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Jerry,

As I stated in my first post, this technique has been used to lower branches that are too thick to bend, but I have never seen this in regards to a trunk chop.

I read the artical on branch lowering you mentioned long ago and I have used this technique on my own trees with great success, thanks Jerry. BTW I finally have a ficus that is worth taking pictures of, I can't wait to get your thoughts, I'll will post it sometime this week.

Even if my thoughts here applying this technique to trunk chops is not original, I think it solves the problem of how to get a staight trunk without tell-tale bends when trunk chopping. (as dicussed in other threads here)

14-Jul-2004	#6
Will_Heath BANNED Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Clinton Township, MI Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 MI AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 4,227	Jerry, As I stated in my first post, this technique has been used to lower branches that are too thick to bend, but I have never seen this in regards to a trunk chop. I read the artical on branch lowering you mentioned long ago and I have used this technique on my own trees with great success, thanks Jerry. BTW I finally have a ficus that is worth taking pictures of, I can't wait to get your thoughts, I'll will post it sometime this week. Even if my thoughts here applying this technique to trunk chops is not original, I think it solves the problem of how to get a staight trunk without tell-tale bends when trunk chopping. (as dicussed in other threads here)