feet of tree and wired up the new extension which should be the at 1/3rd the height of the finished tree. I am going for a sprawling oak style or maybe an more upright version of the same.
However, something bothers me every time I walk by this tree. It seems to high and to far in to an uninteresting trunk section, almost a stovepipe. I was thinking I would have a little more height and main branch scaffolding in the final design however, now that I look at it I almost think it would be better chopping it down at the red lines in the pictures.
The first picture is the front and I have drawn the options 1, 1a and 2 in red lines where the cut would go. Cut #1 would be at a new extension with two perfect left and right buds as seen from the front. Cut #1a would leave the back branch as the new leader and could be wired vertical. Cut #2 would be at the current 2nd branch with a fairly steep angle of attachment. This latter cut would really be going for the full sprawling oak style for the tree. This is something which I am not all that adverse to.
The lower branches that have not been cut back are sacrafice branches.
I hope the pictures are clear enough, I could not find a sutable backround and my back is killing me today.
What would you guys do?
- I guess I spelled beech wrong but I am unable to edit the title, oh well.
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