Pruning Tingley's Elms, any recommendations?

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Permalink Reply by chantal on May 18, 2008 at 3:05pm

This is the guy both my neighbor and I use to prune our trees, one of which is a giant elm as tall as yours. Not sure of the cost, but it's certainly reasonable.

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Permalink Reply by Hairy McLairy on July 3, 2008 at 6:33am

Just a follow up. Thanks very much. We got Paul Chandler on the job. Beautiful professional job. The trees look great and he charged appropriately.
Thanks Y'All

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Permalink Reply by killbox on May 18, 2008 at 3:53pm

not the best season to cut out anything but really dead deadwood. best best is to have them pruned back in winter.

pruning is more than just shaping the tree and removing deadwood, it makes the tree grow fresh new growth, which convinces it it is still young.

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Permalink Reply by killbox on May 18, 2008 at 6:41pm

im no expert, but i believe a good tree trimmer can tell on site dead form not, and the other trick is trim out at the next branch collar if the wood inside is still green then leave it there to branch out more, and if its is dry dead wood trim it back just past another fork closer to the trunk.

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Permalink Reply by Brendan on July 3, 2008 at 11:15am

How do you handle 30' and taller trees? My ladder is 20' and the russian olive on the corner of my property has some deadwood at above 30'.

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Permalink Reply by Hairy McLairy on July 3, 2008 at 11:43am

2 x 20ft ladders and some duct tape?

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Permalink Reply by Brendan on July 3, 2008 at 12:15pm

You know, I'd probably try that if my wife would let me. I have a long history of wiley coyote moments.

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Permalink Reply by killbox on July 3, 2008 at 11:40am

Its actually good for the tree to be cut back a little bit into the live wood from time to time, it encourages youthful growth.

As for telling live from dead, during the fall months you can go up with spraypaint and mark the dead and dying branches. or a technique a fruit tree expert i know does is he gets colorful plastic wire ties, and outs one on whichever dead or badly producing branches. and he can then go through in winter and lop them back.

for spraypainting up high check out the sharky painter

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Permalink Reply by Steve Whitman on May 18, 2008 at 4:17pm

Juan Hernandez has a tree care company. He's located S. of the University, phone is 262-4958.

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Permalink Reply by Mom Of Two on May 18, 2008 at 6:03pm

I second Juan. He just took out a dead apricot tree trunk, a failing cedar tree, a sycamore, and a pyracantha. And the trimming job he did on an over grown 50 year old Mulberry tree in the backyard...very nice job.

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Permalink Reply by A3OT on May 18, 2008 at 5:08pm

I've had good luck with Stephen Bell with Painted Sunset Arborculture. I've recommended him to a coworker and she was very pleased with him as well.
www.paintedsunset.com and 235.4389

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Permalink Reply by Edith Grove on May 18, 2008 at 5:19pm

I use Paul Chandler, too. (See the link in Chantal's first post). He pruned three of my big old elms and did a lovely job with them at a reasonable price. He's done work for my mother as well.

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