I prefer the chop in the back as well. I also like to make my chops on an angle. never straight across. I find it is harder to hide the scar. If you angle the cut you may get lucky and get some growth around that chop that can possibly hide it

SteveW
Long Island NY


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From: Jim Lewis
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Sent: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:03:08 -0400
Subject: [IBC] Avoiding 'broken top' redwoods using sacrifice branches?


Steve wachs wrote:
I personally do not like the idea of a branch across the
trunk. I understand why you want to do it, but I don't
think it willl look good. my preference would be be to
ecourage growth around the chop to allow growth of a
branch to hide the scar.

Or, do what most of us do and put the chop to the BACK.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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