Tree Bracing (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Tree Bracing

Tree bracing is one of the most essential phases of an intelligent tree preservation program. One of the most common entrance places for decay fungi IS through wounds caused by splitting of limbs. Bracing, therefore, not only prevents the disfigurement of trees but it actually prolongs tree life by preventing the forma tion of entrance places for fungus spores. Even after a tree is in an advanced stage of decay, bracing may prolong its period of usefulness for many years by providing mechanical support. In order to achieve its fullest purpose, however, bracing should seek to prevent, rather than to correct, damage.

An otherwise sound tree might require bracing for many rea sons. Typical symptoms indicating a need for bracing might be found in (1) split crotches, (2) tight V-shaped crotches, (3) in herent weakness of species, (4) extra heavy foliage growth, (5) cut or shallow root systems, (6) decay, (7) proximity to strue tures, (8) removal of nearby trees, (9) borer attack, and (10) prevalence of high wind, sleet storms, or other adverse environ mental conditions.

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