Conservation Arboriculture - Maintaining Old Trees in Human Landscape

I found this articile in the Tree Care Industry Magazine for February 2015 very interesting.

This article describes in detail about maintaining old trees, informing us about the benefits they could provide to us. I found it interesting because of the way the article describe that not all "old trees" are dubbed for removal. That these trees shouldn't be removed for their age, that they should be removed due to their damage or the risk of safety.

This article discuss' that "old trees" have ways of protecting and providing us with many benefits and that knowledge of their life phases will help with that understanding which is needed for "old trees" Most of these "old trees" are removed in their middle age stage which is the time in which they are just beginning to increase.

This article has pictures of claimed "old trees" that gives you a better understanding of how to have the tree properly pruned for the health of the tree. It shows us one tree that doesn't have a full crown, that when pruned the proper way, a couple years later the crown was much fuller just in that time span.

It also discuss' a number of methods that can help rish the reduction of Vertan Trees. It discuss' cabling methods that promoted the longevity for these trees. With this method the tree maintains the flexibility to stimulate growth.

This article is very interesting because due to the fact that the tree, to us, may look old and needs to removed, it may not be at that time ready for removal. A trees life span is far more longer than expected and its very important to have that better understanding of it. This article will provided you with alot of information that can help you better understand these Verteran Trees.

**You can find this article in the Tree Care Industry Magazine for the February Edition of 2015. It was written by Philip van Wassenaer and Alex Satel. It can also be seen in the the June edition of 2011 of Arborist News.

Written by:

Jami Bonner, Twin Oak Tree Care LLC