Spot #BTS-TTT-TT-0913
Spot title: Tree Topping

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

Larry:

YOU SHOULD NOT TOP YOUR TREES. THE REASONS YOU SHOULD NOT TOP YOUR TREES, 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 WILL ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DIE. ALSO, TOPPING CA– USES DECAY BECA– USE WHEN YOU TOP A TREE, THE SAP WILL ONLY FLOW SO HIGH UP TO THE, WHERE YOU MADE THE CUT AND THEN IT WILL STOP ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO SIX FEET FROM THE TOP OF THAT LIMB WHERE YOU CUT IT OFF. WELL THEN YOU HAVE NEW SPROUTS COME OUT. THAT STUBBY THAT DID THAT DID NOT SPROUT OUT, IS GOING TO ROT DOWN INTO ALL THE NEW GROWTH WHERE THE SPROUTS CAME OUT. WELL THEN YOU’RE GOING TO ULTIMATELY END UP WITH A TREE WITH BIGGER LIMBS WITH A CAVITY. THEN YOU GET A STORM, IT’S GOING TO COME ALONG AND IT’S GOING TO BREAK THE LIMBS OFF. YOU CREATE MORE HARM TO YOUR TREE BY TOPPING IT THAN NOT. I MEAN TREES WERE NATURALLY MADE TO BE LEADERS. YOU KNOW ONE MAIN LEADER GOING UP A TREE AND THEN BRANCH OFF. THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO TOPPING. THE BEST COURSE WOULD BE, IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE HEIGHT OR THE WIDTH OF IT, IT WOULD BE, HAVE LATERAL TRIMMING, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU DO IS WHEN YOU TRIM THE LIMB, YOU TRIM DOWN TO A NEXT LEAD THAT’S A THIRD OF THE SIZE OF THE CUT THAT YOU’RE MAKING.

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