What a pity :-((

What a pity that at long last you have come round to what I said right at
the beginning.

Such a shame

Head in sand

Kindest POSSIBLE regards

Mike

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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2012-05-08 17:27:07 +0100, Emery Davis said:

On 05/08/2012 06:22 PM, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-05-08 15:56:54 +0100, Emery Davis said:

On 05/08/2012 01:03 PM, Sacha wrote:
Times to avoid: early spring to mid-summer; late summer to mid-winter.
Times it would be best: mid-winter to very early spring; mid-June to
mid-July

Just before that he says "Pruning after mid-summer would be ok but it
may be better to wait until the end of the winter."

What would be wrong with pruning after leaf fall, I wonder? The wood
has ripened, and there's no growth going on obviously.

The trouble with waiting until "mid-winter" is knowing when the sap has
started to run. During a very mild winter, the sap can be going pretty
strong even just after Christmas. For this reason I make sure all
maple
pruning is done before Christmas. If you get it wrong they will bleed
for many days. I imagine horse chestnut is the same.

I certainly agree with pruning after the first growth period but before
the second.

Just wondering...

The man the neighbours want to get in says he can start next week, which
is just the wrong time. That was the problem the OP was referring to in
his first post. If he knew what he was doing, he wouldn't even suggest
it!

Yes, we certainly agree about that Sacha! I was just wondering about
why not to prune in late fall, after leaf drop.

Ah, sorry, I didn't follow that properly. I think the OP needs to look at
this extremely carefully. If a TPO isn't on the tree... I'm thinking
it may look simply awful, pruned right back on one side and topped out, as
well. I suspect the OP's pleasure in having that tree may well be ruined
altogether. I'd almost rather get a TPO on it, go out for the day and let
it be felled completely, or have it turned into a large stump up which
they grow climbers. I can't see how this is going to improve the look of
the tree, whatever time of year the work is done. Oh dear!
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