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Subject: tree topping
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From: "John A. Keslick, Jr." <treeman@pond.com>
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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 21:26:18 -0700
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Article: 14282 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Organization: Keslick & Son Modern Arboriculture
TREE TOPPING 1
Topping is the removal of vertical leader stems on large trees and
usually made between nodes or at internodes. Tipping is the internodal
cut on large lateral branches.
No matter how we make the cuts tipping and topping cause serious injury
to the tree. A very big misconception is that if we top the tree it will
be safer. Topping greatly increases the tree of being a risk of a
hazard. Topping is the biggest money wasting practice in the world. It
also is illegal in some counties in some states. It is a crime against
nature. Topping is a worldwide tree mutilation practice. The main reason
is that people do not understand how trees function.
Some effected parts of the system are the non-woody roots, the woody
roots, and many microorganisms within the soil. The food for the woody
and non-woody roots come from the top. Many microorganisms also get
their food from the tree. So when the roots begin to starve the demons
of D enter and cause problems such as wilts, plane tree canker (
Ceratocystis fimbriata) and root rots. Some demons of D, which begin
with the letter D, are depletion, dysfunction, disruption, decomposition,
die and death. Also topping affects the stem because this often leads
to top rot and long cracks. Often lightening gets blamed. What we have
seen is wounds from topping weaken tissues from the trunk to the roots.
Then pathogens infect the weakened wood. In these cases the primary
pathogen is the person that removed the tree top. Excessive sprouting is
a sign of low energy reserves. When a tree is topped, it stimulates
excessive sprouting. Very unsightly, i.e., the sprouts I mean. Topping
trees under utility lines causes more sprouts to grow faster. DO NOT
PLANT TREES NEAR UTILITY LINES.
. When a tree needs to be topped, it is time for a new tree.
Call us for other ORGANIC FACT SHEETS on pruning and other tree care
information.
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