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Trees reach a certain size, grow old and then they die. You either remove them or let their parts fall. We have a nearly 50-year-old oak in our backyard. It is
by giardini 1y ago
Trees reach a certain size, grow old and then they die. You either remove them or let their parts fall.
We have a nearly 50-year-old oak in our backyard. It is dying. Limbs are falling off it. We trim it. But it WILL die. We will dismantle it in an orderly manner rather than wait for a hurricane to hurl its parts into neighborhood homes.
There are methods for cultivating otherwise large-growth trees. I've seen them in French literature. Roughly they trim the tree each year and limit its above-ground height to human height. The trunk is allowed to grow significantly thick and branches are limited in length. I do not recall the name of the technique but IIrc it is primarily used in growing fruit.
- mmooss 1y agoI see neighborhoods filled with large-growth trees which are not tended at all, generally speaking. The evidence doesn't match the theory. Yes trees fall, and so does every building and everything else under the Sun, which itself will die. Trees have long lives, centuries for many. That's a pretty minor risk. Buildings need maintenance too.