On Jul 15, 9:36 pm, (paghat) wrote:
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Sheldon wrote:
On Jul 14, 6:03=EF=BF=BDpm, jaygreg wrote:
Where can I find instructions for the proper way to trim this
sensitive tree? My Google searches aren't successful. Every time I try
tinkering with the limbs, the entire branch dies... even when I trim
at a joint.

Pin oak branches similar to spruce, with either once the portion with
leaves/needles is fully removed it won't leaf out again and the entire
branch will die. Like spruce, pin oaks look best and grow best when
permitted to branch all the way to the ground in as piramidal form...
refrain from trimming/shearing pin oak. There are many trees whose
natural form is to branch all the way to the gound but for all sorts
of reasons, even for no good reason at all, folks insist that every
type of tree needs to have a bare trunk... these are the pinheads...
another poor tree that always seems to have it's lower branches raped
is beech.

Many pin oaks lose their lower branches naturally, such as when growing in
thickets where the lwoer branches are too little sunned, and never-pruned
specimens are frequently encountered with length of bare trunk with none
of the "classic" touching-the-ground branches. Whether underlimed
intentionally or naturally I think they look just as good, certainly
there's no tree health issue against it. And although the pyramid that
touches the ground shape of a smallish to medium sized tree is often seen,
for way bigger old specimens, they seem to become oval and naturally drop
their lowest branches and have no drooping branches remaining.

In the main I think you're right, it's not a tree that calls for pruning,
especially if it's in teh right spot to not get in the way. Some city and
town regulations won't permit it, though, the "minimum of eight feet above
the sidewalk" or "twelve feet above the road" rule is common, and if you
don't due, some turds in a truck working for the city will come by one day
and butcher the tree swiftly and with no concern for how it looks.

-paghat the ratgirl
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"minimum of eight feet above
the sidewalk" or "twelve feet above the road" rule is common,

That's my plight!