IT’S TIME FOR TREE TALK, THE NEXT GENERATION… YOUR WEEKLY NINETY SECONDS OF TOTALLY TREES RADIO PRESENTED BY BRUMBAUGH TREE SERVICE LLC. 

Ryan and Tyler rotate lines:

I’M RYAN BRUMGAUGH.

AND I’M TYLER BRUMBAUGH. WELCOME TO TREE TALK THE NEXT GENERATION. 

TREES SHOULD NOT BE TOPPED.

TOPPING STRESSES TREES. 

WHEN YOU TOP A TREE, YOU TAKE FIFTY TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE LEAF BEARING CROWN OUT OF THE TREE

THEN THE TREE CAN BECOME SUNBURNED ON THE TOP AND IT CAN ACTUALLY … DIE.

ALSO, TOPPING CAUSES DECAY BECAUSE WHEN YOU TOP A TREE, SAP WILL ONLY FLOW SO HIGH UP, THEN IT WILL STOP ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO SIX FEET FROM WHERE IT WAS CUT OFF. 

FROM THERE, NEW SPROUTS COME OUT. THE STUBBY THAT DID NOT SPROUT OUT IS GOING TO ROT DOWN INTO ALL THE NEW GROWTH WHERE THE SPROUTS CAME OUT…

WHICH LEADS TO A TREE WITH BIGGER LIMBS WITH A CAVITY THAT COULD BREAK OFF IN A STORM WITH WINDS.

REMEMBER, TREES WERE NATURALLY MADE TO BE LEADERS. ONE MAIN LEADER GOING UP A TREE AND THEN BRANCHING OFF. 

ALTERNATIVES TO TOPPING INCLUDE LATERAL TRIMMING. 

CALL US FOR DETAILS.

THAT’S IT FOR THIS EDITION OF TREE TALK, THE NEXT GENERATION. 

UNTIL NEXT TIME, THIS TYLER BRUMBAUGH 

AND THIS IS RYAN BRUMBAUGH.THANKS FOR LISTENING.

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