Kid Dynamite 7029 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I had a lovely big xmas tree in my front garden, although it was a little too big. I had some blokes ripping some trees out of the back garden and asked if they could give the front tree a bit of a trim. He literally chopped the top 3rd off and that was that. It looks shit for one but I'm more worried about if the tree is going to survive? Any keen gardeners know about this stuff? I'm genuinely gutted, it's been there 20 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44885 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 A little off the top, sir? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5223 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I'm in no way a keen gardener, but my neighbour when I was a kid used to do this to his tree regularly, and it seemed to just grow back. It's apparently a fairly common thing, I remember asking about it. Either that or he was just crackers and was replacing the tree at fairly regular intervals. I think it depends how much they took - from memory they end up looking rounder at the top than they once did - his turned into more of a tall bush, but assuming it survived the process (infections can apparently damage trees) then it should resume growing upwards again. I understand that you can pull one of the stronger branches into an upwards position in order to take the place of the lost trunk, but I don't know how you would select it per se. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 337 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Where's Isegrim when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42449 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 If only all Christmas Trees could reduce their size so easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7029 Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 I'm in no way a keen gardener, but my neighbour when I was a kid used to do this to his tree regularly, and it seemed to just grow back. It's apparently a fairly common thing, I remember asking about it. Either that or he was just crackers and was replacing the tree at fairly regular intervals. I think it depends how much they took - from memory they end up looking rounder at the top than they once did - his turned into more of a tall bush, but assuming it survived the process (infections can apparently damage trees) then it should resume growing upwards again. I understand that you can pull one of the stronger branches into an upwards position in order to take the place of the lost trunk, but I don't know how you would select it per se. Cheers. It does look like a big round bush now! The bloke told me he was a tree surgeon on the phone. When he turned up he was quite clearly a gypsy with a chainsaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaMoUsE 0 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 By any chance was it Dean from the I don't pay my debts to the Sir Bobby Robson foundation landscape gardening co? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35083 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 The bloke next door to my lass' mam had this done to his. Tree is ok but it looks a bit shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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