Nice. Plenty to consider, also have gone back and forth on trenching a year prior to collecting. Might try that on a few, and I like the collecting in the fall idea as well. I did so for some larch and they seemed to take it well but we will know next spring.@Brad in GR I watched the same Mirai video. Good stuff!
My mindset was the same as yours in regards to dieback. If I cut now and seal the cut, it might put me ahead of the curve.
As there are quite a few available, I might just try both!!
And as recommended in a similar thread about collecting at this time of the year, I might grab one now as a trial.
I am curious about the same. I'm hoping to visit my uncle's property and walk around looking for trees to collect.Sounds exciting! If you are collecting in spring, I’d vote for then to chop just based on my limited (3/4 trips collecting deciduous) experience.
Recently watched Mirai’s japanese maple videos, and Ryan recommends pruning in the fall for established trees. He mentioned that major pruning like a trunk chop should still be done in spring, though the topic was for trees already established not collecting.
I would worry about dieback over winter, but, perhaps you gain the fact that the tree doesn’t have to push energy up the entire trunk/branch system in spring if you trunk chop in fall?
Let me know what you decide, I also gained access to a large forest area with a ton of hornbeam and flagged a good 5-6 for collection.
That's my thought.
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