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Kazuki,

I too have had the same idea as you.

The tree is a common privet in my back garden. It needs thinning out, it has 3 trunks about 2 1/2" caliper each. I plan to chop/layer 1 trunk.

The difference with mine is that I am going to HAVE to trunk chop first, I won't be able to sever an air layer with the branches still on. The reason being, the branches are too badly intermingled with the rest of the tree.

When I've pruned this tree in the past, the resulting new shoots have reeeaallly long internodes. I'm going to have to live with that, and try to sort it out when the layer is severed & established in the ground itself.

My questions are:

When do I do the chop ?

When I do it, should it be the "unequal V" that people use for zelkova etc?

Regards,

18-Aug-2002	#4
Treebeard Tree herder Join Date: Aug-2002 Location: Maidenhead Country: England USDA Zone: 8b AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 2,200	Kazuki, I too have had the same idea as you. The tree is a common privet in my back garden. It needs thinning out, it has 3 trunks about 2 1/2" caliper each. I plan to chop/layer 1 trunk. The difference with mine is that I am going to HAVE to trunk chop first, I won't be able to sever an air layer with the branches still on. The reason being, the branches are too badly intermingled with the rest of the tree. When I've pruned this tree in the past, the resulting new shoots have reeeaallly long internodes. I'm going to have to live with that, and try to sort it out when the layer is severed & established in the ground itself. My questions are: When do I do the chop ? When I do it, should it be the "unequal V" that people use for zelkova etc? Regards, __________________ "Do not be hasty, that is my motto" -JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers. ----------------------------------- christopherguise.co.uk